Example sentences of "[conj] it [vb -s] [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it takes many years for a child to master the process of reading , once acquired , the skills are comprehensive and flexible enough to cope with a diversity of written material in a variety of fonts and formats ( including previously unknown ones such as unfamiliar handwriting ) . |
| 2 | Henning Albrechsten reckons that it takes three years for a telecottage to be able to function without subsidy . |
| 3 | She points out that there are five thousand people on the waiting list wanting to take up a Body Shop franchise and that it takes three years before any of them succeed . |
| 4 | Again , we welcome that , but is it not sad that it comes 12 years after this Government were elected and after not just one but two Secretaries of State since I have been a Member of Parliament have been influenced because of criticism of tobacco advertising and irresponsible elements in the tobacco industry ? |
| 5 | Nigel : But 40 leading scientists do say that carbon dioxide is made in producing uranium and building the reactors , and power stations are not the main source of greenhouse gases anyway ; and nuclear programmes divert money from energy-saving programmes , and it takes six years to build a nuclear power station and you can save that amount of carbon dioxide in six months by saving energy . |
| 6 | So if it peaks two years before you plan to cash in , you do not lose because you had to wait for the money . |
| 7 | Craine reckons Rabbit will do well out of its relationship with Univel , since it has 10 years ' experience of Unix . |
| 8 | We can all get a chuckle over that the fact that Microsoft is going to refuse to renew the cross-licence it has with IBM for Windows and NT after it expires next year . |
| 9 | The new Holiday Inn at King 's Cross , London , will also have a Landis & Gyr system , controlling energy , fire and security systems and elevators when it opens next year . |
| 10 | It is hoped that Rambert will be one of the first companies to appear at the Festival Theatre when it opens next year , by which time Christopher Bruce will have taken over as artistic director of the company with which he used to be a leading dancer and choreographer . |
| 11 | ALA housing chairman Pete Challis said he would seek an assurance the Government will renew the Rough Sleeper 's initiative , the scheme to provide 15,000 hostel bed spaces , when it expires next year . |
| 12 | As it takes several years for the effects of changing the number of trainees to become obvious the failure to implement Achieving a Balance is only now becoming evident . |
| 13 | Less good news is that , when demand increases , as it does each year , standards of admission inevitably rise . |