Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] two years " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think that authors requiring protection should assign copyrights to their institutions , or to the research council supporting the work , and inform the publisher that this body will give the publisher an exclusive licence to the material for perhaps two years . |
| 2 | It is clear the event has Wilson in its grip , despite his being associated with it for only two years . |
| 3 | The new system ran as a parallel track for only two years , and all of the students were volunteers . |
| 4 | The Lycée was to hold this self-determined spirit for only two years then he was taken on by Balmain , at that time one of the grandest of French designers . |
| 5 | And when , as late as the Wednesday morning , Law announced that , as the doctors had passed him as fit for only two years , he could not accept the role which attendance implied , the Baldwin forces were sunk in gloom . |
| 6 | In fact , they had known each other for only two years , and had been lovers for most of that time . |
| 7 | Although he had lived at Baskerville Hall for only two years , everyone liked him . |
| 8 | Stapleton told me that he and his sister had lived in Devonshire for only two years . |
| 9 | Despite having played for only two years , June Denholm , from Torness Finance department , is already beginning to make her mark in the game . |
| 10 | For Opposition Members to paint a negative picture of TECs failing to do what they have been set up to do is not good enough , because , after all , they have been in existence for only two years . |
| 11 | After only two years in the same house as Minton , Vaughan wanted to escape . |
| 12 | As Minton was fond of saying , ‘ Do n't possess anything , because if you do it will end up possessing you , ’ he himself not surprisingly felt uncomfortable in this Home Beautiful and , never really liking the place , was to move again after only two years . |
| 13 | IN 1954 , after only two years at Allen Street , Minton moved to 9 Apollo Place , a two-storey building in a short cul-de-sac at the end of Cheyne Walk , in close proximity to the river . |
| 14 | Although Sullivan , ( Sir ) Julius Benedict [ q.v. ] , and other prominent musicians were among the professors , it collapsed after only two years . |
| 15 | After just two years at Max Factor , which he joined in 1986 and where he was marketing director of colouring and skincare products , he was appointed marketing director . |
| 16 | Mueller then turned to the American Managing Director in charge of the British Components ' Division , who was due for another assignment after nearly two years in the UK . |
| 17 | After nearly two years without a major catastrophic spinal rugby injury in the United States , there have been four in the last half of 1991 . |
| 18 | ( Since then I have been in touch with Texas four times and been promised an answer for which I am still waiting after nearly two years ) . |
| 19 | Chief Planning and Development Officer , Liam Tiller , says he 's pleased that after nearly two years , Whitehall has at last agreed to the Council 's proposals . |
| 20 | And then after about two years when Father le realized that the lace trade was going he said , must to put to a trade . |
| 21 | It was only after about two years of Ph.D . |
| 22 | eventually , after about two years when you get this sort of armless , legless cor |
| 23 | ‘ Hmm , ’ he murmured , but she was glad to see he had lost none of his pleasantness of expression when , considering her request for a few seconds , he divulged , ‘ After almost two years without a holiday or much free time , I last week completed what I believe to be one of my best achievements . ’ |
| 24 | After almost two years of complaints of illness , discolouration and bugs , worms and other nasties in the drinking water supply along the town 's Donaghadee Road and surrounding area , residents there are to get a new pipe system . |
| 25 | It 's taken me so long to write about just two years . |
| 26 | Even in the boom phase of the economic cycle , it only averaged below two million for just two years , before resuming its ascent . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Suppose a machine which has a known life of only two years is expected to yield £242 each year . |
| 29 | CCG 's responsibility is to provide the construction site at Grangemouth with a complete infrastructure capable of supporting the welfare needs of 2,500 multi-skilled operatives for a period of approximately two years . |
| 30 | Although the offence of having sexual intercourse with a girl under 16 has the advantage of not requiring proof of lack of consent , it carries a maximum penalty of just two years ’ imprisonment . |