Example sentences of "[n mass] [prep] [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wolfish landlord used this chance to demand the usurious compound interest of 50% for three years . |
| 2 | One-half of the trainees had derived more confidence from attending courses , ranging from ‘ now being able to feed lambs through a stomach tube ’ ( this from a 50-year old farmer who had had sheep for 30 years ) to ‘ the confidence to tackle all but the most difficult workshop repair jobs ’ . |
| 3 | Note : The said sum of £240 is made up of £180 allowed from arrears of rent charge down to 24th October 1895 , and £60 for two years arrears at £30 per annum down to 24th October 1897 . |
| 4 | My father works for an oil company and last summer he was seconded to their Texas headquarters for five years . |
| 5 | In 1966 it was Beryl who found the advertisement which led to the purchase of the property in Balham which became Medau House , the Society 's Headquarters for many years . |
| 6 | So in the late afternoon of February 26 , the Hampshire office , 's headquarters for 22 years , was plunged into darkness , ending another illustrious chapter in the company 's history that goes back almost 100 years . |
| 7 | If you are prepared to tie up at least £1,000 for two years the National & Provincial has launched Security Bond III which currently pays 11.75 per cent net . |
| 8 | The 20% no-claims discount rises to 50% after five years ' no-claims . |
| 9 | Such a comparison must be made with caution , however , as some early counts of large numbers were made from boats some way off shore , for example by E. T. Booth ; similar data for recent years are not available . |
| 10 | Since the long-established , much-criticised index on which Figure 7.1 is based relies on southern wage data for critical years during the crucial third quarter of the eighteenth century , it probably tends to a degree of pessimism , but an insufficient one to affect the trend . |
| 11 | To cushion the firm from immediate financial problems , Comsat has asked the government to guarantee that it will continue to buy data for 15 years . |
| 12 | Comparing census data for different years |
| 13 | They would be protected by a new right known as the Unfair Extraction Right , but it would only protect the data for ten years . |
| 14 | Numbers of senior house officers have risen by 14% in three years — far more than was intended — and , by not substantially reducing the number of registrars , JPAC has failed to keep to its terms of reference . |
| 15 | In real terms , the figure has risen almost 25% in ten years . |
| 16 | While the concept of headship has been criticized on empirical and political grounds , see for example Murphy ( forthcoming ) , it is necessary to use it here because it is the familiar way of presenting data and also because many data from earlier years are available only in this form . |
| 17 | Or save more than £21 on two years of New Scientist , or over £53 on a three year subscription . |
| 18 | Gregory , who has been teaching English to Thais for two years , is being held in a women 's prison . |
| 19 | Membership for the world 's biggest junior stamp club must be the world 's biggest bargain ; £3 for two years — and for five years , just £5* ! |
| 20 | The earnings ratio for the £10 for 5 years at 6% is 16.28% . |
| 21 | Loughborough University of Technology Library was eventually awarded a grant of £23,600 for three years to provide facilities for the British Library Information Officer for User Education to operate a clearinghouse for user education in the UK . |
| 22 | Subscription rates are $42 ( US funds ) for one year or $78 for two years . |
| 23 | Abaar Property and Development is seeking either £75,000 for the freehold disposal of the property , subject to contract , or a leasing arrangement involving an annual charge of £10,000 for 10 years with upward rent reviews every three years . |
| 24 | Full-time female employment in the service sector grew by just 2000 or 4% between these years . |
| 25 | High levels of mercury have been reported from Faroese for some years , and the Health Department there has advised islanders to cut down on the amount of whalemeat they eat . |
| 26 | They are the inbred offspring of ten years of music press ingestion . |
| 27 | That , in turn , would destroy the government 's anti-inflation credentials ( inflation has fallen from 30% to less than 12% in two years ) and make higher real interest rates likely . |
| 28 | The Welsh company , in which Gooding has the controlling 51 per cent stake , aims for revenues of £70m within five years of operation . |
| 29 | They undertake to start regular commercial passenger and freight services on the Target Commencement Date ( expected to be the date of the Tunnel 's opening ) , and to provide a passenger journey time between London and Paris of between 2h 55m and 3h 5m within two years of that date . |
| 30 | A SPIN-OFF from the Teesside Women 's Cancer Prevention Unit appeal , which has raised over £ 5m in four years , became £500 richer yesterday thanks to staff at the Royal Mail sorting office in Middlesbrough . |