Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adj] year ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Joneses have just been asked to find 15 years ' back rent along with the residents of the other 17 flats at Shire Court in Swindon . |
| 2 | It had to look ordinary enough to appeal to a much broader market than the CX , but quirky enough to attract 15 years ' worth of loyal CX owners . |
| 3 | She is also to serve three years ' probation and do community service at Hale House in Harlem . |
| 4 | Marilyn L. Harrell , one of the key figures in the HUD scandal , was sentenced on June 22 to three years and 10 months in prison , and ordered to serve three years ' probation and to pay $600,000 in restitution . |
| 5 | And will the six percent , which the Director of Education has been instructed to save across all central budgets , be enough to cover this years ' education overspend ? |
| 6 | The French policy is to keep two years ' supply of metals ; the government has admitted to hoarding copper , lead , tungsten and chromium , although it has kept to itself exactly what else the stockpile contains . |
| 7 | They allow their secretaries to hoard three years supply of sticky tape their personnel people to stock six years ' supply of appraisal forms ( when most managers would do better with blank sheets ) and their engineers to " buffer out " with an indefinite supply of obsolete parts . |
| 8 | And in those days you had to have fifteen years ' training before anyone would really look at you . |