Example sentences of "two years ' [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 However , when these two years ' figures are compared with those of previous years , it becomes obvious that the crackdown was introduced as a result of a particularly bad year for accidents .
2 ‘ He thinks I can manage the first two years ' bills at Dickie 's new school , but after that I 'll be cleaned out , so God alone knows what 'll happen .
3 Almost two years ' preparations culminated with a magnificent floral display , a beating the retreat ceremony and thanksgiving services , along with an opera , performed in the grounds of the old abbey .
4 And if you really wanted to blow two years ' wages for a working man , then you could spend $185 on a Style 4 Tri-Plate with full ‘ Chrysanthemum ’ engraving on front , sides and back .
5 There was the war horse to be thought of : a fine animal might be worth the value of a small lordship or , put differently , in the mid-fifteenth century a charger could cost a French man-at-arms the equivalent of anything from six months ' to two years ' wages .
6 To receive the full benefit of the policy , therefore , it must be held to maturity , particularly since the first two years ' premiums are largely taken up in charges .
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