Example sentences of "be [adj] [prep] [num] years ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1912 the Guild annual congress passed a resolution that divorce should be available after two years ' separation . |
| 2 | Then the god spoke to a woman whose baby was ill , and afterwards to a couple who were childless after three years ' marriage . |
| 3 | Experts say the pollution in North Bohemia is due to 40 years ' emphasis on heavy industry under communist rule . |
| 4 | The floods destroyed the crop completely and the debt is equivalent to four years ' worth of rice crop . |
| 5 | ( S. ) 335 recognise the exception illustrated by this decision : if the offence to which the juvenile has pleaded guilty is punishable with 14 years ' imprisonment and is therefore one for which the juvenile can be detained under Children and Young Persons Act 1933 , s.53(2) for a longer period , a sentence of 12 months ' detention in a young offender institution is not objectionable , despite the plea of guilty , if the offence would have justified a longer term of detention under section 53(2) and the sentencer has given the juvenile a discount for his plea by choosing to impose a term of detention in a young offender institution rather than detention under Children and Young Persons Act 1933 , s.53(2) . |
| 6 | Membership of a " terrorist group " was punishable by five years ' imprisonment and it also became a crime to possess " directly or indirectly " written or recorded materials condoning " terrorist " activity . |