Example sentences of "[prep] two years ' " in BNC.

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31 The guidelines are the results of two years ' consideration with professionals in the field .
32 Insider dealings are prohibited , and those who commit such dealings are liable to prosecution in the criminal court with a maximum penalty of two years ' imprisonment .
33 In 1988 , PHILIPPE LE ROUX unveiled the F1 , the product of two years ' design and development .
34 The importance which the legislature attached to the observance of the regulatory system is demonstrated by section 4 , which makes a contravention of section 3 an offence , punishable on conviction on indictment by a term of two years ' imprisonment or a fine or both .
35 My Lords , this is an appeal brought by the Director of Public Prosecutions with the leave of the Court of Appeal ( Criminal Division ) [ 1991 ] 1 W.L.R. 1334 from a decision of that court on 22 April 1991 allowing the appeal of the respondent defendant , Edwin Gomez , against his convictions on 20 and 24 April 1990 at Isleworth Crown Court on two counts of theft , for which he received concurrent sentences of two years ' imprisonment , and quashing those convictions .
36 Eligibility for payments is now restricted to workers under the age of 65 who have a minimum of two years ' full-time service since the age of 18 .
37 C1 was to be a two-year course for 16-plus school-leavers with suitable qualifications , leading to a certificate or diploma comparable in status to an OND , while C2 would normally be of two years ' duration and would be for students not so highly qualified or well-motivated as those taking C1 courses .
38 Eventually in 1275 the first Statute of Westminster appears to have provided that the ravishment of any woman was an offence punishable with a penalty of two years ' imprisonment and ransom and in 1285 the second Statute of Westminster turned this into a capital offence .
39 Defendants were frequently prepared to plead guilty under the old law with its maximum penalty of two years ' imprisonment .
40 One demand made during the Pilgrimage of Grace in 1536 was that entry fines should not exceed the value of two years ' rent , so it is likely that by this time , when a rising population was creating a shortage of land , some landlords were seeking more .
41 PhD candidates with a Masters qualification have to complete a minimum of two years ' full-time study
42 Historically , the minimum subscription Association 's affiliated organizations and clubs has been set that twice the personal member 's subscription and after a period of two years ' grace it 's the Council 's wish that this balance is re-established so that the relativity returns to that which existed prior to the increase in subscriptions that was proposed at the A G M in nineteen ninety one .
43 In the course of two years ' research he 's discovered a great deal but admits there are gaps that he would like to fill . ‘
44 Called PRC 565 , it is a new generation product and the result of two years ' development involving American and British scientists .
45 About 15 years ago , three months was considered to be sufficient time for a sales director with two years ' service to convince his company of his competence .
46 Protection against unfair dismissal is available only to employees with two years ' continuous service ; anyone dismissed before then has no recourse to an industrial tribunal —
47 This one-term course is intended for practising UK and overseas teachers with two years ' experience and good English .
48 Applicants are usually graduates and most hold a professional social work qualification with two years ' work experience since qualifying .
49 The most blatant example came in 1981 when it was made a criminal contempt punishable with two years ' imprisonment for journalists , after a trial was over , to interview jurors about their deliberations .
50 McCann , in which the Court of Appeal reduced the sentence for a relatively minor burglary by an offender who had only one distant previous conviction , from two years ' imprisonment to nine months .
51 GDP would recover from two years ' contraction or stagnation to grow by 4.75 per cent in 1992-93 .
52 That 's a look we 'll see emerging from the dull , old chrysalis that was Renault design in the '70s and '80s , when it takes the wraps off its first really new-age car in two years ' time .
53 Le Moignan has talked about retiring in two years ' time , but that could be hastened if there were another loss to Opie , who has made a determined comeback after defeats in the world and British opens .
54 With the opening of the company 's fourth North American assembly plant in two years ' time , Toyota will also have the capacity to produce almost 1m vehicles a year in America .
55 The new appointment runs until the next European championships , in two years ' time .
56 The dealer works out the car 's value in two years ' time ( the MGFV , or Minimum Guaranteed Future Value ) and subtracts it from the price , minus your deposit .
57 We 'll meet here , on the same day , in two years ' time , at seven o'clock , and we 'll have exactly the same things to eat , and tell each other quite frankly in what ways we 've changed .
58 Jasper Carrott and Hale and Pace did impromptu performances — and everyone there pledged to come back in two years ' time .
59 LINFORD Christie will quit athletics in two years ' time — aiming to bow out as the undisputed No 1 sprinter in the world .
60 LINFORD Christie will quit athletics in two years ' time — aiming to bow out as the undisputed No 1 sprinter in the world , writes David Harrison .
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