Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] three years " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In fact all his empties could be let at low rents for perhaps three years . |
| 2 | The development of new levels or stopes , which are either simply for exploration or which will not produce any ore for perhaps three years , can eat up about a third of a mine 's operating costs . |
| 3 | Not only is a comparison between only three years potentially misleading ; there are very considerable divergences between trends in victimization and recorded crime for specific offences , which are concealed by the coincidence in the overall direction ( Hough and Mayhew , 1985 , Dowds et al . , |
| 4 | I have been Secretary of the Institute for only three years . |
| 5 | In 1819 , when Danzig had been the provincial capital for only three years , and for reasons that are unclear , the Prussians moved the function of administrative capital to Königsberg . |
| 6 | Contracts were to be awarded for only three years , as the ITA hoped that by 1967 a fourth channel would be available and require more radical reorganization . |
| 7 | Labour was further incensed because Balfour 's and the Cabinet majority 's crowning blow to Long 's hopes had been to ensure that the Act operated for only three years , the result of government 's unwillingness to accept permanent responsibility for the relief of unemployment . |
| 8 | Anatoliy , who has lived in Kiev for only three years , claimed a 9lb salmon as his best catch . |
| 9 | The lammergeyer that was where you are now , who died after only three years , he was n't any good at all . |
| 10 | After only three years , however , he left the Corporation and the country to become for one year assistant director ( 1950–1 ) of the Canadian commercial journal , Fishing News . |
| 11 | Twelve years back that contract had expired and he had set up his own Company , but that venture had failed after only three years . |
| 12 | His first marriage to actress Mimi Rogers , 10 years his senior , broke down after just three years . |
| 13 | Last night Davidson , host of the BBC snooker game show Big Break , admitted his marriage had broken up after just three years . |
| 14 | They have taken my life away , my young child from me that I have always wanted , and after just three years and ten months . |
| 15 | Within a short period of time I had learnt how to help myself ; the pain gradually began to abate spontaneously , a great relief after nearly three years of constant discomfort . |
| 16 | I 'll have to see how it goes and after about three years , I 'll see if I feel like doing any more . |
| 17 | This is a genuine photograph showing how much dirt can accumulate after about three years . |
| 18 | After almost three years of backing Modigliani 's work , Zborowski scented the first whiff of success in the spring of 1919 . |
| 19 | It figures they can get a thousand out over three years . |
| 20 | They figure they can get a thousand out over three years . |
| 21 | Tessa has worked in oils for approximately three years now . |
| 22 | Margaret is a girl of only three years and is not of suitable age to take over this kingdom . |
| 23 | Within the space of just three years , he submitted approximately 15 proposals , more than half of which found champions or sponsors , with projected value in the millions of dollars . |
| 24 | He already had an engineer 's licence , the product of nearly three years at the AST ( Air Services Training ) school of aeronautical engineering near Perth . |
| 25 | This last index has been a boon to many UK fund managers concerned over relative performance , since it has been weighed down by the Tokyo market , which has been in sustained fall for a period of nearly three years . |
| 26 | I find myself here and now — at my hotel window , the road below crowded with traffic , the fish market gone until tomorrow , the winter sun lighting the exercise book in which I 'm writing these events of nearly three years past — wanting to put down my pen , lean back and wonder at my arrogance , such stubborn obtuseness . |
| 27 | It is usual to hire a new vehicle on a fully maintained basis for a period of about three years . |
| 28 | Most agents prefer a term of about three years , whereas bands want to work on a yearly basis . |
| 29 | In the centre of the Court the door to a large flat was answered by a pretty fairhaired little girl of about three years old . |
| 30 | I was in the fruit and vegetable section waiting to weigh some potatoes on the scales when I saw a bairn of about three years old , a bonnie wee lad with fair hair and big dark blue eyes , picking apples out of the bin and shoving them into his mother 's shopping bag . |