Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [prep] ten years " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the beginning of the nineteenth century we find Lord Eldon sometimes keeping a case for ten years to think over , and not delivering judgement till perhaps most of the parties were dead and most of the property had gone in costs . |
| 2 | The Cardiff Congress , held in July 1947 after a gap of ten years , was the first post-war gathering of the BDDA . |
| 3 | Example 3:11 Option to renew ( 1 ) The tenant may by notice in writing served not less than six months before the date on which the term hereby granted is expressed to expire call upon the landlord for a further lease of the demised property ( " the further lease " ) provided that up to that date he has paid the rent and reasonably performed and observed his covenants ( 2 ) The further lease shall be for a term of ten years from the said date upon the same terms and conditions as this lease ( save as to rent and as to this option for renewal ) and at a rent to be agreed between the parties or in default of agreement to be determined by a single arbitrator to be appointed by the President for the time being of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors ( 3 ) In determining the rent payable under the further lease the arbitrator shall have the same powers as would be enjoyed by the court determining a rent for the demised property under section 34 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 and shall disregard the same matters as are therein specified ( 4 ) This option shall be of no effect if the tenant fails to register it as an estate contract within three months from the date of this lease Example 3:12 Option to renew contracted out tenancy If : ( 1 ) the tenant wishes to take a further tenancy of the demised property for a term of five years from the expiry date of the term hereby created ; and ( 2 ) the tenant gives written notice of his desire to the landlord not more than six nor less than three months before the expiry of the term ; and ( 3 ) up to the date of the notice the tenant has paid the rent and substantially performed his covenants ; and ( 4 ) the tenant joins with the landlord in making an application to the court for an order authorising the exclusion of the provisions of ss24-28 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 in relation to the further tenancy ; and ( 5 ) the court makes such an order then the landlord shall let the demised property to the tenant for a term of five years from the expiry of the term hereby created at a rent to be agreed between the parties or in default of agreement to be determined by arbitration and otherwise upon the terms of this lease ( except this option for renewal ) Example 3:13 Clause negativing perpetual renewal Nothing in this clause shall entitle the tenant to renew the tenancy for any term expiring more than twenty years after the beginning of the term of this lease |
| 4 | Meanwhile Chris Dunkley , our pilot who 's a veteran of ten years ballooning explained the appeal of festivals : |
| 5 | In the autumn of 1989 , therefore , the evidence for a permanent revolution in British public and private attitudes as a result of ten years of Mrs Thatcher 's rule was far from conclusive . |
| 6 | What needs to be considered is whether these groups are better or worse off as a result of ten years of Conservative rule . |
| 7 | Under the banner of ‘ Liberty ’ , the National Council for Civil Liberties launched , in January 1989 , a counter-offensive to ten years of sustained attacks on individual freedom , detailed in Peter Thornton 's book , Decade of Decline : Civil Liberties in the Thatcher Years . |
| 8 | For example , there is enough material in a glass of water to run a car for ten years , enough in the top few centimetres of Lake Erie to power New York State for a similar time and enough in the oceans to keep us going indefinitely . |
| 9 | The average rating is thus 100 because a child of ten years old with a mental age of ten will score 100 : — |
| 10 | Ogilvie Crombie , known as ‘ REX ’ , also acquired this ability , perhaps by living alone in a forest for ten years , and was able to contact nature spirits , including a being identifying as the Great God Pan . |
| 11 | The photographs were taken over a period of ten years , and eventually they were brought together in a book in 1960 ; ten of the book 's essays originally appeared in Vogue , where the appealing mix of an artist 's conversation along with Liberman 's descriptions and commentary succeeded well . |
| 12 | In a period of ten years he recorded at least thirty proven cases of clairvoyance between himself , or his wife , and a horse . |
| 13 | As well as establishing a nominated Senate and a Legislature elected by universal male suffrage , it gave the presidency to Louis-Napoleon for a period of ten years . |
| 14 | Options will be granted under seal and will be exercisable within a period of ten years and will entitle the recipients to acquire ordinary shares in the Company at a price determined by the Committee , being not less than the average of the middle market quotations for such shares as derived from the Daily Official List of The Stock Exchange for the three dealing days immediately preceding the date of grant or the market value ( as agreed with the Inland Revenue ) of the shares as at the date of grant ( or , in the case of new shares , their nominal value if greater ) . |
| 15 | Other examples might be the monthly Retail Price Index over a period of ten years , or the quarterly balance of payment figures during the last Labour government . |
| 16 | If we compare the copy of the Pinturicchio — excellent though it may be — with the paintings owned by American collector Philip Lehman , we have to admit that Joni 's abilities , over a period of ten years developed to a remarkable extent . |
| 17 | And I believe er , at this meeting it was revealed that Scottish Homes had received a tender from the West Lothian District Council for this work over a period of ten years for a figure which comes to four hundred thousand pound which , apparently , was the cheapest tender ! |
| 18 | There followed a period of ten years of overwork and stagnant promotion , but his career took off with his promotion first to assistant secretary and then to be the chairman of the Prison Commission ( 1932–9 ) . |
| 19 | The aim of this observation was to study the changes , if any , in the role and content of girls comic papers over a period of ten years . |
| 20 | The cases extend over a period of ten years . |
| 21 | It is best illustrated by the Crossman Diaries Case , A-G v Jonathan Cape Ltd [ 1976 ] QB 752 where the court would not prevent the publication of diaries of cabinet discussions on grounds of confidentiality after a period of ten years . |
| 22 | Councillor said that that that that hundred and thirty million could be funded over a period of ten years , at thirteen million pound a year . |
| 23 | I could , I could really throw the dirt at them by saying that I 'll , you know , if there is a conspiracy there 's , a person here who 's been involved in a very iffy part of the budget , who all of a sudden after ten years of slagging off the town clerk , all of a sudden he 's totally on the town clerk 's side , together with Councillor . |
| 24 | Well that 's , as you say , a record by ten years . |
| 25 | Well that 's , as you say , a record by ten years . |
| 26 | A headhunter for ten years , Kinnaird has just been commissioned by his first female client , which speaks volumes . |
| 27 | We have n't shared a room for ten years . |
| 28 | So a thirty year old service might be entirely different than a person with ten years service deferring his pension . |
| 29 | ‘ The King had been a widower for ten years , ’ he continued . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've been a widower for ten years . ’ |