Example sentences of "in [adj] [prep] [num] year ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arne Treholt , 49 , who had been sentenced in mid-1985 to 20 years ' imprisonment for espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union and Iraq [ see p. 34113 ] , was pardoned on July 3 on health grounds ; his second wife had died earlier in the year and he was reportedly suffering from depression . |
| 2 | So we recommend an inquiry — in three to five years ' time into the extent to which card users ( in particular , users of more than one credit card ) are using their cards to spend more than they judge prudent . |
| 3 | The only group of workers to achieve shorter hours by legislation were the miners , who were granted an eight-hour day in 1908 after forty years ' campaigning . |
| 4 | Assistant teacher Habib Ben Malek was sentenced in the same trial in 1977 to 20 years ' imprisonment . |
| 5 | Normally a degree at a university ( apart from the Open University ) requires three or four years ' full-time study , but it may be taken as a four-year sandwich course , or in five to six years ' part-time study in other institutions . |
| 6 | Pathe , epitomised by its crowing cockerel and mildly patronising commentaries , stopped producing newsreels in 1970 after 75 years ' coverage of world events because of the decline of the film industry and a change in cinema audience tastes . |
| 7 | A former chairman and managing director of Mackinnon Mackenzie , Sandy Oag retired in 1973 after 27 years ' service . |
| 8 | Yesterday it said the issue would mature in 23 to 28 years ' time , which will make it the longest-dated gilt available in the market . |
| 9 | The dam , completed in 1890 after nine years ' work , is 390yds long and 127′ thick at the base . |
| 10 | Jampel Changchub and Ngawang Phulchung , Tibetan Buddhist monks at Drepung monastery , were both sentenced in 1989 to 19 years ' imprisonment — the longest sentence against prisoners of conscience ever imposed in recent years by the authorities in Tibet . |
| 11 | Vision is the picture you have of profit in two to five years ' time , and how you 're going to achieve it |
| 12 | The real boost for cellular radio will come in two to three years ' time with the introduction of the Europe-wide service , GSM . |
| 13 | But the family sizes of women married in 1945 and in 1954 after 10 years ' marriage were 1.79 and 1.96 children respectively — a difference of only 10 per cent . |
| 14 | In November 1989 Ben Ali granted a presidential pardon for humanitarian reasons to two of Bourguiba 's close aides , Mansur Skhiri and Mahmoud Belhassine , who had been sentenced in 1988 to seven years ' imprisonment and 10 years ' forced labour respectively for misappropriation of public funds , bad management and embezzlement ( for their arrest see p. 35801 ) . |
| 15 | It is only the baseline from which a repeat exercise can be carried out , in seven to 10 years ' time . |
| 16 | He retired in 1968 after 50 years ' service . |
| 17 | He worked for Coast Lines and retired as a collector in 1967 after 47 years ' service . |
| 18 | Amongst the guests this year were two nonagenarians , Arthur Terry , a former superintending steward with Orient Line who retired in 1967 after 48 years ' service , and Captain William Solly who served with British India for 33 years and retired as a commander in 1960 . |
| 19 | Following a speech by Lord Sterling , the reply on behalf of the guests was made by Alan Langley , who retired as Managing Director of P&O Cruises in 1990 after 42 years ' service with P&O , BI and Mackinnon Mackenzie . |