Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [adj] years [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This results primarily from the greater longevity of women compared with men ; life expectancy at birth is 78 years for women and 72 years for men , while at 65 it is 17 years for women and 16 years for men . |
| 2 | IT is twelve years since the last Stratford Coriolanus : an absurd neglect of Shakespeare 's best political play . |
| 3 | IT is five years since 11 civilians were blown up by the IRA bomb at Enniskillen 's Remembrance Day Service . |
| 4 | Aston Villa manager Ron Atkinson last night heightened the tension surrounding today 's Premier League match of the day by recalling that it is six years to the day since Manchester United sacked him . |
| 5 | With predicted export sales of more than £21 million in 1993 it is 15 years of exceptional growth and an export success of which we can all be proud . |
| 6 | It is 20 years to the week since Hugh Gaitskell died . |
| 7 | IT IS 25 years since the nuclear accident at Windscale in October 1957 . |
| 8 | Although it is 40 years since the incident , I urge my right hon. Friend to give urgent consideration to the case because the suffering of Derek Bentley 's family continues day in and day out . |
| 9 | ‘ But even now he 's having to pick his games , with one every three days or so , and he is 34 years of age and we ca n't alter that . |
| 10 | To do this he must assure himself that , on the day he is nominated as a candidate , he is 21 years of age or over , a British subject or a citizen of the Irish Republic and either that his name is on the register of electors in the local government area for which he intends to stand as a candidate , or that he has resided in the area ( or , in the case of a parish or community , within three miles of the area ) for a period of one year , or that he has occupied as owner or tenant land in the area for one year , or that his principal or only place of work has been in the area for one year . |