Example sentences of "time [noun sg] [prep] [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | On retirement from the Army & Navy Stores I was appointed managing director of Hatchards , Piccadilly , and Miss Riley came as my secretary and continued there in a full or part time capacity for many years . |
| 2 | In the case of works of art , however , the difference between the time lapse of thirty years and one of twenty is significant . |
| 3 | There is a statutory time limit of six years for claims under contracts under hand , and twelve if the contract is under seal : Limitation Act 1980 ss5 and 8 . |
| 4 | The DFG originally wanted to allow the fellowships to run indefinitely until the researcher obtained a permanent post , but the government imposed a time limit of five years . |
| 5 | President Vaclav Havel had suggested on June 2 a time limit of two years on the screening process , while proposing also that the courts should have special sections to provide citizens with copies of their secret police files on request , and that applicants for high government and state jobs should be required to produce a certificate of non-collaboration . |
| 6 | In September , members of Gwynedd County Council 's planning sub-committee recommended the company should be given permission for 15 Sundays in a year , with a time limit of two years . |
| 7 | Within a time span of two years has emerged an extensive network of education business practitioners using a variety of backgrounds and experiences in a variety of operating conditions . |
| 8 | The advertising vice-president who stays late every night working on next week 's layouts but who also has to begin making contingency plans for the expected launch of two new local advertising media campaigns three years hence has a responsibility time span of three years . |
| 9 | End with a visit to Dover 's White Cliffs Experience , a technological time trip through 2,000 years of history . |
| 10 | Thurow 's ( 1984 ) investigation of a conglomerate with thirty subsidiaries revealed an average time horizon of 2.8 years , hardly adequate for planning investments in processes with lifespans covering several product-generations ! |
| 11 | A time horizon of 5–10 years . |