Example sentences of "period [prep] three years " in BNC.
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| 1 | For new cars the length of the agreement varies according to whether you buy on contract hire ( commonly known as ‘ lease ’ ) which is for a period of three years , or on hire purchase which can be between four and five years . |
| 2 | 1973 when he became chairman of the corporation for a period of three years . |
| 3 | The Law Society requires newly qualified solicitors to undertake approved CPD for a period of three years on pain of withdrawal of their practising certificate . |
| 4 | A large travelling version of the exhibition was later prepared by SAVE , and shown in major museums and galleries all round the country over a period of three years . |
| 5 | Coleman was blamed for reducing the period of three years as originally fixed for the course of instruction in Vial 's time , to as little as three or four months , so that some men were sent out into practice at 19 , 18 , or even 17 years of age ( as a contrary example , Coleman 's nephew , E.C . |
| 6 | Like many earnest campaigns , the society raised moral indignation over a period of three years when a ‘ naked ’ papier mâché horse was put on display in a Manhattan airline office ; the horse was quickly removed and an apology was sent as speedily . |
| 7 | The lower scale figure should continue for older cars : although the current four-year break period is acceptable , consideration might be given to using a period of three years . |
| 8 | 6.1 This Agreement shall take effect on the date of signature of this Agreement and shall continue for a period of three years and from year to year thereafter until or unless terminated by either party giving to the other not less than six months ' prior written notice , subject always to prior termination as hereinafter specified . |
| 9 | In addition , potential shareholders were offered telephone vouchers or a bonus share issue if the shares were held for a period of three years , in order to try to prevent the immediate sale of shares after the issue . |
| 10 | Fleischmann then showed a proposal that he and Pons had submitted to the Department of Energy ( DOE ) in Washington requesting financial support for them to carry through a definitive series of experiments over a period of three years . |
| 11 | It will be paid in full for a period of three years and will then be reduced by one-third each year over the subsequent three years . |
| 12 | The donation is to be paid in full by the company over a period of three years . |
| 13 | But levied over a period of three years it brought in about £80,000 and became the prototype for later subsidies . |
| 14 | On the hearing of the petition he decided that the debtor had ‘ carried on business in England and Wales ’ within a period of three years ending with the presentation of the petition for the purposes of section 265(1) ( c ) ( ii ) of the Insolvency Act 1986and made the order sought . |
| 15 | That section sets out various grounds for jurisdiction , including the domicile , residence and physical presence of the debtor in England , but the sole ground relied on in this case is section 265(1) ( c ) ( ii ) , namely , that the debtor within a period of three years ending on the date of presentation , had ‘ carried on business in England and Wales . ’ |
| 16 | This new venture aims over a period of three years to train up to ninety students not only as teachers of BSL but as BSL English interpreters . |
| 17 | The approval once obtained will expire within a period of three years , unless a detailed planning application is submitted to the local planning authority . |
| 18 | The schemes , to be prepared within a period of three years from that date , were still to relate to land in course of development , or earmarked for development . |
| 19 | Eorpwald , king of the eastern Angles , was slain by a pagan , Ricberht , soon after his conversion and a period of three years elapsed before Eorpwald 's half-brother , Sigeberht , who had been baptized during his exile in Gaul , became king and Felix , a Burgundian , was appointed bishop of the eastern Angles by Honorius , archbishop of Canterbury . |
| 20 | LASMO acquired the concession in December 1990 for an initial period of three years . |
| 21 | Mr. Hogan has a service contract with the Company with an unexpired period of three years . |
| 22 | The centre is a partnership between the University of Stirling and CILT ( London ) , and has project funding from the Scottish Office Education Department for an initial period of three years . |
| 23 | The hon. Member for Blackburn produces wholly fictitious figures which compare the new building costs for new schools or for the conversion of schools to CTCs over a period of three years with the capital expenditure borrowing guidelines for 14 authorities in one year . |
| 24 | It is worth reminding the House what the Bill , if enacted in its present form , would involve : the loss of 83 homes , the displacement of 326 residents , the demolition of four listed buildings , the destruction of well over 10 acres of property in two conservation areas , the destruction of a two-acre inner-city nature reserve of great value to the local community , the loss of 168 workplaces providing 1,620 jobs , the loss of 58 shops , 38 of which provide key services to local people , the diversion of a major traffic artery for a period of three years , a doubling of the number of rail passengers and a doubling of the number of cars and taxis coming to King 's Cross and St. Pancras during the morning peak hour . |
| 25 | This project will monitor the development of contracting between three Age Concern Groups and both their local Social Service Department and Health Authorities over a period of three years , with special attention to the effects of the new ‘ contracting culture ’ on |
| 26 | ( On the formation of the NAR administration in December 1986 Gordon had agreed to serve as a minister for a period of three years . ) |
| 27 | A period of three years was thought to be necessary for census-taking and drawing up electoral rolls . |
| 28 | The government announced on Nov. 26 that over a period of three years it intended to cut 122,000 government jobs — approximately one fifth of state employees — at an estimated saving to the state of the equivalent of US$1,500 million . |
| 29 | Despite a foreign exchange crisis which later resulted in the devaluation of the lira and its suspension from the ERM [ see p. 39080 ] , President Oscar Scalfaro vetoed a government request , announced on Sept. 9 , for emergency economic powers for a period of three years which would allow it to act rapidly by decree if the Bank of Italy decided that the national economy was endangered . |
| 30 | The financial commitment of Christian Aid is for up to ten scholarships for a period of three years . |