Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [noun sg] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A FOUR-YEAR fight to win compensation for 175 Borders textile workers has ended in success after the chief executive of the Employment Service admitted his staff had made mistakes and given incorrect advice . |
| 2 | Awarded a free place at Birmingham University to study music for three years , Peter was short of basics like clothes and books until Elaine Blond gave him £30 and arranged for Peter to work at Bloomsbury House in his holidays to help make up any shortfall . |
| 3 | During the Cultural Revolution , he was sent to the countryside to plant rice for two years . |
| 4 | A patent is , after all , a licence to print money for fourteen years — if your invention is a good one , that is . |
| 5 | By forcing the man to admit hate for one tiny part of the system , Kirov opened the mental floodgates for doubts about the whole to pour in . |
| 6 | An application to renew permission for four mobile classroom units at De Brus Secondary School , Marke Lane , Skelton , is expected to be approved at Langbaurgh 's planning and development control committee today . |