Example sentences of "[pn reflx] [prep] [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We had the field to ourselves for 14 years , and went through the peak of the market in 1989–90 . |
| 2 | Sir Richard Body , a farmer who has kept pigs himself for many years , explained that he intends to press on with his Private Member 's Bill since it would phase out the sow stalls within five years instead of the Minister 's eight years . |
| 3 | So in some groups , if I say right , this client 's willing to commit himself for three years minimum , they 'll discount the initial charge down to about two percent . |
| 4 | Although an active sponsor itself for many years , Guinness also encourages others to use its sponsorship programmes to raise money for charity . |
| 5 | A rule of thumb is that investment in energy efficiency is expected to pay for itself in two years . |
| 6 | Their conclusions may be summarized quite simply : there is no evidence to show that specific infant-care practices have an unvarying psychological effect on the child that manifests itself in later years . |
| 7 | SAAB had estimated the costs and benefits of the line-out system and had calculated that the system would pay for itself within four years , with more than half of the savings coming from the increased production flexibility of the system and another 25 per cent coming from reduced labour turnover and absenteeism . |
| 8 | such a programme would pay for itself within five years , and save fuel worth something like £2800 million a year . |
| 9 | Loss of earnings and career prospects can be a serious matter for someone who knows that she is going to have to support herself for many years after her parents have gone ; and unless the home in which they are living is owned by them , and left to her in their will , she is also going to have to provide accommodation for herself when they die . |
| 10 | Among these , Margaret Peggie , a League of Health and Beauty trainer , is a great ‘ fan ’ of Medau work and regularly attended classes herself for several years . |
| 11 | But I often find myself being far less nervous than the artists I 'm supporting , because I 'm so used to gigging ; I 've been doing a steady diet of around four gigs a week to support myself for many years , whereas they make an album then go out on tour every two years . ’ |
| 12 | Having existed in the twilight world of private guitar tuition myself for nine years or more , it was easy to establish some common ground . |
| 13 | ULSTER cattle herds could be under threat from ‘ imported ’ bovine diseases which may not show themselves for several years . |
| 14 | Groups who have normally felt able to assert a strong bargaining position did voluntarily restrain themselves for three years of evident national emergency . |
| 15 | one was because they er wanted you for four years for definite after that working in evaluation so basically you 're committing yourself for five years |
| 16 | I think university just trains you to think and to prove to an employer that you can apply yourself for three years ; perhaps because in the sciences you learn things that will be relevant in your career , but as a training for an individual I do n't think it is any more worthwhile . |
| 17 | Even so , I thought on occasion there had been a loss ; nothing necessarily to do with oxygen starvation but just as a result of the experience , the shock of his cold journey , slipping away beneath the grey lid of ice ( and perhaps , I told myself in later years , it was only a loss of ignorance , a loss of folly , and so no bad thing ) . |
| 18 | Apart from this final item — a charge which District Audit assure me is not made by most other banks and which was not made by yourselves in previous years — I have been very happy with the standard of service provided by Natwest Bank . |
| 19 | Dr James Walker , assistant director of the laboratory , estimates that the four computers will pay for themselves in two years because they reduce the high cost of buying , housing and feeding experimental animals . |
| 20 | But we do have a measure of optimism that they might reflect themselves in further years like ninety two/ninety three and onwards . |
| 21 | WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN FIVE YEARS ' TIME ? |
| 22 | WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN FIVE YEARS ’ TIME : Hopefully in work — yes , I 'll be very pleased if I 'm still working ! |
| 23 | WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN FIVE YEARS ' TIME ? : |
| 24 | This is why they ask you things like , on interviews , and they ask you , where do you see yourself in five years ' time , and I used to say , I do n't even see meself where I 'm going to be in five days ' time , never mind five , just give us the bloody job . |
| 25 | How would you like to see yourself in ten years ' time ? |
| 26 | Girls can be encouraged to take modules in technology without feeling they are committing themselves to two years ' or more work ; low achieving pupils can take a range of modules without suffering the indignity of following a programme that marks them out as ‘ different ’ . |