Example sentences of "[noun sg] for the [num ord] forty year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Different generations are well represented here , from the newest professional at the beginning of her career to two who have been in the business for the last forty years . |
| 2 | Never mind , ’ said Breeze valiantly , ‘ perhaps if we 're awfully careful and cheese-paring for the next forty years or so , we may end our days in some sweet little cottage with roses round the door … ’ |
| 3 | That is why we feel justified in saying that Realism has held sway for the last forty years . |
| 4 | In the black winter of early 1947 , something else happened which was to provide a general justification for the next forty years of dredging and river clearance . |
| 5 | Claim twelve times a year for the next forty years , right up until retirement age , if they wish . |