Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] year ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On this basis , the offer represents 14 times this years ' earnings . |
| 2 | Now , what the potential migrant will do , Harrison Todaro assumed , was to say , right what they 'll do is that they 'll , these migrants will mentally calculate the present value of receiving W A throughout their lifetime , right , and they 'll discount erm those wages by appropriate discount rate , reflecting the fact that a hundred pounds today is worth a lot more than a hundred pounds twenty years ' time or thirty years ' time . |
| 3 | Four years later , Derrick faced National Service and Lynne two years ' separation . |
| 4 | United Satellites — a consortium of British Telecom , British Aerospace and GEC — has guaranteed the BBC seven years ' service , at £12.2 million per channel per year , from satellites launched on the European Ariane rocket . |
| 5 | ‘ All the information he had ’ was enough to save the Russians ten years ' research . |
| 6 | After a minimum five years ' operating experience it would be time to think about taking a few orders for commercial stations , the first of which should come on stream about 2020 — always provided , of course , that the cost and dwindling resources of uranium made it commercially worthwhile : |
| 7 | In a business that was headed by someone virtually at war with his entire family over their moral misdemeanours , this was a wise decision and brought Mr Smith fifty years ' work . |
| 8 | Strangeways riot leader gets maximum 10 years ' jail |
| 9 | If the dog runs out of control , the fine can be unlimited and there is provision for a maximum two years ' imprisonment . |