Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [adj] years [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean for thirty years we feel like brothers and sisters with them , and it is unfortunate that Saddam Hussein has turned it all now against everybody . |
| 2 | But like I say for seven years he just sat and did n't want to do nothing . |
| 3 | another mistake in the film was to suggest that in a a short franchise , say of seven years they would need a great deal of working capital , but they wo n't need a great deal of working capital or or share capital , they will actually be running a business where they get subsidy , because if er they 're involving socially necessary lines , like commuter lines , or or rural lines , then we 've made it very clear er that the taxpayers subsidy will continue , because these are loss making businesses , they will be bid they will bid for subsidy , and they will continue to get that subsidy , so they will have the flow of whatever income they can increase , in the passenger franchise , plus the subsidy , plus , and this is a very important point in what we 're doing in the restructuring of British Rail , you see , nobody up till now has said that British Rail is perfect , everyone acknowledges that there are big improvements to be made , the way we 're structuring it will get those improvements because the smaller franchises , not the great big monolithic nationalized industry , the smaller units , ha will be able to identify much more clearly where they can make the savings and where they can increase the revenue . |
| 4 | Erm but of course if you die within seven years it could indeed be added back into your estate so I think that they also build a certain amount of life insurance against that and essentially what you do is you you One of the schemes is you pay insurance against the amount of the tax bill seven years . |
| 5 | And although the City Council has managed over the years to old council house rents down , I think for three years there was absolutely no rent increase and then only about a nine per cent increase , although we 've managed to hold council house rents down until |
| 6 | And in fact , I think in recent years what we know as the third world is the fourth , because those oil producing countries in the third world retained the status of being third and everyone got pushed to the fourth . |
| 7 | The one we see with five years I said to Bet well it 's bloody cheaper than the one she 's , anyway I I I had enough money on my er thing so |