Example sentences of "[pos pn] [num] year [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh come on , my three year cousin could beat up James . |
| 2 | But erm , it was suggested about a year or so before I left , that I might take what was called The Gardeners Scholarship to erm The Royal College for the Blind , which in those days was at erm Upper Norwood S E nineteen and erm so erm I had no objections , I did n't , I did n't see any future at all in it anyway , but erm I took this erm scholarship examination , went up to the R N C to work erm some papers and to be interviewed and erm , much to my surprise they erm offered me one of these scholarships which was worth forty pounds a year for three years in the Commercial Department of the College which was an innovation really as erm primarily a College of Music for erm blind students and erm so off I went to the R N C of sixteen and erm did my three year course and got erm some R S A certificates and erm was reasonably successful I suppose I , perhaps I was n't as diligent as I should have been . |
| 3 | Well we were gon na go to the pub and celebrate my three year anniversary of suffering this department . |
| 4 | I was raped twice by men I dated before I was married , and was raped on numerous occasions throughout my twelve year marriage . |
| 5 | I became one of about 30 examiners out on the road , either on my own or with one colleague , and in my two year stint conducted 10 separate enquiries ( often involving more than one company ) . |
| 6 | Over her eleven year premiership the only substantial issue of penal policy in which Mrs Thatcher played a decisive part was the privatization of prisons and remand centres , and the contracting out of certain criminal justice services . |
| 7 | The final moments in the life of 79th Fighter Squadron — with the last ribbon added to the squadron 's battle streamer — symbolising all the battles it 's fought in during its 75 years service . |
| 8 | The EF One Eleven has a good safety record — in its eleven year history this was the first crash in peacetime . |
| 9 | This articulated railcar was scrapped in 1959 but the passenger trailer was towed , on road wheels fitted in place of the bogie to Dunfanaghy where it commenced its 30 year career as a holiday home . |
| 10 | They will require substantial financial support during their 2 year training . |
| 11 | During their 2 year study of the site , Thames Water have been at pains to co-operate with local action groups , but environmentalists say they 've been misled about the plans for the reservoir . |
| 12 | Together the two companies bid almost £53m to retain their 10 year broadcasting licences in last year 's franchise auction . |
| 13 | The Grain Terminal celebrates its 10 year anniversary |
| 14 | The XVIth triennial General Conference of International Council of Museums ( ICOM ) will take place in Quebec City ( 19–26 September ) , marking only the second time in its forty-six year history that the group has met in North America . |
| 15 | Her dream is to make a movie musical , a multi-million celluloid spectacle , in which she can prove to the world that her three year apprenticeship is over . |
| 16 | It was the first time in its 35 year history , that the Coast Guard 's Automated Mutual-assistance Vessel Rescue ( AMVER ) safety network has bestowed such an honour on a cruise ship . |
| 17 | The British Medical Journal ( June '90 ) reports that Miss Pauline Bousquet , an Obstetrician who supports natural childbirth at St. Thomas ' Hospital , London has won her 11 year battle to clear her name on charges of professional incompetence brought by male colleagues . |
| 18 | They relate to a brief two-year crisis period in her forty-four year life ; and although they are by no means irrelevant to her political role , the approach to them has had such a predominantly personal — one might almost say tabloid — quality that the historiographical Mary is immediately marked out from all other historical monarchs , Scottish or otherwise . |
| 19 | In her forty-four year life , Mary ruled for only six , so that we are faced with another thirty-eight years when she had virtually no role in her kingdom , being a minor and absentee ruler for the first nineteen , and a deposed queen for the second . |
| 20 | It is an exciting time for Douglas Reyburn which is undergoing a period of change that is the most significant in its sixty year history . |
| 21 | That means that every contribution you can forward now will be earning money for the day when it will be necessary to strip down the T9 for its ten year overhaul , writes MERVYN TURVEY . |
| 22 | It all started with the idea of re-establishing the archive of the Verein Berliner Kunstlerinnen ( Association of Women Artists in Berlin ) which was destroyed during the second world war and developed into a journey of discovery , which has reached this point with the following achievements : 1200 women artists on record ; many works discovered ; the archive set up ; a profusely illustrated catalogue ( in fact the word catalogue does not give an idea of the range of articles contained in it since it covers the history of women artists in German-speaking countries , to art-business oriented articles , to facets of the history of the association , followed by a chronological development of the association and a full catalogue of the works on show , divided into sections , as they are in the exhibition ) ; a dictionary with short biographies of 1200 artists and 700 friends of art called Kathe , Paula und der ganze Rest — Ein Nachschlagewerk ( Kathe , Paula and the rest of the bunch ! — A Reference Book ) , which has caused something of a stir ; and of course , finally , the exhibition showing the works of 70 of the members and guests of the association over its 125 year life , which includes 250 works loaned by 100 institutions and individuals . |
| 23 | Madonna has often talked of her Ten Year Plan , a route to megastardom designed to keep her in the manner to which she has quickly become accustomed for years to come too . |
| 24 | Madonna openly boasted of her ten year plan , now Kylie was drawing up hers . |
| 25 | But for now Kylie harnessed it to press on with the next stage of her ten year plan which had been drawn up by her musical gurus . |
| 26 | BARBARA Gallagher , of the Barlaston potting department , is presented with a Coalport figurine to mark her 25 years service . |
| 27 | WIU will pay about £10 per sq ft , with a two-year rent free period and several break options in its 25 year lease . |
| 28 | The 600-megawatt Rotterdam station , due to begin operation in the mid-1990's , is expected to discharge 75 million tons of CO2 over its 25 year lifetime . |
| 29 | Graduates of the 1975 BSc in Modern Languages met for their fifteen year reunion at the University in September . |
| 30 | It has spent most of its 37 years counselling university graduates about where they should look for their first jobs . |