Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [adj] year ' " in BNC.

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1 The French policy is to keep two years ' supply of metals ; the government has admitted to hoarding copper , lead , tungsten and chromium , although it has kept to itself exactly what else the stockpile contains .
2 A new PICKUP Scotland EUROPE unit has now been guaranteed three years ' funding from Scottish Enterprise .
3 The singer , who was not in court , was given two years ' probation and ordered to donate £30,000 to five local community projects by St Louis County Circuit Judge Ellis Gregory .
4 Pleading guilty to arson , he was given two years ' probation .
5 Cowen , of Holloway , north London , was given three years ' probation .
6 She was given three years ' supervision and a five-year driving ban .
7 Ann-Marie was given three years ' supervision and and banned from driving for five years .
8 The vicar added that unless the new church was allowed three years ' hard work would have been wasted .
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