Example sentences of "[noun pl] [subord] [num] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the ‘ Janet and John ’ type of book used to teach children to read portrays slightly less-stereotyped roles than 20 years ago , there is still a clear distinction between the activities of the males and females in the stories . |
| 2 | In West Sussex in 1547 Richard Stygant of Yapton got leave to sublet three crofts containing 9 acres for five years , as did John Standen of Nutbourne in respect of a messuage , garden and 3 acres . |
| 3 | In the past three years , the MSC 's influence , as in England , has grown considerably ; for example , the number of training workshops has grown to twelve , offering more than four times as many places as three years ago . |
| 4 | careers listings for the 1991–92 academic year posted 1,082 openings for artists and art historians — 28% fewer positions than two years earlier . |
| 5 | Paul Raynor , Conservative candidate for Middlesbrough , said South Tees acute hospitals were providing 30pc more treatments than ten years ago , whilst waiting lists had fallen from over 6,000 to approximately 4,000 in the same period . |
| 6 | Thus , for example , those with mental handicap would obtain fewer resources because one year of mentally handicapped life would rate as lower in quality than one year of normal life . |
| 7 | There are three million more teetotallers than 10 years ago , with an increasing trend away from liquor , especially among young women . |
| 8 | Certainly , this has not been yielding the same profits as four years ago , but the Japanese are not entirely absent from the sale rooms nonetheless , even though more often in order to sell than to buy . |
| 9 | The opening of the Pyramid redirected the circulation of visitors , but once one had left the escalators in the Hall Napoleon behind , one was confronted with the same layout of rooms as ten years ago . |
| 10 | In the British Social Attitudes Survey of 1988 , 90 per cent of people thought there to be less respect for teachers amongst parents and pupils than 10 years ago . |
| 11 | In most cases , short spacing ( less than one or one completed year ) results more frequently in still births than two-three years ( in many samples four years ) of spacing . |
| 12 | There are 2 million fewer people employed now in our production industries than 25 years ago , and in its present form industry could probably produce more , with incentives and organisation , without taking on more labour . |
| 13 | Ian Snodin , back after four hamstrings and two knee operations , said : ‘ That was my first 90 minutes for two-and-a-half years , and it 's been four years since I played a full match in midfield . |
| 14 | Is my hon. Friend aware that while Derbyshire county council 's policies have led to the redundancies of hundreds of teachers recently , and while Derbyshire is the only county in England to have fewer policemen than 10 years ago , none the less the county council 's job creation priorities have managed to find no fewer than three posts at £40,000 per annum for former Labour councillors and Members of Parliament , the council leader has fitted himself up with a job at an annual equivalent salary of £40,000 , the leader of the Derbyshire Labour party — one David Skinner — has been given a job as a minder to Japanese business men despite being kicked out of the council for corruption 15 years ago , and his wife has been given a job at £23,000 per annum in the council 's bloated publicity department ? |
| 15 | more in-patients than 10 years ago . |