Example sentences of "[adj] years if [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During his time at the flour mill ( which is actually 30 years if you include an earlier spell ) he has been mixerman , cuber operator , machine man , bran packer and even cleaner — when there were seven employees per shift ! |
| 2 | Scotland must take their chances in London against a side that has been the most consistent for the last few years if they are to come away with the spoils of victory . |
| 3 | All required records must be preserved for three years if it is a private company or for six years if it is a public one . |
| 4 | Middle-class families get their investment back in two to three years if they cook half their lunch every day in the cooker . |
| 5 | All required records must be preserved for three years if it is a private company or for six years if it is a public one . |
| 6 | Thus , where landlords were entitled to determine a twenty-one year lease " at the expiration of fourteen years if they shall require the premises for the purposes of a business carried on by them " it was held to be sufficient for them to show that they would need at least part of the premises before the date on which the lease would otherwise have expired by effluxion of time ( Parkinson v Barclays Bank Ltd [ 1951 ] 1 KB 368 ) . |
| 7 | In addition to the changes in remission it was proposed to allow parole to be removed for prisoners serving over 4 years if it was felt that their release would put the public at risk . |
| 8 | From just 25p a day , you can help protect your dependents against the crippling financial penalty of losing a parent or partner — and secure yourself a cash payout … at the age of 65 if you 're aged between 18 and 54 when cover commences , or after ten years if you 're aged between 55 and 69 . |
| 9 | ‘ Footballers at the top used to be finished between 28 and 30 but you can prolong your playing life by nearly ten years if you look after yourself . |
| 10 | Pre-school children are less likely to be dry by 3 years if they are anxious or depressed . |
| 11 | Smith and Jacobson ( 1988 ) report that expectation of life at birth for a male born in England and Wales in 1983/84 was 71.3 years compared with 69.9 years if he was born in Scotland . |
| 12 | Erm y'know even if it takes them quite a while to fill out y'know go through all eighty items y'know which could be erm y'know kind of , well depending how quickly they work y'know , sort of half an hour or something but if you if you get some er er a sort of type-written draft run off um I du n no , next Tuesday 's quite a quite a short deadline but maybe the Tuesday after that er we can try them on the first years if you like ? |
| 13 | Drug-users sharing needles contaminated with HIV are likely to be infected within less than five years if they inject once a week , and within three months if injecting 20 times a week . |
| 14 | Ipswich v Sunderland Ipswich will put together their best run for five years if they avoid defeat against Sunderland . |
| 15 | Three years er three years , five years if he misbehaves , and Clayton , you say , eighteen . |
| 16 | I 'll even get married for five years if you want . |
| 17 | It 's not actually automatic because you can stay in for those extra up up to five years if you so choose . |
| 18 | two amps or erm five years if you 're talking about charging up a capacitor or something . |
| 19 | Motor insurance policy premiums should reduce over several years if you accrue ‘ No claims bonuses ’ — in other words if you do not make any claims for damage , etc . |
| 20 | There are some , like erm , oak trees live five or six hundred years if they 're lucky , pines can live for a thousand years , giant tortoises for two hundred , well these are quite impressive figures , but let's face it it 's not very long , erm , compared with the time that evolution has been at it . |
| 21 | I also had a look at the fact that Toby might well be — or have been — the man I 'd been waiting for , though God knows I 'd never have recognized him in a million years if we had n't happened , entirely by accident , to stumble into each other 's arms . |
| 22 | Two years if he 's good . |
| 23 | On the feet were home-made boots with double tongues : ‘ They were made by the village cobbler and cost fourteen shillings : they 'd last about two years if you got them clumped at the end of the first year . ’ |
| 24 | Erm it 's just that er and I do n't suppose you need to stay two years if you do n't want to . |
| 25 | But we shall see in 200 years if I am right . ’ |
| 26 | Women are particularly vulnerable to diseases such as arthritis , osteoporosis ( brittle-bone disease ) and heart attacks in their middle years if they have been leading a sedentary life , sitting slumped in front of the television , losing muscle tone and even bone mass . |
| 27 | The Detectives , which pulled in bumper viewing figures when it was shown on BBC earlier this year , was a revelation for Jasper whose stand-up routines of recent years if I can be frank were dire . |
| 28 | Lewis can become a multi-millionaire over the next four years if he becomes our first world heavyweight champion for nearly a century — and defends successfully . |
| 29 | ( 2 ) In determining whether a lease is one to which section 11 applies — ( b ) a lease which is determinable at the option of the lessor before the expiration of seven years from the commencement of the term shall be treated as a lease for a term of less than seven years , and ( c ) a lease ( other than a lease to which paragraph ( b ) applies ) shall not be treated as a lease for a term of less than seven years if it confers on the lessee an option for renewal for a term which , together with the original term , amounts to seven years or more . |