Example sentences of "years [conj] [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was made clear in a further policy statement that in those cases where the tariff was 20 years or more the reference to the local review committee would be made after 17 years had been served , though a warning was given that this did not imply that any particular period had been set for the prisoner 's tariff . |
| 2 | On passing a sentence of imprisonment of two years or less the Act empowered a court to suspend the sentence by ordering that it should not take effect unless during a specified period the offender committed another offence punishable by imprisonment . |
| 3 | For the last twenty years or so the State has pursued a ‘ large is beautiful ’ policy but this has now been replaced by an ideology in favour of the small . |
| 4 | They also point out that during the past five years or so the proportion of part-time students has remained roughly constant at about one-third of the total . |
| 5 | Finally , as the advanced further education pool is virtually certain to be reduced , in relative terms , in the next few years and consequently the survival of some institutions may be at stake , NAB 's most difficult job is likely to be to steer public sector higher education through the stormy seas ahead with as little long-term damage as possible . |
| 6 | For two thousand years and more the branch of philosophy known as metaphysics had dealt with arguments and proofs about the existence and nature of God , his relation to the world and human beings , and such related matters as human freedom and life beyond death . |
| 7 | Instead we 've had limp-wristed pardoners , a well paid return after a couple of years and now the insult of Johnson being only 10 and a bit seconds from another Olympic final . |
| 8 | Mr Winchester , a Mac-fan of many years and now the boss of a Mac-using electronic-publishing company , has an ingenious explanation : unlike the clumsy MS-DOS operating system that powers IBM computers and all their clones , the Mac can cope with comparative ease with the pictographic scripts and unusual phonetic alphabets of Asia . |
| 9 | Yesterday , two Norfolk men who kidnapped a prime suspect and took him for a ride were sent to prison for five years and apparently the suspect did not even get a police caution . |
| 10 | For adult offenders the picture showed little change from previous years and indeed the number of sentenced adult male prisoners had increased . |
| 11 | Reports say they will bid £8 million to buy out Swales , chairman for 20 years but now the subject of a concerted hate campaign by supporters following the sacking of manager Peter Reid . |