Example sentences of "of [adj] years [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The course is of three years ' duration . |
| 32 | The course is of three years ' duration . |
| 33 | The course is of three years ' duration , including an industrial placement year . |
| 34 | The course is of three years ' duration . |
| 35 | The course is of three years ' duration . |
| 36 | The course is of three years ' duration . |
| 37 | The course is of three years ' duration . |
| 38 | The course is of three years ' duration . |
| 39 | The course is of three years ' duration . |
| 40 | The course is of three years ' duration . |
| 41 | The course is of three years ' duration ( or four years if the American Studies strand is taken after the first year ) . |
| 42 | The course is of three years ' duration . |
| 43 | The course is of three years ' duration ( or four years if Asian Studies is taken as a joint or minor subject with French ) . |
| 44 | The course is of three years ' duration ( or four years if English is taken as a joint or minor subject with French ) . |
| 45 | The course is of three years ' duration . |
| 46 | The course is of three years ' duration if French is taken as a minor subject and of four years ' duration if taken as a major or joint subject . |
| 47 | The course is of three years ' duration ( or four years if Geography is taken as a joint or minor subject with French ) . |
| 48 | The course is of three years ' duration ( or four years if German is taken in combination with French ) . |
| 49 | The course is of three years ' duration ( or four years if History is taken as a minor or joint subject with French ) . |
| 50 | The course is of three years ' duration ( or four years if Irish is taken as a joint or minor subject with French ) . |
| 51 | The course is of three years ' duration ( or four years if Media Studies is taken as a minor or joint subject with French ) . |
| 52 | The course is of three years ' duration ( or four years if Philosophy is taken as a joint or minor subject with French ) . |
| 53 | The course is of three years ' duration . |
| 54 | Sacheverell 's trial the next spring sparked off widespread rioting in London , and although Sacheverell was eventually found guilty , he received the mild sentence of three years ' suspension from preaching . |
| 55 | Although Sacheverell was found guilty , the decision by the House of Lords on 21 March to impose the mild sentence of three years ' suspension from preaching was widely seen as a moral victory for the doctor over the Whigs , and the news was greeted with ( often violent ) celebrations throughout the country . |
| 56 | Suicide and attempted suicide ceased to be a crime when the Suicide Act 1961 became law , in recognition of the right to self-determination , but there remains an offence of aiding , abetting , counselling , or procuring the suicide of another which carries a maximum penalty of fourteen years ' imprisonment . |
| 57 | The UK government is concerned about the number of deaths caused by careless driving while unfit because of excessive alcohol consumption , and a recent White Paper , The Road User and the Law , recommends among other things , that this offence should carry obligatory disqualification from driving for at least 2 years , an unlimited fine and a maximum penalty of 5 years ' imprisonment ( Lowry , 1989 ) . |
| 58 | J. Spencer commented [ 1979 ] Crim LR 24 : " [ w ] hy should running away after telling lies carry a sentence of 5 years ' imprisonment under s.2(1) ( b ) when running away without telling lies — which is more harmful , because [ the accused ] is likely to be harder to trace — only carries a sentence of 2 years under s.3 ? " |
| 59 | A friend of many years ' standing has said that , ‘ Ifor would have loved to have stayed on at school . |
| 60 | ‘ Loretta ! ’ he exclaimed , greeting her as if she were a friend of many years ' standing . |