Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] year [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Currently US proven reserves represent only eight years ' production . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | At the meeting-place of roads on the Plateau d'Iraty there are four things you can do : go unadventurously back the way you came , to Esterençuby ; carry on due east over the Col Bagargui along a tolerable but not always reassuring road into Larrau and the valley of Mauléon ; turn sharp left along a somewhat hazardous stretch of track rather than road towards the village of Men dive ( I funk Ed this route myself , after a short trial run , but bad roads do get mended or improved in the Pyrenees , so one year 's experience may be different from the next ) ; or turn to the right along the very scenic road into the Forêt d'Iraty itself . |
| 4 | In 1980 , after only one year 's work with the ‘ entry ’ year of pupil intake ( the 12/13 year olds ) , the seventeen existing staff were asked to submit a written appraisal of their work . |
| 5 | It was alleged that he received payment for two years advertising , but only one year 's space was booked . |
| 6 | Unlike the Treaty of Rome , where acceptance was totally contractual , membership of EFTA could be renounced upon giving only one year 's notice of withdrawal . |
| 7 | Children had often only one years ' schooling . |
| 8 | erm There are indications that in perhaps twenty years ' time that there might be some novel applications of lasers . |
| 9 | 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 ? |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Advertisement er , revenue at Westminster Press ended the six months at about the , advert revenue about the same level as last year but it was below last year 's level early on , so in other words erm , advertisement volume is growing , because there 's next to no , there 's , the yield is about the same overall . |
| 13 | The forecast tax charge for the year is thirty four per cent which is below last year 's rate of thirty five and we expect this low rate to continue in the future . |
| 14 | So next year 's output is to be a hundred and fifty percent of this year 's . |
| 15 | Er , once again I may have missed something in 's report and perhaps last year 's budget , a new member of staff is going to be . |
| 16 | Not this year 's thing , really . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Longer term aims may not require to be re-stated after just one year 's experience — numerous changes of direction will only serve to confuse , but they should be re-examined in the light of progress in attaining short term targets and the development plan should be altered accordingly . |
| 20 | Not any year 's thing if we 're brutally honest . |
| 21 | Thus after just two years ' trading SOFFEX 's turnover exceeded that of LTOM . |
| 22 | He felt like telling the old folk it was not New Year 's Eve , but he doubted if they would believe him . |
| 23 | The Governor 's brutally candid assessment struck a new blow to Mr Major as he grappled with two crises : the threat of a crippling defeat for the Government tomorrow night , and a Cabinet deadlocked over next year 's spending plans . |
| 24 | The Governor 's brutally candid assessment struck a new blow to Mr Major as he grappled with two crises : the threat of a crippling defeat for the Government tomorrow night , and a Cabinet deadlocked over next year 's spending plans . |
| 25 | For : very nicely made out of very posh wood , well finished , with a good chunky neck and that very practical compound radius fingerboard , with top-class hardware to finish it off ( the Wilkinson is deservedly this year 's tremolo , while both the locking Schallers and the Seymour Duncans are excellent ) . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | As part of the same appeal , Pope John Paul II and the Catholic Bishops ' Conferences of Europe call on every Catholic Church in Europe to set aside New Year 's Day as a ‘ special day of prayer for peace in Europe , and in particular in the Balkans ’ . |
| 28 | Ford calls off New Year 's party |
| 29 | Thank you Mr chairman , just one point Mr , we 're not voting ourselves five percent more , we 're taking five percent off next year 's allowance and putting it to this one so it 's a negative rollover , so we 're actually spending some of next year 's money this year . |
| 30 | Asif and Trevor Penney , the newly-qualified Zimbabwean , will be competing for a middle-order place , though the first chance is likely to go to Paul Smith if he has shaken off last year 's injury troubles . |