Example sentences of "years for [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | At present , women only qualify for leave if they have worked for the same employer for two years ; five years for women who work less than 16 hours per week . |
2 | He says asthma has been becoming increasingly common for the last 20 years for reasons we do n't understand . |
3 | He began by saying that seven years earlier Meehan had been found guilty by a jury ‘ on evidence which was amply justified ’ , and then went on : ‘ Some public support was whipped up over the years for reasons which were not entirely clear and for motives which might be imagined . ’ |
4 | Lord Chief Justice Lord Lane said P C Tom Cawley had already served 2 years for offences he certainly never committed , on fabricated evidence . |
5 | British Equestrian Insurance Brokers Limited have had policies available for 15 years for riders who do not own horses as well as those who do . |
6 | Eight years for youth who stabbed frail pensioner , 85 |
7 | First , the length of time which couples spend in shared accommodation has fallen from an average of almost three years for people who married before 1955 , to around one and a half years for people married in the late 1960s ( p. 12 ) . |