Example sentences of "and [num] [noun pl] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your working life , for this purpose , is normally considered to be 44 years for a woman and 49 years for a man ( i.e. age 16 until pension age ) , but it may be less if you were of working age but not in insurable employment when the National Insurance Scheme started in 1948 . |
| 2 | Well think , why pay out for a hundred and forty pounds for a suit , when you gon na wear it again ? |
| 3 | During 1990 the Appeal Court upheld prison sentences of 6 years for a confidence trickster who raised barely 1000 , 7 years for a man who obtained 36,000 using fraudulent cheques , and 12 years for a Post Office employee who defrauded his employer of 136,000 ( Guardian 29.8.90 ) . |
| 4 | But then when he said two hundred and one pounds for a pension mortgage I thought well if a hundred and ninety |
| 5 | In 1906 life expectancy at birth for a male in Britain was 48 years and 51 years for a female ; in 1985 the average expectation of life at birth was 71 and 77 years respectively ( see Figure 3.3 ) . |
| 6 | He used a 3-wood , an 8-iron and two putts for a par 4 at the 1st . |