Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] [num] year ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Taurus , a computer project that was to have delivered paperless share settlement , was scrapped in March after five years ' work and a £400m ( $150m ) outlay by the City .
2 At the other end of the world , Shackleton had reached South Georgia Island after two years ' isolation in Antarctica :
3 On 17 October , both appellants pleaded guilty to the counts charging handling stolen goods and they were sentenced , Christou to two years ' imprisonment and Wright to three years ' imprisonment on each count concurrent .
4 It was in 1945 that I came back to England after five years ' absence in Greece and Egypt .
5 The six Antiquaires à Paris dealers , returning to the Biennale after six year 's absence , brought some great eighteenth-century French furniture with them .
6 On 17 October , both appellants pleaded guilty to the counts charging handling stolen goods and they were sentenced , Christou to two years ' imprisonment and Wright to three years ' imprisonment on each count concurrent .
7 Two Lebanese-born financiers , Jean Magharian and Barkev Magharian , were each sentenced on Sept. 13 by a court in Bellinzona to four years ' imprisonment and a fine of SFr50,000 ( approximately US$39,000 ) for laundering SFr1,200 million ( US$933 million ) for drug operations in Turkey and Lebanon through Swiss banks .
8 The High Court on Dec. 14 sentenced opposition campaigner Chakufwa Chihana to two years ' imprisonment with hard labour for sedition .
9 Who will be in charge of Germany in ten years ' time ?
10 Elena described her feelings on returning to the little town of her birth , San Jose de las Flores , in Chalatenango after three years ' absence .
11 A US court in Miami , Florida , sentenced former Panamanian leader Manuel Antonio Noriega to 40 years ' imprisonment on July 10 on drugs and racketeering charges .
12 Mr Hewitt is a member of Bishop Auckland Rotary Club and is north regional president of the YMCA , which is planning to open a residential centre in Darlington in two years ' time .
13 LEN Radford bids a fond farewell to production director Roy Naylor after 31 years ' service as a placer in the biscuit kilns department at Barlaston .
14 The next international meeting on endothelins will be held in London in two years ' time .
15 The head waiter , enchanted to see Ricky after three years ' absence , kissed him on both cheeks , enquired after his elbow , and found him a quiet corner .
16 Another ETA member , Juan Carlos Arruti Azpitarte " Paterra " , was in July 1990 sentenced in Madrid to 26 years ' imprisonment for terrorist offences including murder committed in 1979 .
17 Five members of the ( then banned ) South African African National Congress ( ANC ) were sentenced in July 1989 in Gaborone to five years ' imprisonment in July 1989 for possessing AK-47 rifles and ammunition .
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