Example sentences of "years ['s] [noun] [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | Recorder John Hugill , QC , placed him on two years ' probation after he heard he was now an ‘ emotional wreck ’ . |
2 | In Indonesia , in October 1990 , post-graduate researcher Bonar Tigor Naipospos was sentenced to eight and a half years ' imprisonment because he ‘ attempted to undermine Indonesian state ideology ’ through participation in a university study group and distributing banned literature . |
3 | Six months before her overdose Liz terminated the relationship with her boyfriend of two years ' standing after she discovered he had been going out with another girl . |
4 | Chief Supt Bill Hills , head of the force 's uniform operations department , will have completed more than 35 years ' service when he leaves the job . |
5 | And in those days you had to have fifteen years ' training before anyone would really look at you . |
6 | I hope that he and his fellow enthusiasts of today will derive as much pleasure from looking back in 50 or 60 years ' time as I do from my battered old album . |
7 | It would be surprising if benchmarking attracts as much media attention in five years ' time as it does now . |
8 | Work out how many woodlice you will have in 10 years ' time if they continue to multiply at this rate . |
9 | ‘ This may rise to about 20 in three years ' time if we do well . |
10 | If you have paid six full years ' contributions before you cease payments , the Society will make your policy paid-up , leaving the units purchased to remain invested until such time you make a request to encash them . |
11 | Climate modelling and assessing environmental change will need more than three years ' data if it is to be enhanced . |