Example sentences of "[prep] three year [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a trial held on Oct. 10-13 in Hanoi , 38 members of a Vietnamese resistance movement were sentenced to prison terms of between three years and life , having been found guilty of " traitorous activities " . |
| 2 | Another Italian deal sounding alarm bells is one announced over the weekend under which Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale SpA , IRI , will lend some 42 pct of Banca Commerciale Italiana SpA to telecommunications holding company STET SpA for three years and STET will pay IRI $212m for the dividend flow from 440m BCI ordinary shares — by juggling the dividend flow , tax credits on the payments and amortisation , analysts reckoned STET stood to gain to the tune of $300m and IRI would in return get a much needed cash injection , but the move is seen as a panic measure by IRI . |
| 3 | The mortgage market has been in the doldrums for three years and lending is shrinking steadily , partly because there is only a trickle of new customers and partly because existing customers are paying off at least part of their mortgages when they can . |
| 4 | There has been some difference of opinion as to what that case decided , but there is no dispute that the court held that the postponement of the consultation process with the Lord Chief Justice and the trial judge until three years after sentence was unlawful , and that it should take place as soon as possible after conviction . |
| 5 | ( 1980 ) found that children who maintained their improved weight one to three years after treatment had higher levels of exercise than peers who failed to do so . |
| 6 | Spells as a curate in Doncaster and Ipswich were followed by three years as chaplain at St Andrew 's in Kowloon , 1929–31 , during which he studied Chinese at Hong Kong University . |