Example sentences of "[prep] three year [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dennis McNamee has resigned as secretary after three years but has accepted the post of president . |
| 2 | After three years and approximately £2m of research and development , SeaChange 4 began shipping on March 31 . |
| 3 | In it he proposes the closure of at least one college at year that they reopen after three years and that they will not be allowed to employ anyone who 's previously taught at an Oxbridge university . |
| 4 | After three years as Financial Secretary to the Treasury he entered the Cabinet as Minister of Education , in July 1962 . |
| 5 | The Act allowed couples to petition for divorce after the first anniversary of their marriage , instead of after three years as had been upheld previously . |
| 6 | Coleman was blamed for reducing the period of three years as originally fixed for the course of instruction in Vial 's time , to as little as three or four months , so that some men were sent out into practice at 19 , 18 , or even 17 years of age ( as a contrary example , Coleman 's nephew , E.C . |
| 7 | Progressive taxation must be outlawed for all time ; educational qualifications for jurors must be introduced ; the voting age must be raised to 21 and suffrage extended to dogs of three years or more , subject to simple intelligence tests . |
| 8 | And here we find that the term is widely rather than narrowly defined to include an offence which carries a sentence of three years or more on first conviction ; or involves the use of violence ; or results in substantial financial gain ; or involves conduct by a large number of people in pursuit of a common purpose . |
| 9 | In practice , hopelessly unrealistic assumptions and expectations are often built into these ‘ analyses ’ , like payback periods of three years or less , and very high , rule-of-thumb hurdle rates that bear no relation to the real cost of capital to the business or actual rates achievable from external placements . |
| 10 | Arguments have arisen over proposals to introduce automatic parole for short-term prisoners ; also over the possibility of dividing every sentence of three years or under into three parts : imprisonment , supervised release , and remission ( which Lords Justices on the criminal side of the Court of Appeal made clear they did not like ) . |
| 11 | ( 3 ) This section applies to a contract if — ( a ) the rent does not exceed the figure applicable in accordance with subsection ( 4 ) , and ( b ) the letting is not on such terms as to the tenant 's responsibility as are mentioned in subsection ( 5 ) … ( 5 ) This section does not apply where a house is let for a term of three years or more ( the lease not being determinable at the option of either party before the expiration of three years ) upon terms that the tenant puts the premises into a condition reasonably fit for human habitation . |
| 12 | To prevent the proprietor sitting on his patent , deliberately failing to use it , section 48 of the Act allows any person to apply for a compulsory licence under the patent , after the expiry of three years if , for example , the patent is not being worked or some abuse is being made of the patent monopoly such as if the product is not being made available at reasonable terms . |
| 13 | The Dutchman is seeking an extension to his contract , which expires next summer , of three years and £7 million . |
| 14 | 6.1 This Agreement shall take effect on the date of signature of this Agreement and shall continue for a period of three years and from year to year thereafter until or unless terminated by either party giving to the other not less than six months ' prior written notice , subject always to prior termination as hereinafter specified . |
| 15 | It will be paid in full for a period of three years and will then be reduced by one-third each year over the subsequent three years . |
| 16 | This Agreement commences on [ ] and will continue for a fixed period of three years and thereafter will continue from year to year unless terminated by at least sixty days ' written notice by either party to the other , such notice to expire on any anniversary date of the commencement of this Agreement falling after the expiry of the fixed period aforesaid . |
| 17 | In a trial held on Oct. 10-13 in Hanoi , 38 members of a Vietnamese resistance movement were sentenced to prison terms of between three years and life , having been found guilty of " traitorous activities " . |
| 18 | Lucy Lane had been working in his team for three years but he felt that he knew her only a little better than he had done after her first month . |
| 19 | ‘ An initial contract may be for three years but we have to look further than that . |
| 20 | ITV has been thrown into disarray because the current franchises have been extended for three years while the Government introduces a new free market framework . |
| 21 | However , record contracts tend to last longer than management agreements ( a management agreement might last for three years while a record contract may go on as long as ten ) . |
| 22 | Fulham will pay a low introductory rent for three years while they seek a partial redevelopment of the stadium . |
| 23 | Lord Goddard was then in only his sixth year as Lord Chief Justice , never looked like someone about to retire , and indeed continued in office for three years after Sir Winston gave way as Prime Minister in 1955 . |
| 24 | My husband was banned for three years after he 'd killed me . ’ |
| 25 | On Monday , at Teesside Crown Court , Sigsworth was jailed for three years after he admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent , wounding , assault causing actual bodily harm and two offences of burglary . |
| 26 | Thus older people predominate among long-term claimants : 75 per cent of people aged 60 and over have been receiving Income Support for three years or more , compared with 40 per cent of those under 60 ; elderly people comprise 60 per cent of those receiving this benefit for five years or more . |
| 27 | Four victims so far and three fortuitous , but he 's probably been on the prowl for three years or more . |
| 28 | In fact , he has only been working as a professional for three years or so , and has had to learn his trade by trial and error . |
| 29 | By case law the definition applies when this pattern has existed for three years or more . |
| 30 | I have n't seen him for three years or so . |