Example sentences of "[adv] [num] year ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Currently US proven reserves represent only eight years ' production . |
| 2 | Hewson , a former professor of economics at the University of New South Wales , with only three years ' experience in the federal parliament , was generally considered competent but lacking in charisma . |
| 3 | Children had often only one years ' schooling . |
| 4 | erm There are indications that in perhaps twenty years ' time that there might be some novel applications of lasers . |
| 5 | Is it not also the case that the cost of one or perhaps two years ' worth of the administrative introduction of the NHS changes for the internal market would again result in the same figure ? |
| 6 | Professor Williams , however , not only believes that rape should have a limited ambit because of the severity of the penalty , but that procuring a woman by threat should also be subject to limitations even though its maximum penalty is merely two years ' imprisonment . |
| 7 | At the time of Chamberlain 's appointment he had written to his mother : ‘ I am pretty certain that I shall be left where I am which is what I wanted , for the only promotion I should care about would be the Exchequer itself which would never be given to a minister of only two years ' experience . |
| 8 | With DOUBLE PAYOUT , however , he enjoys a very reasonable level of cover and the pleasing prospect of a tax-free windfall in just ten years ' time . |
| 9 | The best thing to do would be to put away five years ' worth of umm fees in a high interest building society account and just have a direct debit taken out every term and the fees to go out would n't it . |
| 10 | Thus after just two years ' trading SOFFEX 's turnover exceeded that of LTOM . |
| 11 | Research International says that the proportion of farmers under 35 dropped from 39 to 14 per cent between 1987 and 1991 and the number with under 10 years ' experience dropped from 10 per cent to four per cent . |
| 12 | The YBC 's members are all elected members of the Bar Council under seven years ' call , together with a small number of coopted members . |
| 13 | But in spite of nearly forty years ' experience , I can never resist temptation . |
| 14 | We have tramped miles over mountain and moorland in search of sport , and one of the joys of living and fishing in Scotland is that in spite of nearly forty years ' trout fishing , we have at least another forty years to go before we can honestly say we know but a fraction of all the fishing available . |
| 15 | This was introduced nearly three years ' ago when Fr. |
| 16 | Joe has nearly 25 years ' experience in the oil industry . |
| 17 | Try to stick to the subject of the row rather than bringing up 25 years ' worth of misdemeanours . |
| 18 | IT was all smiles as director of human resources George Stonier said thank you to his secretary Val Inskip for clocking up 25 years ' service with the Wedgwood Group . |
| 19 | Thus , the maximum penalty for indecently assaulting a man was formerly ten years ' imprisonment , whereas for a woman it was two years , rising to five where she was under 13 . |
| 20 | SIR — As a master mariner of nearly 40 years ' standing , I am continually upset by the criticism of Captain Lord ( report , April 3 ) . |
| 21 | They contain nearly 40 years ' information about the biggest , smallest , heaviest , highest , longest , fastest , oldest in sport , science and everything else in life . |
| 22 | A GRANDMOTHER with nearly 40 years ' experience behind the wheel has been selected as East Anglia 's top woman driver . |
| 23 | After nearly 40 years ' work almost all are now fully and beautifully restored . |
| 24 | The union was also left virtually bankrupt , having paid out in five weeks ' strike pay nearly two years ' worth of subscriptions . |
| 25 | Since being ‘ sacked ’ ( his own expression ) by President Mitterrand nearly two years ' ago , M Rocard had virtually disappeared from the national political scene . |
| 26 | Since being ‘ sacked ’ ( his own expression ) by President Mitterrand nearly two years ' ago , Michel Rocard had virtually disappeared from the national political scene . |
| 27 | The maximum penalty for this offence when perpetrated against a woman was formerly two years ' imprisonment , rising to five where she was under 13.6 In 1985 , it was raised to ten years ' imprisonment regardless of the victim 's age . |
| 28 | Our advice is based on nearly 200 years ' experience in the Oxfordshire property market . |
| 29 | If anyone out there wants a crane , makes an offer to Bristol Works Department in about three years ' time — they bought it cheap ( £16,000 ) because nobody else wanted a crane that could n't be moved about easily ! |
| 30 | In about three years ' time all GM 's new cars will have been developed this way . |