Example sentences of "[adj] year [noun] and [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Because we must remember that Iraq has already had an eight years war and they 're used to a war , they used to withstanding a war and it was the only reason that Britain survived in the last world war because it could withstand attack , and wait and wait until they were ready to counter attack . |
2 | Brian Horton says that Joey has signed a three year contract and he 's sold enough players to last him a lifetime … |
3 | The Lothian FWAG initiative is about to enter its second three year period and I am pleased that the financial support for this is virtually in place as the local authorities individually announce their commitment to the extended funding . |
4 | Pubs will be placed on 21 year leases and they will be free of the tie on amusement machines and non-beer drinks . |
5 | Take a 3 year subscription and you will receive all five of these books . |
6 | We 're not talking about whole groups of pupils who previously have been in top streams , we 're talking about half a dozen , ten individuals in any one year group and they are equally as difficult to deal with in the streamed situation . |
7 | The school was aware of this and specifically created a post of responsibility for the brighter child and gave this to a senior member of the staff , and that member of the staff was responsible for looking at the effects of mixed ability teaching on specifically identified brighter pupils , and I do n't think the school would say that they totally solved the problem of what to do with the brighter child , but I think it 's a problem which exists even in streamed classes , because the sort of pupils we 're talking about are pupils who are exceptions in their own right — we 're not talking about whole groups of pupils who previously have been in top streams , we 're talking about half a dozen/ten individuals in any one year group and they are equally as difficult to deal with in a streamed situation . |
8 | for a short period of time which will have the same affect of building it up over the twenty five year period and you can use the money for er er other things . |
9 | and erm I went to a youth club and I I was speaking to eight year olds and they 're asking about condoms cos they 've seen them in the street , so it 's obviously they 're wanting to find out about it cos it 's everywhere around them even , does n't matter what age . |
10 | So they 're going to be the conscience and the parenting for that year group and I also suggested that at that time , I think what Rob 's doing is getting the children to look at themselves er , as regards what their strengths and weaknesses are and the P S D have got to clarify that . |
11 | two years headmaster and he was up there , he 's got two kids , one of them 's a West Ham supporter and the other is a |
12 | Christie , who yesterday signed a deal with Puma worth an estimated £500,000 , said : ‘ I 'll make a clean break from athletics in two years time and I wo n't be competing anymore . |
13 | It is a horrifying thought because a good , well trained polisher would have served a seven year apprenticeship and we contemporary furniture-makers can not pretend to get near that knowledge and experience . |