Example sentences of "[num] [prep] [adj] years [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Joyce retired on April 2 after 14 years service and was delighted not only to receive gifts , including a hi-fi system , but also to be wined and dined on more than one occasion before her departure . |
| 2 | Travelling by Rail — 2 to 4 years £41 , 4 to 11 years £20 , 12 to 13 years £10 . |
| 3 | Travelling by Rail — 2 to 4 years £41 , 4 to 11 years £20 , 12 to 13 years £10 . |
| 4 | Even if BAT do pick up the bill , as they have for East Belfast Community Council and the Centre for Neighbourhood Development , they can offer only 2 to 3 years project funding or finance for capital projects . |
| 5 | ‘ In 10 to 15 years time we could have thousands of people suicidally depressed because they took Ecstasy earlier in life . |
| 6 | How do you forecast the volume and quantity of whisky to be produced now compared to the quantity needed in three to 25 years time ? |
| 7 | The annual General Household Survey has only included questions on cohabitation since 1979 and estimates suggest that the proportion of women aged 18 to 49 years cohabiting has doubled from 3 per cent in 1979 to 6 per cent in 1987 . |
| 8 | Travelling by Rail — 2 to 4 years £41 , 4 to 11 years £20 , 12 to 13 years £10 . |
| 9 | It is designed to be a first maths program for the younger user and is suitable for the 3 to 6 years age group , depending on the level of computer familiarity . |
| 10 | As expected , the carcinoma incidence in the under 50s ( 0.6% ) was very much lower than that observed in the 50 to 70 years age group ( 7.5% ) or the over 70 years group ( 11.6% ) The incidences of adenoma in these age groups were 6.2 , 31.5 , and 32.2% respectively . |
| 11 | The spokeswoman said : ‘ The Russian embassy in Baghdad has confirmed that both men were sentenced on June 6 to eight years imprisonment for illegal entry . |
| 12 | Those in between ( i.e. , 6 to 15 years service ) , who are perhaps at the point in their careers when promotion in teaching is most keenly sought , are positive , expressing willingness to take part in SSE irrespective of direct personal benefit and considering that SSE should be made compulsory in school . |
| 13 | Within eight to nine years production of hops had halved in the UK . ’ |
| 14 | It is suggested that there are long waves , of perhaps fifty to sixty years periodicity , in the pattern of economic development of industrialised societies . |
| 15 | Oh yeah yeah and they they keep er actually this album the reason it 's called I keep saying album we keep going back to the days of vinyl er the reason its called By Request over the last four of five years Telstar sent out a sort of feelers on different sleeves asking people if there were any songs that they might like to hear Foster and Allen sing . |
| 16 | Oliver joined CCG in 1989 with 20 years experience of top flight operations . |
| 17 | Applicants should ideally have a minimum of two to three years experience of residue analysis in addition to a PhD in a relevant discipline , though consideration will be given to applicants with appropriate relevant experience ( Ref No 0722 ) . |
| 18 | In the next two to three years Ford intends to spend £105m on the body and assembly lines at Dagenham , modernising the press shop and paint line , upgrading computer-aided facilities in the toolroom and streamlining the trim and final assembly lines . |
| 19 | So the lesson is that if you use masking tape , or any other pressure sensitive tape , to hinge your works of art on paper , you should expect them to be showing yellow stains form the adhesive in four to five years time . |
| 20 | Peach retired in 1905 after 43 years service in a career which had taken him into nearly every part of Scotland and brought him world-wide recognition as an outstanding field geologist . |
| 21 | Projections show the roll at Heiton will rise to 19 in four years time . ’ |
| 22 | Not surprisingly , the otherwise unemployed seasonal workers , like the rest of the camps ' seasonal labour force , are mainly young — mostly in the 19 to 25 years age range . |