Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [adj] years [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That the club marked its centenary in 1990 is unconnected with arthritic administration , rather that for many years Shildon believed it was two years later . |
| 2 | The history of this is that for many years M O D were unhappy about expansion of the , of the port er , for commercial use and the reason they were unhappy of course was that erm commercial use was competition that they felt would be likely to drive up wages . |
| 3 | The truth was that for four years Fittipaldi had come close to dominating motor racing in the way Jackie had before him : after two indifferent early years learning his trade , he had been champion twice ( in 1972 and 1974 ) and come second in 1973 and 1975 . |
| 4 | The lesson of the casualties and the lack of any real gains even to the victors was made harsher by this realization , that for four years Europe had fought a war which no one had wanted . |
| 5 | ONE of the great virtues of the Soviet armed forces was that for 40 years West Europeans and Americans could agree that they were the main threat to NATO . |
| 6 | That is not systematic momegliture that has gone like that for ten years universities still use it ! |
| 7 | Joyce retired on April 2 after 14 years service and was delighted not only to receive gifts , including a hi-fi system , but also to be wined and dined on more than one occasion before her departure . |
| 8 | What will be different in ten years time ? |
| 9 | Travelling by Rail — 2 to 4 years £41 , 4 to 11 years £20 , 12 to 13 years £10 . |
| 10 | Travelling by Rail — 2 to 4 years £41 , 4 to 11 years £20 , 12 to 13 years £10 . |
| 11 | Even if BAT do pick up the bill , as they have for East Belfast Community Council and the Centre for Neighbourhood Development , they can offer only 2 to 3 years project funding or finance for capital projects . |
| 12 | ‘ In 10 to 15 years time we could have thousands of people suicidally depressed because they took Ecstasy earlier in life . |
| 13 | The GRIST funding represents a timely response to addressing these issues , although a cautionary note has to be sounded — if the curriculum is not considered satisfactory for four years olds in general , what of its relevance for four year olds with special needs ? |
| 14 | How do you forecast the volume and quantity of whisky to be produced now compared to the quantity needed in three to 25 years time ? |
| 15 | The new law lays down penalties ranging from a £2,000 fine to five years imprisonment , with the heaviest penalties for those who actually cause pollution . |
| 16 | More than 20 officers , each with 20 years service , were awarded long-service medals . |
| 17 | Despite the cock hop problem , brewers seem very impressed with this years crop . |
| 18 | The annual General Household Survey has only included questions on cohabitation since 1979 and estimates suggest that the proportion of women aged 18 to 49 years cohabiting has doubled from 3 per cent in 1979 to 6 per cent in 1987 . |
| 19 | Travelling by Rail — 2 to 4 years £41 , 4 to 11 years £20 , 12 to 13 years £10 . |
| 20 | If we go back to that first , second slide , if you 're still alive in thirty years time , you may actually want the money that you 've gifted to people ten years ago , and erm that 's the problem you 've got . |
| 21 | And nobody can imagine him like that in twenty years time . |
| 22 | Now what that actually means is that in ten years time when that money matures , that policy matures |
| 23 | It is designed to be a first maths program for the younger user and is suitable for the 3 to 6 years age group , depending on the level of computer familiarity . |
| 24 | As expected , the carcinoma incidence in the under 50s ( 0.6% ) was very much lower than that observed in the 50 to 70 years age group ( 7.5% ) or the over 70 years group ( 11.6% ) The incidences of adenoma in these age groups were 6.2 , 31.5 , and 32.2% respectively . |
| 25 | The spokeswoman said : ‘ The Russian embassy in Baghdad has confirmed that both men were sentenced on June 6 to eight years imprisonment for illegal entry . |
| 26 | Those in between ( i.e. , 6 to 15 years service ) , who are perhaps at the point in their careers when promotion in teaching is most keenly sought , are positive , expressing willingness to take part in SSE irrespective of direct personal benefit and considering that SSE should be made compulsory in school . |
| 27 | In 1828 , after a period when cattle stealing had been rarely and lightly punished , the Supreme Court in session at Matara convicted a number of men , including some headmen , and sentenced each to five years imprisonment and two hundred lashes . |
| 28 | They were both old lags and were sentenced each to ten years imprisonment . |
| 29 | Within eight to nine years production of hops had halved in the UK . ’ |
| 30 | It is suggested that there are long waves , of perhaps fifty to sixty years periodicity , in the pattern of economic development of industrialised societies . |