Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [num] years [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | limited ( third party ) ( 1991 ) policy did not provide indemnity of survey carried out by nominated person not holding professional qualifications or with 5 years experience and supervised by professionally qualified person . |
| 2 | And for two years Pula lived a luxurious life , safe behind a high fence , feeding on imported peanuts , strawberry yoghurt , and fresh vegetables . |
| 3 | After Nasser , he says , his themes seemed to refer to a vanished society and for five years Mahfouz wrote no books . |
| 4 | in philosophy , Jesuit , and for eighteen years host of the television talk show Rencontres told The Art Newspaper , ‘ The museum was in virtual exile at Cité du Havre . |
| 5 | But most interesting of all is the treatment given to Sidney Lee , described in his obituary as biographer , Professor of English , writer on the place of English literature in the modern university , and for thirty years editor of the Dictionary of National Biography.34 In reviewing Lee 's work , Ernest A. Baker identifies him as the complete " humanist " by virtue of his classical scholarship , his faith in beauty and reason , and his exalted hopes of human progress . |
| 6 | After all , he 's quite a handsome guy in his own way , is n't he , as well as being disgustingly wealthy , and after two years love-games can become depressingly boring , ca n't they ? ’ |
| 7 | From the need to produce videos of Virgin artists came the idea of distributing them on a commercial basis as well through their own distribution company ; and within two years Virgin were busily developing their own , European version of MTV , Music Box . |
| 8 | The Great Central , formerly a cross-country line , was the last main-line railway to enter London in 1899 , and within two years Robinson had introduced new and more powerful locomotives for this service . |
| 9 | Players such as Lewis , Fraser , Malcolm , Stewart , Atherton , Hick , Turnell , Lawrence and Ramprakash were introduced , and within 2½ years England 's Test records reads : P24 W8 D9 L7 , a marked improvement despite a disastrous 0–3 defeat in Australia in 1990–91 . |
| 10 | And so that the village benefits from the wood in some way , erm like there 's a teak plantation they 've got going at the moment , and in ten years time , the teak will be used to carry electricity , so that the village can have some electricity as well , I mean it 's to do with giving the village something as well as trying to help the environment . |
| 11 | And in three years time Ford will unveil its challenge to the Renault Espace multi-purpose vehicle . |
| 12 | Sir John reserved the right to become a partner at the end of the first three years term for a quarter share of all mines and ores , then opened , got , or sold , … or … at the end of six years also to commence as a partner for one quarter share … or … at the end of nine years to commence as a partner for the same … or … at the end of 12 years the same , and at 15 years ditto . |
| 13 | But for seven years Stuart was a visibly devoted father and Lyn supported and promoted his career . |
| 14 | They are also proud they have managed to build up a good trade but after 15 years service at the Travellers Rest , Cockerton , the couple plan to quit in June . |
| 15 | She became the mentor of the young ( Dame ) Christabel Pankhurst [ q.v. ] in 1901 , but after three years Christabel became irritated by Eva 's gentle gradualism and pacifism and abandoned her friendship for militancy . |
| 16 | But in 10 years time this will only feel like receiving £5,107 , even though you have paid in £6000 ! . |
| 17 | As Prof. Mark recalled , ‘ the reviewer said we were out of our minds but within two years people conceded that we were correct . ’ |