Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [subord] three " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he had been Bishop of Durham for less than three years , and was in a see which fitted his gifts perfectly . |
| 2 | The aircraft will land , disgorge the troops and take off again immediately , being on the ground for less than three minutes . |
| 3 | If you are going abroad for less than three months , you can cash all your pension orders when you come home . |
| 4 | Being over 200 miles from town , I told them it was scarcely worthwhile coming for less than three days — preferably more ; so they did . |
| 5 | Independent studies suggest that half these 35m are uninsured for less than three months , and 85% for less than two years . |
| 6 | This is not significant for less than three tracks , as it is effectively the same as a sequential search for one or two tracks . |
| 7 | This competition is open to anyone who has been trading for less than three years ( ie since May 1989 ) . |
| 8 | Posi obliged , revealing that Fraxilly was a small human planet , a member of SenFed for less than three hundred years , remote and poor and backward . |
| 9 | In that case the buyer of a new Nissan car had had it for less than three weeks and had made two or three short journeys in it for the purpose of trying it out , before the engine seized up because of a latent manufacturing fault . |
| 10 | Thus , a lease for less than three years may be validly created on an informal basis , provided that it is for a market , as opposed to a " peppercorn " , rent . |
| 11 | Similar measures have been proposed for diplomas awarded after less than three years ' training . |
| 12 | PRINCESS Caroline of Monaco is moving back home after less than three months in her Provencale hideaway . |
| 13 | In 1872 , the CWS agreed to do so ; but in 1875 the employees ' right to a bonus was abrogated when delegates to a quarterly meeting of consumers ' societies ‘ swept away the entire bonus system after less than three years ’ trial , and at the same time abolished the United Employees ' Association and the privileges ' — that is , on the purchases of goods — ‘ attached to it , decreeing that employees should share and share alike with other members both as purchasers and as recipients of dividends on their purchases . ’ |
| 14 | He was Prime Minister at fifty-five , after less than three years Cabinet experience . |
| 15 | In 1952 " Sutcliffe was appointed Secretary to the Church of England " Council for the Deaf in succession to Canon Vernon Jones and the Rev Humphrey Ainger , who died after less than three years in office . |
| 16 | After less than three hours hitting a ball on a tennis court in the last four weeks , the American will be desperately short of match practice at the start of the sport 's most traditional tournament . |
| 17 | Hateley , who celebrates his 31st birthday on Saturday , virtually settled this second leg after less than three minutes . |
| 18 | None of these figures is very different from the earlier stages of weathering , and it would seem that even after more than three years of exposure to weathering , the damage and/or loss of bone is still very small . |
| 19 | The company says it will be running some time this year , after more than three years ' work . |
| 20 | After more than three years at the Manor , he had managed to pull round the farms and get the timber business running smoothly . |
| 21 | Firstly , they must have some backbone to sustain pole position after more than three months without a clean sheet — Boxing Day was Bryan Gunn 's first since September 19 . |
| 22 | A BRITON was arrested near Rome yesterday after more than three tons of cannabis , worth £17 million , was found on his yacht . |
| 23 | That was the impression Bowe and Lewis 's representatives gave after more than three hours of talks yesterday aimed at trying to reach an agreement to have the two fight sometime early next Spring . |
| 24 | The SQL Access Group has published its first three specifications , which set guidelines for database interoperability and communication , after more than three years in development ( CI No 2,148 ) . |
| 25 | ‘ After more than three years of increasing car crime , we are now beginning to see a downward trend , ’ he added . |
| 26 | ‘ After more than three years of increasing car crime , we are now beginning to see a downward trend . ’ |
| 27 | First , an American hostage , Frank Reed was freed in Beirut after more than three years in the hands of pro-Iranian kidnappers . |
| 28 | For example , European Community legislation on cosmetics requires that products with a stability of less than three years be labelled with an expiry date but it does not elaborate on this . |
| 29 | I have seen choppers almost totally destroyed from a height of less than three inches , yet have seen many crashes which started at 100 feet , or more , and produced only minimal damage . |
| 30 | The tobacco and luxury products group considers that the definition in FRS 1 of cash and cash equivalents as only those deposits , securities and borrowings which have an initial maturity of less than three months , may result in a misleading view of the group 's liquidity . |