Example sentences of "first [noun] [prep] three years " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should however be noted that by virtue of the automatic discharge from a first bankruptcy after three years irrespective of the debtor 's conduct ( short of criminal offence ) , an individual debtor will be treated far more leniently than a company director guilty of wrongful trading , who can be disqualified for up to 15 years . |
| 2 | Brian Lara was dropped low down at first slip by Wessels off his first ball from Snell , and Keith Arthurton , in his first Test for three years , survived two slip catches off no-balls and another actual chance in his top score of 59 , filled with 10 exciting on-side boundaries . |
| 3 | I was abused for the first time at three years old . |
| 4 | FOR THE first time in three years Steffi Graf was yesterday reminded what it feels like to leave a tournament a quarter-final loser when West Germany were beaten 2-1 by Czechoslovakia in the Federation Cup here . |
| 5 | The yen fell too , pushing the total market capitalisation of the Tokyo exchange beneath that of the New York exchange for the first time in three years . |
| 6 | As investors and the better-paid alike give thanks for their deliverance , that most essential and intangible ingredient for economic recovery — confidence — is suddenly present for the first time in three years . |
| 7 | In the depth of the recession , with the motor industry suffering more than most , Rover is introducing night shifts for the first time in three years . |
| 8 | The good times have returned at Rover , and yesterday the company announced it was reintroducing night-shift working at its Cowley plant in Oxford for the first time in three years . |
| 9 | Last week he walked upstairs for the first time in three years and just burst into tears . |
| 10 | He was thrilled about the prospect of seeing Candy , 37 , for the first time in three years . |
| 11 | Clive Smott ( 59 ) was formerly with Princess Eugene Road Garage Reserves and has agreed to come out of retirement and put on his boots for the first time in three years . |
| 12 | Bates back at Roland Garros for the first time in three years opens his challenge against Ctislav Dosedel of the Czech Republic , a player ranked nine places lower on the world computer at 111 . |
| 13 | Commenting on the Khmer Rouge position at the talks , the Independent of June 27 said that for the first time in three years of diplomacy , the group appeared " unsure of themselves , and nervous of being outmanoeuvred " . |
| 14 | On March 6 Eduard Shevardnadze , the former Soviet Foreign Minister and for 13 years first secretary of the central committee of the Communist Party of Georgia , returned to his native Georgia for first time in three years . |
| 15 | Back on the grid for the first time in three years is derek warwick … he 's racing for the Milton Keynes Footwork team |
| 16 | The bells of an Oxford church are ringing again for the first time in three years . |
| 17 | The result is a bucking of current trends with the growth in spending outstripping rises in income for the first time in three years . |
| 18 | BAe has announced it wants to recruit apprentices at its Broughton factory for the first time in three years . |
| 19 | Amid all the gloom of redundancies and take-over deals , BAe has announced it wants to recruit apprentices at its Broughton factory for the first time in three years . |
| 20 | Even the bookmakers lost faith in the world champion who began the event without the status of favourite for the first time in three years . |
| 21 | CAR crime on Merseyside has dropped for the first time in three years but the rate is still one offence every 20 minutes . |
| 22 | CAR crime on Merseyside has dropped for the first time in three years but there is still one offence every 20 minutes . |