Example sentences of "up [prep] [adj] year ['s] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Not only does BSL learning apparently take much longer ( ‘ beginners ’ were people with up to three years ' experience ) but only the beginner group showed the normal pattern of understanding being better than production . |
| 32 | Yes , I mean it 's not the whole of the market , admittedly , and we are still encouraging our own countrymen to take a holiday in this country erm but if one 's blunt about it , yes , it 's erm a large sector of the market and one that is , one we 've got to get back to come up to last year 's levels . |
| 33 | But should parents do that and should the car be taken away with a child in it , those who took the car could be charged with a much more serious offence under section 2 of the Child Abduction Act 1984 , punishable by up to seven years ' imprisonment . |
| 34 | Criminal damage itself is an offence carrying up to ten years ' imprisonment , but this is a more serious offence — more of an offence against the person . |
| 35 | Under the existing law , helping someone to die was a criminal offence punishable by up to 12 years ' imprisonment , but this had rarely been invoked in recent years amid great public debate and controversy on the ethics and possible modalities of euthanasia . |
| 36 | Oxford the red hot favourites have made 3 changes to their lineup in the run up to this year 's race and Sam was only told she was in the boat at the weekend . |
| 37 | On Dec. 8 Gen. Iván Jiménez Sánchez , the Defence Minister , announced that 240 people , both military personnel and civilians , would be tried for taking part in the coup attempt and would face penalties of up to 30 years ' imprisonment . |
| 38 | In England , prior to 1983 , local authorities could receive up to 3 years ' worth of joint finance money . |
| 39 | 166 breeds from all over the country are expected to line up at this year 's event , competing to become the Supreme Champion . |
| 40 | A year ago at Unix Expo time we said IBM Corp was interested in moving AIX on to PC platforms other than its own to dispel its proprietary air ( UX No 359 ) : true to the promise , Blue turned up at this year 's Expo with AIX PS/2 Version 1.3 supporting non-Micro Channel boxes and running on Dell Computer Corp , AST Research Inc and Compaq Computer Corp . |
| 41 | Experts from 24 countries met in Trondheim , Norway , in May under the auspices of the UN Environment Programme ( UNEP ) to discuss implementation of the biodiversity treaty drawn up at last year 's Earth Summit in Rio . |