Example sentences of "about [adj] years [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For about forty years Clanricarde spoke frequently in the House of Lords on a wide range of subjects . |
| 2 | Also , it will be very interesting to examine the Davis Cup record of those ‘ flavour of the month ’ players such as Courier , Sampras etc in about 10 years time . |
| 3 | After we had been at school for about three years Arnold Hodson , who had been Consul in Southern Abyssinia , was staying with us at the beginning of the holidays . |
| 4 | The Synod has been here about three years running has n't it . |
| 5 | And that was the Logagun models For about ten years feature models were quite popular in perception . |
| 6 | I think they should get rid of the stigma in condoms , cos what frightens me is that in about ten years time my daughter will come and maybe ask if she can go on the pill and at least I can tell her no , use a condom there 's less chance of sexually transmitted diseases , but it 's my sons they wo n't come and ask . |
| 7 | At er well this week you sort of look back and say yeah but erm in about ten years time if you come and ask me the same question I would be able be in a better position to give you an answer . |
| 8 | For about twenty-five years people had to live with the dilemma . |
| 9 | For about 15 years Lindsey averaged 20 airshows per season with the ‘ 108 , and the aircraft has probably participated in more airshows than any other UK warbird . |
| 10 | And , staggeringly , local foresters themselves reckon that within about 15 years Malaysia will be a net importer of timber . |
| 11 | After about four years war . |
| 12 | Push into the ground until it 's stable , plant your climbers , and in about two years time , you 'll have a perfect cottage garden arch , needing no maintenance . . |
| 13 | The second volume , containing a detailed textual commentary , will appear in about two years time . |
| 14 | The scallops would be put on to the seabed after about two years growth in special nets , and grown on for a further two years before harvesting . |