Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] years [vb mod] be " in BNC.
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1 | That I who have held first place for eight years should be asked to take a secondary position . ’ |
2 | After his election to a five-year term , he said : ‘ Albania has been a one-man country for 70 years , and for some years should be a parliamentary country . |
3 | With a charge of 2 per cent , the net return would be 5 per cent a year and the value after ten years would be £1,629 . |
4 | The minimum maturity value after five years will be 100% of your premium plus bonus allocations . |
5 | There is a guarantee the return after five years will be at least the amount of the original investment . |
6 | Some blockhouses were small and short-lived , but others proved to have been placed advantageously and after several years would be reconstructed on a larger scale to form a frontier town . |
7 | Corresponding amounts for preceding years should be restated where applicable . |
8 | Maybe , an in terrorem provision to the effect that : ( a ) the ratio for year one should be [ as specified ] ; ( b ) the ratio for future years shall be determined annually by the partners ; and ( c ) pending agreement by the partners , no drawings at all are permitted , would provide the necessary pressure for all partners to approach the matter constructively , but it would be a bold firm which chose such a course . |
9 | ‘ Partners who have never seen each other for 10 years may be forced into a situation that could cause stress and rekindle bitter feelings . ’ |
10 | It 's urgent , inspirational talk , founded on the belief that the problems of 300 years must be tackled now , before the new Europe locks bad old constitutional bargains into place . |
11 | The aloneness of later years can be heightened by other factors , some of them geographical . |
12 | Historians have disagreed concerning how far the legislative record of the Radical-led but CEDA-manipulated administrations of these years should be regarded as deliberately undoing the work of 1931–3 in the religious , educational , regional , labour and agrarian spheres . |
13 | Full-time students not meeting the degree requirements at the end of three years may be eligible to return to take additional modules within the maximum period of five years from entry to Stage II . |
14 | The Court had come to the conclusion , making allowance for the fact that both men had had to face the prospect of punishment twice , that sentences of three years should be substituted for the sentences imposed . |
15 | A minimum term of three years will be offered . |
16 | And , because interest is paid free of basic rate income tax every pound in your account at the end of 5 years will be yours . |
17 | These days BEM systems cost little or no more than conventional controllers so the Exeter Arms ' payback period of two-and-a-half years would be much shorter today . |
18 | And six of those years will be spent right here at Crunchem Hall where , as you know , your Headmistress is Miss Trunchbull . |
19 | In my humble opinion , no person of tender years should be burdened with a constant concentration of learning and training , unless interspersed with lots of leisure-time and outdoor pursuits . |
20 | The case was concerned with whether a child under the age of 16 years could be given contraceptive advice without the consent of her parents . |
21 | The guarantee that you will at least receive an amount equal to your original investment at the end of five years will be unaffected by any change in the rate of tax on policyholders ' funds applicable to Life Insurance Companies . |
22 | The minimum working age must be set at 16 years , and those over this age shall receive fair remuneration , and for a period of two years shall be entitled to vocational training in working hours . |
23 | ( S. ) 407 ; a sentence of two years would be substituted . |
24 | But the rehabilitation centre which has been running for 21 years could be closed within the year . |
25 | Where the Training Agency accepts these structures , funding up to £100,000 per year for 4 years will be made available to each . |
26 | Local authorities will continue to be responsible for adult education provision , both vocational and leisure/cultural activities , but all courses for 16–19 years will be the responsibility of FEFCs through the colleges . |
27 | The cancer was not eliminated , but its growth ceased , and for many years could be prevented from spreading to distant tissues as long as treatment with hormones continued . |
28 | Maybe for ten years would be better than no . |
29 | Between 1950–60 the race was included in the World Drivers ' Championship , and full results for those years can be found in the Grand Prix section , pages 12–25 . |
30 | Her prospects of playing her third final in eight years must be bright , since she beat the No 2 seed , Robyn Lambourne , of Australia , in Cardiff in February . |