Example sentences of "is [verb] [art] [num] year " in BNC.

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1 But of course if salaries go up evenly throughout a forty year lifespan and the Chairman is given a forty year lifespan which is quite or pension lifespan which is quite a suitable one , if salaries go up and someone leaves their company every ten years , then the first three departures are obviously going to be at much lower salary levels and it 's not going to be satisfactory the first three departures are just index linked to inflation , there is the problem of how does one index link them towards the final salary .
2 The prisoner , who is serving a five year sentence for burglary was being moved from Dartmoor to Bullingdon Prison in Oxfordshire .
3 The twenty-nine year old man , who has n't been named , is serving a four year sentence at Springhill Prison in Buckinghamshire for offences involving violence and theft .
4 Michael Johnson , who 's 25 , is serving a seven year sentence for posession of firearms , robbery , burglary and theft .
5 DR AHMAD OSMAN SIRAJ : a 46-year-old senior lecturer at the University of Khartoum 's medical school , he is serving a 15 year sentence for his alleged involvement in a plot to overthrow the military government of General Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir .
6 The Law society is seeking a ten year term for the contract , with some crucial provisions entrenched so that they can not be altered for the duration of the contract , except with the Society 's agreement .
7 This is a programme similar to your Volunteer Service Organisation and is requires a two year commitment to work in a developing country .
8 THE Attorney General is to review the three year sentence given to a killer who strangled and dismembered a Co Donegal woman .
9 THE Attorney General is to review the three year sentence given to a killer who strangled and dismembered a Co Donegal woman .
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