Example sentences of "for three year [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He then served for three years as Secretary General of the Islamic Conference Organization . |
| 2 | In announcing the appointment Bush described Card , a former state legislator in Massachusetts , as " a friend of many years " , who had served in Bush 's campaign teams in the presidential elections of 1980 and 1988 , had then served for three years as deputy Chief of Staff to the controversial John Sununu , but had maintained a reputation for managerial efficiency and diplomacy . |
| 3 | Late one evening in 1958 Alfred Cobban telephoned me to see if I would consider going to Cumberland Lodge , in Windsor Great Park , to work there for three years as Director of Studies . |
| 4 | He had been banned for three years for drink-driving in January , 1991. 18-month ban A DRINK-driver fractured three ribs when his car hit a skip , Wirral magistrates were told yesterday . |
| 5 | He put her on probation for three years on condition she remained an in-patient at a psychiatric hospital . |
| 6 | This will be a fixed-term , non-renewable appointment for three years on Research Support scale IB ( 12,828 — 17,379 ) . |
| 7 | Canterbury ) ‘ which he has already held for three years without ordination and without papal dispensation ’ . |
| 8 | A further three years ' non-residence , as well as the revenues already held for three years without ordination and without papal dispensation' . |
| 9 | Mr Rikanovic almost certainly knew nothing about Swiss law , by which anyone holding an item publicly for three years without judgment against him acquires title , but it is interesting that the visit occurred just at the time when Lord Northampton sought to have the ownership dispute heard by the Swiss courts . |
| 10 | For example in the February issue of The Art Newspaper ( No.25 pp.1 and 2 ) , in the article entitled ‘ Yugoslavia covered-up over the Sevso treasure ’ , it is stated that ‘ Mr Rikanovic almost certainly knew nothing about Swiss law , by which anyone holding an item publicly for three years without judgment against him acquires title … |
| 11 | Details of the tax deal emerge in a confidential letter from Peat Marwick Mitchell , BAe 's tax advisers , showing that the company could offset Rover 's losses for tax purposes for three years without fear of a challenge from tax officials . |
| 12 | In the UK the Department of Energy has committed £11 million to geothermal energy for three years of work and by 1986 Britain will have spent £21 million on ‘ hot rocks ’ research . |
| 13 | He toured for three years from coast to coast . |
| 14 | For only the second time in the 103-year history of the Army Cup , a unit has won the coveted trophy for three years in succession . |
| 15 | Parliament showed its power further in the mid-1980s by delaying the budget for three years in succession . |
| 16 | Families have also suffered as a consequence of the freezing of child benefit for three years in succession and the greater emphasis being placed upon means-tested family credit . |
| 17 | above general price increases for three years in succession . |
| 18 | ‘ The Singing Kettle ’ has opened its lid to thousands of children in Germany , USA , Canada , Ireland , Australia and Hong Kong as well as in theatres throughout Britain including two visits to the South Bank in London and , for three years in succession , they appeared at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre , Stratford . |
| 19 | In National Pari-Mutuel Association Ltd. v. The King ( 1930 ) 46 T.L.R. 594 ; 47 T.L.R. 110 the suppliant company claimed repayment of betting duty which they had paid for three years in respect of the operation of a totalisator . |
| 20 | The buyer will customarily ask for accounts ranging back for three years in respect of the activities of the management company . |