Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv prt] to [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | This theory also implies that the internal body clock takes up to five years to develop fully . |
| 2 | Alkaline and moderately rich in minerals , it takes up to 80 years to filter through 295 feet of sand , clay , shale , coal and siltstone . |
| 3 | A top Oxford orthopaedic surgeon says it takes up to ten years to measure the success of a joint , but the maunfacturers come up with new , improved versions each year . |
| 4 | Wenger ( 1984 ) identified that the death of a sibling or friends may be harder to get over than the death of a spouse , perhaps because the longevity of the relationship goes back to earliest years . |
| 5 | I mean it says it lasts up to two years , we 've only had it on there a year |
| 6 | CHOCOLATE Flake bars up to five years old were on sale in a rural Co Down shop , it was disclosed today . |
| 7 | If one relates this position to citation studies in the humanities which show that well over 50% of books cited have imprint dates up to 35 years ago and earlier , the increasing tendency to search only the OPAC , and ignore the card catalogue is doing a major disservice to scholars and their potential exploitation of the resources of research libraries . |
| 8 | Carl Jacobson faces up to 10 years in prison for relaying bribery money to the US navy official responsible for awarding lucrative contracts to WedTech , a New York contractor , and United Chemcon , a Lancaster , Pennsylvania company associated with Mr Guerin 's International Signal and Control Corp . |
| 9 | ACTOR Gerard Depardieu 's son faces up to four years in jail if found guilty of drug pushing . |
| 10 | After a marathon seven-month trial , Noriega , 54 , the first foreign leader to be convicted in America , faces up to 120 years ' jail . |
| 11 | Jilted Griffin , who faces up to three years in jail , was arrested after tracking Lynn Oddo to a flat in California . |
| 12 | Anyone belonging to the UDA — Europe 's biggest paramilitary group with an estimated 2,000 members actively involved in terrorism — faces up to ten years in jail . |
| 13 | He 'd been hired by the man 's parents but still faces up to 20 years in gaol . |
| 14 | MADRID — Howard Marks , the Briton accused by US police of being the ‘ Marco Polo ’ who led an international ring of hashish smugglers , yesterday took one step closer towards extradition to the US , where he faces up to 113 years in jail , Tim McGirk writes . |
| 15 | Police arrested him with 14 ounces of the drug in January and he now faces up to 25 years in jail . |
| 16 | If he is found guilty , he faces up to 12 years in jail and a $1 million fine . |