Example sentences of "to a [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean by the time you get to a two years . |
| 2 | Some scientists believe that it can take up to a thousand years for virgin forest to be truly established . |
| 3 | The industry said it would be preferable to leave it for up to a hundred years to allow its radioactivity to decay to a manageable level . |
| 4 | ‘ People here live long , ninety to a hundred years . |
| 5 | Karl , 62 , was sentenced in Bangkok five years ago to a HUNDRED years for murdering his Thai bride-to-be , but was released under an amnesty marking Queen Sirikit 's 60th birthday . |
| 6 | But while the United States , France , the UK and Germany still find themselves in similar league positions to a hundred years ago , there is now a growing challenge from a dozen or more previously dependent nations , especially in Asia . |
| 7 | Of ge of getting to a hundred years old ? |
| 8 | Acknowledging the problems of information confidentiality and the need to retain machine-readable records for up to a hundred years before they can be publically released , it still seems feasible for the various interested parties to forge links in order to share expertise and avoid the needless duplication of effort . |
| 9 | Speaking at an Amnesty International meeting in Blackpool , Mr Waldegrave said that up to a few years ago the Soviet Union 's record was appalling and its policy unyielding . |
| 10 | Without them the useful life of streptomycin might have been confined to a few years . |
| 11 | He went on to a few years ' stint as assistant , ‘ doing stuff from watches to bedrooms ’ , interspersed with occasional bouts of travel abroad , a period which proved ‘ a lot of learning and finding out about me . ’ |
| 12 | And then there is this long-standing relationship between Martinez and Jefferson , and the dirty work they got up to a few years ago . |
| 13 | Once all the information has been incorporated , the sequence of phases will have been assigned dates at various points , although these will be of differing quality : some may be accurate to a few years , others only to the nearest couple of centuries . |
| 14 | He went on to a few years ' stint as assistant , ‘ doing stuff from watches to bedrooms ’ , interspersed with occasional bouts of travel abroad , a period which proved ‘ a lot of learning and finding out about me . ’ |
| 15 | In contrast to a few years ago when one would rarely hear any teaching on the Holy Spirit , it seems that some people can speak of nothing else these days . |
| 16 | Incidentally , the last I heard , that weekly coach to the Upper Witham was still running — under the name of Heeley Angling Club and , even more surprising , I understand that ’ Jock ’ was still driving them up to a few years ago . |
| 17 | think back to a few years back when I was in training about a job and you might still think it now , but I could n't give , put ideas over to somebody on one-to-one training . |