Example sentences of "time [prep] [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may limit the ability of these hospitals to meet their pledges of maximum inpatient waiting times of two years . |
| 2 | She still dealt in stolen goods when she got the chance , but the police were less interested in stolen goods than they had been in the more law-abiding times of some years before . |
| 3 | Who knows , Charles and Di might still be together had they followed the path of love the Nescafe way : see each other only 11 times in five years , never take your clothes off during sex , and make sure your tongue spends more time in a cup of coffee than in your partner 's mouth . |
| 4 | We have , in Prestatyn , a facility which is very central and well used , despite the fact that the signs advertising it have been changed three times in five years . ’ |
| 5 | Apart from the holiday in Italy , they had not spent a whole night together more than half a dozen times in two years , and never at her home ; always when they could find excuses for them both to be in other cities . |
| 6 | Nicky 's parents found him impossible to look after : he was always picking fights , especially with smaller children ; he had a fight with his teacher at school and ran away from home five times in two years . |
| 7 | Dick , weighing in at 16lb , is recorded as being caught 27 times in two years . |
| 8 | She had thrush 30 times in two years and experienced severe mood swings and bouts of anger . |
| 9 | This centre for the elderly has been broken into four times in two years . |
| 10 | Not surprisingly perhaps , it has only been repeated three or four times in 14 years ! |
| 11 | Or is he trying to forget that the Government have increased VAT five times in 13 years ? |
| 12 | Sangster had been leading owner in this country five times in eight years up to 1985 when Sheikh Mohammed led the Maktoum charge , taking the No. 1 spot four times in row in the past four seasons . |
| 13 | Their evidence for this judgement , as with those presented in most of their surveys , was loosely stated and difficult to verify , but the argument has been echoed many times in recent years in Britain by academics and policy-makers alike . |
| 14 | ‘ We have tried many times in recent years to land Catholic players but failed — largely because the players themselves were worried about adverse reaction in their own neighbourhood . |
| 15 | ‘ They have suffered so many times in recent years and some think disappointment is staring them in the face again . |
| 16 | It also should not be forgotten that Hastings has toured New Zealand three times in recent years — for the World Cup in 1987 , with Scotland in 1990 and the World XV last year — an experience which Carling can not match . |
| 17 | I remember him telling one man that had been late three times in fifteen years that it was getting to be a habit : ‘ You 'd better look for your previous employment . ’ |
| 18 | It was a bitter blow for Allcock , Britain 's outstanding bowler in the past decade , for he has now reached this final three times in four years , only to finish runner-up in each . |
| 19 | Cases are taking 16 months or more , with a backlog of 60,000 , and this must be rectified , especially as , we have been told , the number of applications has increased by 10 times in four years — from 5,000 in 1988 to 50,000 this year . |
| 20 | I have probably discussed it less than five times in twelve years with the straits . |
| 21 | Some SSDs have reorganised radically five or six times in ten years . |
| 22 | A BURGLARY victim whose home has been raided 14 times in three years has screwed her TV to the floor . |
| 23 | Lynch successfully defended the world flyweight title three times in three years against worthy contenders , an achievement unsurpassed by British boxers before . |
| 24 | It has been estimated that mild , self managed episodes may occur about twice weekly ; severe episodes without unconsciousness but requiring help from another person twice yearly ; and episodes of unconsciousness three times in 40 years . |
| 25 | ‘ The Liberal Democrats have changed their policies eight times in seven years , ’ he said . |
| 26 | Newcastle were the Cup holders , had been in the final five times in seven years and were three times League champions . |
| 27 | One youth , still 17 , has been arrested 48 times in 2 years . |
| 28 | In some cases , they meant what they said ; by 1986 , some foreigners had been evacuated from Lebanon four times in 12 years . |
| 29 | We have moved house five times in 12 years and although moving itself is stressful , I think what 's more difficult to cope with is the first month when all the foibles of the new house are discovered . |
| 30 | They have applied to take part in the race several times in previous years but without success . |