Example sentences of "years ' [noun] [coord] [be] " in BNC.

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1 ( S. ) 335 recognise the exception illustrated by this decision : if the offence to which the juvenile has pleaded guilty is punishable with 14 years ' imprisonment and is therefore one for which the juvenile can be detained under Children and Young Persons Act 1933 , s.53(2) for a longer period , a sentence of 12 months ' detention in a young offender institution is not objectionable , despite the plea of guilty , if the offence would have justified a longer term of detention under section 53(2) and the sentencer has given the juvenile a discount for his plea by choosing to impose a term of detention in a young offender institution rather than detention under Children and Young Persons Act 1933 , s.53(2) .
2 Otherwise judges are appointed from the ranks of barristers of at least ten or fifteen years ' standing and are likely to have had at least twenty years ' practice at the bar .
3 Although schools and teachers I visited may not always have been able to produce copies of the official syllabus , everyone had copies of previous years ' questions and were assiduously preparing children to sit for the current examination .
4 The debentures have a face value of £1.5 million , an annual interest rate of 10 per cent , mature in five years ' time and are currently selling at their face value .
5 First degree courses are usually of three years ' duration but are , in many instances , extended to include periods of professional training ( in industry , commerce or the public service ) or time spent abroad .
6 She visited her rural community after two years ' absence and was impressed by the degree of collective organization and determination shown by her community .
7 The present book is the fruit of twenty years ' research and is an exhaustive catalogue of the families of silver makers who produced commemorative spoons for generations of prosperous West Country yeomen and their families , above all for births and christenings .
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