Example sentences of "of [adj] years [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps if the age-gap of eight years between them had been less … perhaps if she herself had stayed at home for a few years instead of finding separate lodgings as soon as she 'd finished her A levels and joined Grantham and Marsh as a junior copywriter … |
| 2 | The order comes at the end of 2 years in which Dowty Aerospace has shed 1,500 jobs in Gloucestershire . |
| 3 | Tower Hamlets , acting under paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act of 1967 , required Chetnik to pay rates on the buildings over a period of some years during which they were unoccupied because tenants could not be found . |
| 4 | But to protect the fruits of 7 years of their labour , they feel they have to stay at the site . |
| 5 | The CEGB says that it should be possible to build a PWR in Britain in six years , but it uses a period of 7 years in its calculations of the economics of Sizewell B. |
| 6 | Claudette , from Liverpool 15 , believes she was 75 per cent to blame for the breakdown of her marriage , but could n't forgive her husband of 21 years for his adultery . |
| 7 | Rather than ending the discussion this decision merely began a period of three years during which the issue of " Unity " was rarely off the agendas of local Labour parties , trade unions and other sections of the labour movement . |
| 8 | Just phone any one of the five lines shown on the panel below to hear your clues — to make it even easier you 'll be given a choice of three years from which to pick your answer . |
| 9 | Coleman 's will , dated 1 July 1839 , provided for the founding of a Coleman prize : ‘ Also , I give to the Royal Veterinary College , at the expiration of three years from my decease , the sum of one hundred and sixty-six pounds thirteen shillings and fourpence , 3 per Cent . |
| 10 | Prince Philip had stipulated a maximum of ten years for his period in office , and had extended it by a year to enable Prince Charles , who was serving in the Royal Navy , to take over at an appropriate moment . |
| 11 | This was thought by trade unionists to be inconsistent with the leading decision of ten years before which had protected employers ' associations from conspiracy on the ground that the acts had been done ‘ with the lawful object of protecting and extending their trade and increasing their profits ’ without employing unlawful means , although the consequence had been to injure their competitors . |
| 12 | Which I mean is after something of ten years in which case erm I would have that there 's a thorough investigation so that actual , you know , er progress back it around the town as well as possible , er need money put into it , but I think that that 's what some of these places with , with no hope of a short term bypass need . |
| 13 | Certainly not the firm of Hang , for within the space of ten years from their involvement they had expended around £31,758 and all that money , and a deal more , found itself disseminated in two or three quiet corners of this remote part of England . |
| 14 | Doreen Copas had to be reminded that she had been teaching Medau for all of 25 years by her Herts and Cambs colleagues and class members ; they presented her with a generous gift of garden tokens on the occasion of the Westhampstead Rally . |
| 15 | This is typical of those years in which prolonged and more extensive PSC formation would be most likely , and the column ozone was reduced by 40 Dobson Units ( DU ) where PSCs formed . |
| 16 | having seen Frank playing in our Norwegian ‘ premiership ’ — i can only say : this guy has talent and give him a couple of more years on his neck he will become a real threat to any defence . |
| 17 | She considered approaching him and asking if it might be possible for them to spend more time together , but the difference of nine years in their age put her in awe of him still , and she decided it was not her place to make such suggestions . |
| 18 | When the Shavante train boys to become warriors who can both take and give orders , they systematically constrain the youngsters in age-set seclusion for a period of five years during which time they are trained to endure suffering ( see below ) . |
| 19 | A lease was granted for a period of five years in which the tenant agreed to pay the landlord a sum equivalent to two months rent as a security deposit . |
| 20 | The council claimed planning permission had never been sought or been granted , but in 1984 told SPAG that they were unable to take action on this issue as the statutory period of five years within which action could be taken had passed . |
| 21 | Because of these uncertainties the appropriate time for selecting the multiplier is at the time of death and the number of pre-trial years for which special damages are awarded should then be deducted from the multiplier ( Graham v Dodds [ 1983 ] 1 WLR 808 ) . |
| 22 | Section 222(5) ( a ) contains a time-limit of two years during which the election as to main residence can be made and if an election is not made within the period the question of which is the main residence is determined by the Inspector of Taxes , subject to the usual right of appeal . |
| 23 | As they munched hungrily he learned how Tommy at the age of eighteen had been given the choice of two years at His Majesty 's pleasure or volunteering to fight for King and country . |
| 24 | These paintings follow from a period of two years in which Chevallier examined the potentialities of the colour red . |
| 25 | Some psychiatrists view this as an inevitable development arising from repression of the strong sexual motivation of earlier years pending its revival in adolescence . |