Example sentences of "[adj] year ' [noun sg] have " in BNC.
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1 | Let them run down just so much every year , remember your low outgoings , and in a few years ' time have them towed away for their break-up value . " |
2 | For a company which in its 90 years ' existence has made its share of bad decisions , this may rank as the worst of them all . |
3 | The defective article might still be in the manufacturer 's possession three years after the date of manufacture , and he might sell it later , but no one would have the hardihood to suggest that the three years ' limitation had already cut off all right of action before he had sold it . |
4 | A friend of many years ' standing has said that , ‘ Ifor would have loved to have stayed on at school . |
5 | Nothing in his many years ' service had prepared him for this sort of situation . |
6 | An employee who is dismissed after two years ' service has three months in which to complain to an industrial tribunal . |
7 | RAY COVENTRY has retired from P&O Cruises ( UK ) after 14 years ' service having most recently held the position of Equipment and Stores Supervisor in the Hotel Services Department . |