Example sentences of "[vb pp] a two-year " in BNC.

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1 Direct sales computer manufacturer Elonex Plc , London N has won a two-year contract , estimated to be worth about £1m , to supply 80486-based desktop computers and network servers to the northwest regional electricity supplier Norweb Plc .
2 JOHN MONIE has accepted a two-year contract to coach Auckland when he finishes at Wigan at the end of this season .
3 ALEX WYLLIE , THE FORMER All Black coach , has accepted a two-year contract to work and coach in South Africa .
4 The EC has already imposed a two-year ban on BST , the genetically-engineered milk yield booster which the Government supports .
5 Jack Scamp had drawn a two-year plate of porridge for the assault on the Kent licensee and , as Malpass had said , would have been out with remission if he 'd kept his nose clean , in three months ’ time .
6 Cox has agreed a two-year extension to his present contract , which will now run into 1996 .
7 Her first book Lamb , Leeks and Laverbread explored the delights of Welsh food , and it had just been published when her husband , a British army officer , was offered a two-year posting in Cyprus .
8 Mr. Leonard Coote , the out-going Vice-President was elected President for a two-year term in succession to Mr. Andy Heffernan who had completed a two-year term .
9 Jeremy Batty , an 18-year-old off-spinner , has been given a two-year contract by Yorkshire after his first-class debut in the last game of the season against Lancashire at Scarborough when he had match figures of 8 for 193 .
10 He was given a two-year suspended sentence .
11 Mr Braley was also given a two-year sentence for the theft of four bearer share certificates .
12 The Tykes switched from Pakistan 's Aqib Javed because he would have to be given a two-year contract under TCCB rules while 21-year-old Benjamin could sign for a year .
13 In our report on the verdicts of the Giacometti fake trial in The Art Newspaper No. 15 , February 1991 , p.3 we incorrectly stated that Mr David Bernstein was given a two-year jail sentence and fined .
14 At her trial she pleaded guilty , and was given a two-year prison sentence suspended for two years .
15 Reformed junkie Davies , who has served two prison sentences , met stunning Fiona Brown , 28 , when he was given a two-year probation order for theft .
16 On March 24 Takeshi Kato , a former vice-Minister of Labour , was given a two-year suspended prison sentence and a fine of 6,810,000 yen after being found guilty of accepting bribes from Recruit .
17 A fourteen year old criminal who 's had holidays in Spain paid for by social services has been given a two-year supervision order .
18 With the highest ranking officers of the old FDP under arrest or in hiding and about 150 other senior officers dismissed from their posts , the government placed a two-year limitation on the new commander 's term of office , ordered retirement after 25 years ' service and made regional commanders subject to civilian authority .
19 Sotheby 's has abandoned a two-year struggle to sell the Sevso Treasure of late Roman silver ( see The Art Newspaper , No.11 , October 1991 , p.1 ) belonging to the Marquess of Northampton Settlement and estimated to be worth £40 million .
20 HARTLEPOOL United have set a two-year target for promotion to the new First Division .
21 NORTHERN Rock building society has announced a two-year fixed rate mortgage of 6.25pc and a three-year fix of 6.75pc .
22 Despite Mercer 's injury , Leeds say they 've still not finalised a two-year deal for Aussie Test back rower Bob Lindner .
23 The 32-year-old fast bowler has signed a two-year contract to play for Natal in South Africa 's Currie Cup competition .
24 Instead of a three-year deal the unions eventually signed a two-year agreement with a second year in which pay was increased by the inflation rate plus 2.5 per cent .
25 Beck , who has signed a two-year roll-on contract , said : ‘ I have been labelled as a certain type of manager with a certain method in mind .
26 French stays FOOTBALL : Steve French , the former Whitby Town player , has signed a two-year contract with Harrogate Town , the HFS First Division side .
27 At Schenectady , New York , General Electric and the US Department of Energy have finished a two-year test on an integrated gasification combined cycle ( IGCC ) plant .
28 Here , the Government like to claim that those without jobs are guaranteed a two-year YT place , but even that , something inferior to the German model , is not being delivered .
29 The Newcastle has launched a two-year scheme at 10.45 per cent .
30 From there in Michaelmas 1317 the cardinals promulgated a two-year truce , but since they would not recognize Bruce 's claims to the Scottish crown he ignored their pronouncements and prepared to launch another attack on the north of England .
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