Example sentences of "[adj] years [unc] [noun sg] [vb past] " in BNC.

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1 Well then in later years t baling came to be a great fashion in Orkney here .
2 As that course had not been taken , the sentence of three years ' detention took effect , by reason of Criminal Justice Act 1982 , 5.1B(S) as a sentence of 12 months ' detention , and the excess of the sentence over 12 months ' was remitted .
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 Nothing in his many years ' service had prepared him for this sort of situation .
5 The tax rebate relating to prior years ' tax paid was recognised in last year 's accounts as an extraordinary tax credit , but has been included in taxation on profit on ordinary activities in these accounts in accordance with FRS3 .
6 What would happen , we asked , if new information in ten years ' time showed that the people working inside Hinkley C had been in even greater danger ?
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