Example sentences of "[adj] period [prep] [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Gamay was rightly considered inferior for the production of Champagne when AOC laws were introduced in 1927 and its cultivation was restricted , but a generous transitory period of 18 years was allowed for growers heavily dependent on the vine , because the authorities recognised the financial burden of replanting with the authorised varieties . |
| 2 | Should the elective resolution cease to have effect , if the authority has lasted for 5 years or more before the election it expires forthwith : otherwise it has effect as if it had been given for a fixed period of 5 years . |
| 3 | This Agreement commences on [ ] and will continue for a fixed period of three years and thereafter will continue from year to year unless terminated by at least sixty days ' written notice by either party to the other , such notice to expire on any anniversary date of the commencement of this Agreement falling after the expiry of the fixed period aforesaid . |
| 4 | It was noted that of those 35 patients who did not have dermatitis herpetiformis , 15 had attended their general practitioners and hospital outpatient clinics on several occasions over an average period of 28 years ( 0.5–50 years ) with unexplained symptoms or abnormalities in blood tests but the diagnosis of coeliac disease had been missed . |
| 5 | A similar period of seven years is recommended for those intending to specialize in dermatology . |
| 6 | The company does not have a sparkling financial story to tell — it lost £1.7m pre-tax on turnover of £12.5m in the year to September 30 , and its only profitable period in four years was the nine months to September 1991 , when it did £684,000 pre-tax on sales of £9.6m . |
| 7 | He was rewarded with the first Presidency of the BDDA and was reelected for a total period of twenty-eight years . |
| 8 | The difficulties encountered in negotiating all the necessary approvals , particularly the funding , for a scheme which departed from the norm of fair rent housing explain the exceptionally long period of four years that preceded commencement of the building contract . |
| 9 | I left him in charge of the whole of my affairs during my absence from England , with a perfect conviction that he would zealously exert himself for my interest , and the confidence I reposed in him has been fully realised , not only during my absence , but during the long period of eighteen years . ’ |
| 10 | What price would the portfolio manager be prepared to pay for these shares given a holding period of 5 years ? |
| 11 | The arrangement provided for the repayment of all the principal owed for 1989 and 1990 and half the interest payable for 1989 over a 10-year period with five years ' grace . |
| 12 | To commence as soon as possible , the appointment is for an initial period of two years with a possible extension of one further year and includes the following areas : |
| 13 | Prospecting licences can be for up to 250 km² ; for an initial period of two years , renewable for a further two years at the discretion of the Department . |
| 14 | The Joint ESRC/SERC Transport Committee ( JTC ) was established in 1978 for an initial period of two years and extended for a further 4 years after a review in 1980 . |
| 15 | The position is offered for an initial period of five years , with a possibility of renewal or permanency . |
| 16 | This concession will be granted for an initial period of five years with possible extension after that . |
| 17 | Several years ago they could offer mortgages at an interest rate of roughly 4% , fixed for an initial period of four years . |
| 18 | This gamble is not without its parallels : the city fathers of Bilbao have decided to build a museum of modern art , and rent works of art plus the Guggenheim name from the Guggenheim Foundation in New York for an initial period of twenty years ( see The Art Newspaper No. 5 April 1992 , p. 5 ) . |
| 19 | LASMO acquired the concession in December 1990 for an initial period of three years . |
| 20 | The centre is a partnership between the University of Stirling and CILT ( London ) , and has project funding from the Scottish Office Education Department for an initial period of three years . |
| 21 | Duration : AN INITIAL PERIOD OF 3 YEARS AND THEREAFTER SUBJECT TO 3 MONTHS ’ NOTICE TO EXPIRE ON OR AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF THE INITIAL PERIOD |
| 22 | Duration : AN INITIAL PERIOD OF 3 YEARS AND THEREAFTER SUBJECT TO 3 MONTHS NOTICE TO EXPIRE ON OR AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF THE INITIAL PERIOD |
| 23 | total sponsorships of a vehicle ( normally for an initial period of 3 years ) |
| 24 | The Rights of Way Act 1932 provides that where a way over land had been actually enjoyed by the public as of right and without interruption for a full period of 20 years , the way shall be deemed to have been dedicated as a highway , unless there is sufficient evidence that there was no intention during the 20-year period to dedicate it . |
| 25 | Having defended the exclusion of capital punishment at Second Reading , the Home Secretary and his Ministerial colleagues conceded a free vote on a new clause moved at Report stage by a private member , Sydney Silverman , which had the effect of suspending the death penalty for murder for an experimental period of five years . |
| 26 | The Select Committee on Capital Punishment , 1929–30 , recommended the abolition of capital punishment for an experimental period of five years , and an amendment in this sense is likely to be moved if a new Criminal Justice Bill is introduced . |
| 27 | The data will also permit dynamic analysis since within the short period of 70 years covered by these records , villagers lived first under three resident minor gentlemen , then under a powerful and well connected one ( Nathaniel Bacon ) and , finally , under an absentee one ( Sir Roger Townshend ) . |
| 28 | The case notes from all patients were reviewed and a follow up questionnaire was sent after a mean period of four years to those 72 still alive , of which 56 replied . |
| 29 | One other study , in which a group of 341 epidemiologists had H pylori antibody state assessed over a mean period of 8.5 years , also showed a low rate of serovonversion to a positive antibody state over time , ( 0.49% per person year ) . |
| 30 | Another approach to presenting a warmer earth scenario , based on past climatic data , has been to reconstruct the climate of the mid-Holocene Altithermal or Hypsithermal period of 8000–4500 years ago when temperatures were 1.5–2.5 °C higher than today in middle latitudes . |