Example sentences of "the [adj] years [unc] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | If you die within five years of retirement , most schemes pay the balance of the five years ' pension as a lump sum . |
2 | The Conservative manifesto makes much of the 13 years ' record in foreign policy , but is silent about the great motto of two years ago ‘ the new world order ’ , which the Gulf war was supposed to promote . |
3 | As your pension is normally ultimately based on the size of your salary when you retire , the two years ' worth of added rights could still be worth a tidy amount . |
4 | During the early years of his reign Charles did intervene actively in the Thirty Years ' War by leading England into another war against Spain . |
5 | But they will begin life by taking the 20 years ' accumulation of magnesium oxide cladding from around uranium fuel rods used in the Magnox reactors . |