Example sentences of "years [unc] supply " in BNC.
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| 1 | The EEC this month revealed that Europe 's nuclear industry holds a stockpile of some four years ' supply of enriched uranium . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Jim is now the lucky owner of his third gold spray valve and now has three years ' supply of vegetarian burger bites . |
| 5 | Feeding on an abundant sedentary prey ( several years ' supply may be found within 1 m , ) , there is little stimulus for great activity and dog-whelks may spend long periods in much the same place . |
| 6 | Further , more local , threats are posed for the sake of a few years ' supply of raw materials . |
| 7 | In its first annual report , it pointed to the difficulties in some areas particularly in the south-east and the west midlands where the available land was limited to only a few years ' supply . |
| 8 | The tremendous increase in oil consumption which accompanied the great burst of accumulation threatened to deplete reserves : by the early seventies considerable disquiet was expressed about the possibility of the ‘ depletion horizon ’ of known reserves being reduced below the conventional level of 25 years ' supply . |
| 9 | The second one the second man says I want a year 's , I want ten years ' supply of whisky , right , so they sling it in there . |
| 10 | So the third man goes I want ten years ' supply of cigarettes . |