Example sentences of "[adv] [num] years [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Currently US proven reserves represent only eight years ' production . |
| 2 | It begins as Einstein , the hick son of Tasmanian apple farmers , is prompted by a Newtonian falling fruit to discover gravity only 300 years apres la lettre . |
| 3 | It begins as Einstein , the hick son of Tasmanian apple farmers , is prompted by a Newtonian falling fruit to discover gravity only 300 years apres la lettre . |
| 4 | Maggie 's only forty two , she 's only three years old no hang on six years older than me you 're two |
| 5 | Hewson , a former professor of economics at the University of New South Wales , with only three years ' experience in the federal parliament , was generally considered competent but lacking in charisma . |
| 6 | Children had often only one years ' schooling . |
| 7 | erm There are indications that in perhaps twenty years ' time that there might be some novel applications of lasers . |
| 8 | Is it not also the case that the cost of one or perhaps two years ' worth of the administrative introduction of the NHS changes for the internal market would again result in the same figure ? |
| 9 | Professor Williams , however , not only believes that rape should have a limited ambit because of the severity of the penalty , but that procuring a woman by threat should also be subject to limitations even though its maximum penalty is merely two years ' imprisonment . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | With DOUBLE PAYOUT , however , he enjoys a very reasonable level of cover and the pleasing prospect of a tax-free windfall in just ten years ' time . |
| 12 | The best thing to do would be to put away five years ' worth of umm fees in a high interest building society account and just have a direct debit taken out every term and the fees to go out would n't it . |
| 13 | Served with them as a conductor er for about approximately four years er and the experiences I had er as a conductor were many and varied er er if you do er recall er the old tramcars er the fares were n't in comparison today . |
| 14 | Thus after just two years ' trading SOFFEX 's turnover exceeded that of LTOM . |
| 15 | Research International says that the proportion of farmers under 35 dropped from 39 to 14 per cent between 1987 and 1991 and the number with under 10 years ' experience dropped from 10 per cent to four per cent . |
| 16 | The YBC 's members are all elected members of the Bar Council under seven years ' call , together with a small number of coopted members . |
| 17 | But in spite of nearly forty years ' experience , I can never resist temptation . |
| 18 | We have tramped miles over mountain and moorland in search of sport , and one of the joys of living and fishing in Scotland is that in spite of nearly forty years ' trout fishing , we have at least another forty years to go before we can honestly say we know but a fraction of all the fishing available . |
| 19 | This was introduced nearly three years ' ago when Fr. |
| 20 | Joe has nearly 25 years ' experience in the oil industry . |
| 21 | Thus , the maximum penalty for indecently assaulting a man was formerly ten years ' imprisonment , whereas for a woman it was two years , rising to five where she was under 13 . |
| 22 | SIR — As a master mariner of nearly 40 years ' standing , I am continually upset by the criticism of Captain Lord ( report , April 3 ) . |
| 23 | They contain nearly 40 years ' information about the biggest , smallest , heaviest , highest , longest , fastest , oldest in sport , science and everything else in life . |
| 24 | A GRANDMOTHER with nearly 40 years ' experience behind the wheel has been selected as East Anglia 's top woman driver . |
| 25 | After nearly 40 years ' work almost all are now fully and beautifully restored . |
| 26 | See the thing is , what they 've said to me , because I 've been away now for nearly two years erm I 'd have to go back and do all the training again , which is a bit of a pain but its not too bad because I 've done it before sort of thing , she said to me oh yeah when you go I , I might come along and see if I like it , and we can do the training together she said , I manage to put her off that idea , manage to talk her out of that . |
| 27 | The union was also left virtually bankrupt , having paid out in five weeks ' strike pay nearly two years ' worth of subscriptions . |
| 28 | Since being ‘ sacked ’ ( his own expression ) by President Mitterrand nearly two years ' ago , M Rocard had virtually disappeared from the national political scene . |
| 29 | Since being ‘ sacked ’ ( his own expression ) by President Mitterrand nearly two years ' ago , Michel Rocard had virtually disappeared from the national political scene . |
| 30 | The maximum penalty for this offence when perpetrated against a woman was formerly two years ' imprisonment , rising to five where she was under 13.6 In 1985 , it was raised to ten years ' imprisonment regardless of the victim 's age . |