Example sentences of "period [prep] [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Nothing abnormal about not having a period for two years . |
| 2 | It is usual to follow patients who have been diagnosed and treated for syphilis for a period of two years to make sure that the treatment is effective and that relapse does not occur . |
| 3 | This course involves attendance on one day , or two evenings per week , over a period of two years . |
| 4 | It stands in gardens landscaped over a period of two years ( which were designed to ensure an array of colours and scents throughout the year ) , and woodlands resplendent with over one hundred species of trees and shrubs , the home of owls , badgers , green woodpeckers , pheasants and foxes . |
| 5 | To commence as soon as possible , the appointment is for an initial period of two years with a possible extension of one further year and includes the following areas : |
| 6 | The post is initially for a period of two years , commencing as soon as possible . |
| 7 | If so , the guarantee will be renegotiated for a period of two years and Harley will receive a royalty on sales of two per cent . ’ |
| 8 | Prospecting licences can be for up to 250 km² ; for an initial period of two years , renewable for a further two years at the discretion of the Department . |
| 9 | On 23 January , on the eve of the dissolution of Parliament , another Law for Venice was passed by the Senate in Rome authorising a total expenditure of L1,750 billion ( £809 million ; $1.4billion ) over a period of two years ( 1993–94 ) to be raised partly by loans . |
| 10 | We talked to nutters frequently over a period of two years and some were ‘ interviewed ’ in a more structured manner . |
| 11 | Your wife has left you for a continuous period of two years . |
| 12 | For a period of two years from the summer of 1179 to the summer of 1181 we know nothing of Richard 's movements . |
| 13 | The " Women 's Office " has been guaranteed a budget of US$20.000 over a period of two years , after which it will have to find financial backing from within the government . |
| 14 | The rural development centre CEPROR ( Centro de Romocion Rural ) ran special courses for young women , Sister Asuncion , who was in charge of the programme over a period of two years ( 1975–7 ) , helped train approximately 2.000 young women in community work . |
| 15 | Even more striking is the provision that if such a tenement is not alienated , but the alms for which it was originally given are neglected over a period of two years , then the property shall again be recoverable at law by the donor or his heirs . |
| 16 | As shown in table 5.1 , Project A has a payback period of two years as opposed to Project B's 2⅔ years payback period . |
| 17 | For present purposes it is sufficient to note that the expression embraces the period of two years prior to the onset of insolvency in the case of transactions at an undervalue and of preferences given to a person connected with the company , provided that at the time of the transaction the company was unable to pay its debts or it became unable to pay its debts by reason of the transaction . |
| 18 | ( E ) The conference nominates his excellency , Ali Mahdi Mohammed , as provisional President of the Somali Republic for a period of two years from the day on which he takes the oath . |
| 19 | The standard grief reaction going through the five phases of denial , anger , bargaining , depression and finally acceptance over a period of two years but sometimes with progressive insulation of emotions resulting in a sense of isolation . |
| 20 | Mr. Cordingley has a service contract with the Company with an unexpired period of two years . |
| 21 | The corpus relevant to BT numbers hundreds of separate items and fills about four hundred printed pages ; it is contained in fourteen different notebooks , written over a period of two years ( autumn 1869 to autumn 1871 ) . |
| 22 | These paintings follow from a period of two years in which Chevallier examined the potentialities of the colour red . |
| 23 | The Government 's patients charter suggests that a waiting period of two years is a realistic target , beyond which no individual should have to wait . |
| 24 | No. 76 , in page 40 , line 42 , at end insert — ( 2 ) For a period of two years commencing from the first transfer date , a member ( whether elected or appointed ) or an employee of a local authority , shall not be eligible for appointment as chairman , but , after that time has elapsed , no such restriction shall apply . ' . |
| 25 | The Joint ESRC/SERC Transport Committee ( JTC ) was established in 1978 for an initial period of two years and extended for a further 4 years after a review in 1980 . |
| 26 | Eight mother-infant dyads are participating in the study for a period of two years , starting when the infants are six months old . |
| 27 | The project proposes to find out how far the thinking of these pupils can be advanced , over a period of two years , to give them access to concepts which hitherto they would not have had . |
| 28 | You will note that they are initially indicating that you should hold some of the Flybynight stock for a period of two years . |
| 29 | The Federal Assembly on July 5 re-elected Vaclav Havel as President of Czechoslovakia for a further period of two years . |
| 30 | Eight states agreed on a unified command of general-purpose armed forces for a transitional period of two years . |