Example sentences of "up [prep] three years " in BNC.
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| 1 | However it is difficult to understand how the government arrives at a post-trial solution to a pre-trial problem ; unless it is their intention to lock youngsters up for three years in the new approved schools without trial . |
| 2 | He signed up for three years with an option |
| 3 | Other patients were treated endoscopically and during the follow up of three years no residual tumours were observed in the polypectomy scars after complete removal of the primary tumours had been accomplished . |
| 4 | I ended up on three years ' probation . |
| 5 | They stay in the reception classes for a period of up to three years , after which they are usually dropped into the lowest streams of the schools to which the classes are attached … |
| 6 | Officials say that unless this can be speeded up , it will take up to three years before the detention centres can be emptied of their present populations . |
| 7 | Prior to the Children Act 1989 there might be a care order ( 400 were made in 1987 ) , transferring parental responsibilities to the local authority indefinitely , or a supervision order for a specified period ( of up to three years ) , with a social worker attached to supervise the child 's resumption of full-time schooling . |
| 8 | The court could extend it for up to three years . |
| 9 | The current policy is to keep 94 materials in quantities sufficient to supply American industry for up to three years . |
| 10 | Of the others arrested on 9 October , some were later released , one is awaiting trail and others have been tried and sentenced to up to three years ' imprisonment for , among other things , ‘ illegal association ’ . |
| 11 | Jilted Griffin , who faces up to three years in jail , was arrested after tracking Lynn Oddo to a flat in California . |
| 12 | Those who did so were released ; the remaining nine were tried and received sentences of up to three years . |
| 13 | You should have up to three years experience after your degree in economics or related subjects , preferably as a business economist . |
| 14 | The posts are funded for up to three years and are available as soon as convenient . |
| 15 | Not only does BSL learning apparently take much longer ( ‘ beginners ’ were people with up to three years ' experience ) but only the beginner group showed the normal pattern of understanding being better than production . |
| 16 | But for most retirees , acquiring unconditional non-resident status can take up to three years . |
| 17 | Active exploration requires a Mines Royal Licence , issued for twelve months extended annually for up to three years dependent on satisfactory progress . |
| 18 | Some residents of the countryside , particularly younger sons , moved to urban areas on a permanent basis , but many were employed as dekasegi workers , away for anything up to three years or more . |
| 19 | Many have spent up to three years as refugees and nearly all have been forced to flee from Salvadorean army and air force attacks on their homes . |
| 20 | There are some 250,000 Salvadoreans now living in regions which the FMLN forces have controlled for a considerable period of time , in some cases for up to three years . |
| 21 | Hayhurst was awarded the MBE for his work for deaf people , and the BDA has paid fitting and lasting tribute to him with the establishment of an " Allan Hayhurst Research Fellowship " , which enables a prelingually deaf person to undertake research in his chosen field for up to three years at Durham University , where the admission of deaf students is encouraged and special support services are provided . |
| 22 | Other companies derive their profit primarily from the construction process with a shorter land bank cycle of , say , up to three years . |
| 23 | The wise organization now engages a multi- disciplinary team up to three years before the system is commissioned which carefully investigates every aspect and agrees decisions with every individual affected — both inside and outside the organization . |
| 24 | The public expenditure White Papers gave finance officers a broad indication of the government 's medium-term intentions for local authority spending overall and for each service up to three years ahead . |
| 25 | Relatively new drugs are st are are new as far as that were concern for up to three years , which is a real menace . |
| 26 | Secondary education is compulsory up to the age of 16 , and pupils can stay on at school for up to three years longer . |
| 27 | Because so few of the policy-makers have had direct experience of business , they seem to find it impossible to believe that when , for instance , interest rates fall , the positive effect on business confidence and hence on investment decisions may take up to three years to work through . |
| 28 | Does my right hon. Friend recall that until the Criminal Justice Act 1988 amended the law , the penalty for taking away a vehicle without consent was up to three years ' custodial sentence ? |
| 29 | It is ridiculous that people wait up to three years until a decision is reached . |
| 30 | Although the Police Federation welcomes the Bill , it would prefer the basic offence of taking away without consent possibly to incur the same penalty as was available until 1988 , of up to three years ' custodial sentence . |