Example sentences of "age [prep] [adj] years [vb mod] " in BNC.

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1 It could be argued that since children from about the age of eight years can create their own mental images and since , according to Shirley Hughes ( 1983 , unpaged ) ‘ The best pictures any child sees are in its own head ’ , there is little need for pictures in books for older children .
2 The case was concerned with whether a child under the age of 16 years could be given contraceptive advice without the consent of her parents .
3 Evidence in this area has led to the conclusion that institutions are not capable of providing adequate parenting for the very young child and to the statement by the Royal College of Psychiatrists ( 1983 ) to the Standing Committee on Children in Care in Britain that no child under the age of three years should ever be placed in a residential nursery .
4 Although there is evidence that those who choose to learn sign language after the age of 30 years will not reach the level of understanding of those who begin earlier ; and although there is a declining performance as the age of sign language learning increases , it does not mean that all those over the age of 30 years can not learn BSL , nor that they will be unable to communicate .
5 Although there is evidence that those who choose to learn sign language after the age of 30 years will not reach the level of understanding of those who begin earlier ; and although there is a declining performance as the age of sign language learning increases , it does not mean that all those over the age of 30 years can not learn BSL , nor that they will be unable to communicate .
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