Example sentences of "[noun pl] for three [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I worked in the coal mines for three years to obtain my colliery manager 's certificate . |
| 2 | However , the three would-be collaborators for the grand tour each revived one of their ballets for three performances by the Ballet Club at City Hall , Cape Town , in July and August ; this was when Yvonne Blake danced the Scarlet Woman . |
| 3 | The French government succeeded in carrying through their plans for three reasons — because the more centralised legal and planning structure made it less easy for pressure groups to hinder progress , because , to a large extent , the government 's arguments — that it was a straight choice between nuclear power and penury — were both heard and largely accepted and , finally and possibly most important , direct and immediate financial benefits were offered . |
| 4 | In Rio de Janeiro , for example , a clerks ' strike recently paralysed the courts for three months . |
| 5 | Give the new mother one dose of Arnica 200 every 3 hours for three doses only . |
| 6 | The burden of the message from schoolmaster Olver , who led Quins for three seasons before a head of department post took him to Northampton in 1990 , will be about debts — moral , not financial . |
| 7 | Sarah Louise Harris , aged 20 , was banned from the roads for three weeks when she appeared before Alton magistrates on Friday . |
| 8 | No critics , not too many nerves , no reviews and full houses for three months . |
| 9 | ‘ Galleries and Private Collectors ’ brought together Czech , German and American gallery directors and art experts for three days of frank , and at times heated , debate . |
| 10 | It took the form of contracts for three firms to renovate residences belonging to the Northern Ireland Housing Executive , the state corporation responsible for public-owned housing . |
| 11 | The incident was not reported to the authorities for three days because , according to a company spokesman , its size had not been immediately appreciated . |
| 12 | Suppose we have data for the expected returns for three portfolios and the factor loadings in a two-factor APT model as follows |
| 13 | The busiest time is in summer , with up to a thousand covers for three meals a day , seven days a week , which means recruiting up to 20 extra staff . |
| 14 | The relationships you build up with our clients and the advertisers , with the clients you 're working in their own er their offices for three weeks so you get to know people . |
| 15 | A REGIONAL councillor , Terry Penny , was stripped of his membership of committees , sub-committees and working parties for three months by a meeting of the full council yesterday because of unruly behaviour and remarks about the Grampian convener , Bob Middleton , and the policy and resources chairman , Morag Morrell . |
| 16 | ‘ For instance all the Big 10 trusts could ( if they so chose ) fund a 5% dividend increase from reserves for three years assuming maintained earnings , ’ the brokers write . |
| 17 | He added that the Scottish Office remained committed to the new dental hospital and institute and had guaranteed capital funds for three years . |
| 18 | For example , the broker could identify a potential issuer of CDs of six months maturity at LIBOR minus ⅛ , and then lend the funds for three months at LIBOR . |
| 19 | The Home Secretary , Sir Samuel Hoare , noted that any influx of refugees from the continent might bring together the political extremes — the fascists who had been attacking the Jews for three years and the communists and other left-wing elements who might argue that Jewish refugees were taking away Gentile employment . |
| 20 | The medical superintendent of the Three Counties Mental Hospital was authorised to spend 2s.6d. per week to provide additional comforts for three inmates there , the Ministry to Health to be informed accordingly . |
| 21 | JOE JACKSON Over from New York to give his first London performances for three years . |
| 22 | THOUSANDS of people were ordered to stay in their homes for three hours yesterday when toxic smoke was released in a chemical plant fire . |
| 23 | My husband and I have had separate bedrooms for three years . |
| 24 | The schedule was used daily on alternate months for three periods before , and three periods after DMR was operational within the school . |
| 25 | Bull confirmed that those taking unpaid leave will get a bonus proportional to the duration of their absence ( three months salary for a year , six months for two years , nine months for three years ) , but that they will have no guarantee of getting their job back after the leave . |
| 26 | The need for repeated abdominal radiographs can be avoided by a modification of this technique and segmental transit can be measured from a single x ray film taken after the serial ingestion of rado-opaque shapes for three days . |
| 27 | Quite apart from Faber business , he had to settle down and write prefaces for three books as well ( one of them for his own selection of Pounds literary essays ) . |
| 28 | Causal path models for three variables |
| 29 | The first involved the extension of duty exemption on cement imports for three years , and the second arose from an order instructing the Bureau of Inland Revenue to refund to mining companies some 2,000 million pesos ( US$1=23.8713 pesos as at Aug. 10 , 1992 ) in taxes from which , Garrucho ruled , they were exempt . |
| 30 | But what Miss Blagden had sought her out for was not only to ask after her welfare or bring news from Lucca but to offer her two lady-boarders for three months . |