Example sentences of "[adj] years ['s] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | And will the six percent , which the Director of Education has been instructed to save across all central budgets , be enough to cover this years ' education overspend ? |
2 | 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 . " |
3 | As with the merger in 1977 between the then Institute of Bankers and the Savings Banks Institute , the latest partnership will in a few years ' time look entirely natural . |
4 | The steep section on Anerley Hill could not be opened until the company had persuaded sufficient drivers with at least six years ' service to transfer from other undertakings . |
5 | Research International says that the proportion of farmers under 35 dropped from 39 to 14 per cent between 1987 and 1991 and the number with under 10 years ' experience dropped from 10 per cent to four per cent . |
6 | ‘ It has taken a long 10 years ' work to get Australia to where we are now yet it can disappear so quickly . |
7 | Environment Secretary Michael Heseltine has taken no action against 56 of the 79 English waste disposal authorities which have failed to fulfil their legal obligation of 10 years ' standing to draw up plans for waste disposal . |
8 | A head who already had eleven years ' experience moved to a post in which he had to confront two one-time grammar schools which had been converted into comprehensive single-sex comprehensive high schools . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | The revision phase of the operation differs from the initial phase in that it takes account of weaknesses ( and strengths ) inherent in the stock from previous years ' book buying , and also in that it provides indications of the need for weeding the stock of individual categories , in addition to purchasing . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | Earned PhD in agricultural science , preferably in plant breeding or agronomy ; minimum of 10 years ' experience in agricultural research and training ; three years ' experience working in a multidisciplinary team in a developing country , international organisation , or bilateral program ; management experience ; ability to work collaboratively with scientists of different disciplines and nationalities . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | Three years ' study rewarded |
15 | A friend of many years ' standing has said that , ‘ Ifor would have loved to have stayed on at school . |
16 | Nothing in his many years ' service had prepared him for this sort of situation . |
17 | How many years ' experience does she recommend that an editor clock up before attempting to master the use of apostrophes and capitalisation ? |
18 | I 've seen one sergeant with fourteen years ' service chuck it and go to Australia , saying : ‘ I 've had enough of this bloody job . ’ |
19 | 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 . |
20 | He 's been able to start up again , but the painful end of 11 years ' work does n't fade . |
21 | 25 years ' service celebrated |
22 | The union will also be asked to adopt a plan to enable ministers with 10 or more years ' service to take three-month Sabbaticals . |
23 | Popular at home ( the Duke of Edinburgh recently bought one ) , for foreigners they offer cheap chic : a cab dismissed after ten years ' service sells for around £1,500 ( $1,250 ) . |
24 | But I did have to worry about whether we were going to have the cash flow in ten years ' time to make sure that the parts can be paid for so the chap on the shop floor can stick the thing together . |
25 | 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 ? |
26 | Indeed , it is not uncommon to hear a tournament player of four or five years ' standing confess that she has not yet given herself a fair chance . |
27 | 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 : |
28 | Changes from year to year in the number of people in each age group create difficulties for planning , especially as birth rates are notoriously difficult to predict ; estimating what the school population will be in more than five years ' time becomes increasingly speculative and uncertain . |
29 | All had to prepare a Development Plan describing five years ' improvement to bring about secondary education for all . |
30 | The offender was on licence at the time of the offence from a sentence of 15 years ' imprisonment imposed in 1981 . |