Example sentences of "[prep] years ' " in BNC.

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1 In addition to public holidays and privilege holidays which total 10½ days and are detailed in the Staff Handbook your annual leave allowance will be weeks days with pay , rising to weeks days with pay , rising to weeks days with pay , after years ' service .
2 According to Magnet Applications , the Berkhamsted-based Cookson subsidiary , the number of magnets used in cars has risen from a handful 20 years ago to about 80 now , rising to perhaps 200 in a couple of years ' time as automatic windows and sunroofs etc become more widespread .
3 There is some suggestion that this site was the original French mill , and was a fulling mill , followed by a number of years ' service as a saw mill .
4 Most library suppliers produce ‘ library editions ’ of fiction by buying up sets of book sheets from the publishers , adding double strength reinforcing and laminating the dust jackets on to their own boards — the end result having far greater durability than a publisher 's casing , and avoiding the need for binding after a couple of years ' use .
5 A neglected window frame can reach the point of no return , but it could gain a couple of years ' reprieve by the clever use of a wood repair system .
6 A war of years ' rather than months ' duration was then ensured by the Soviet Union 's rallying to the Republic 's aid .
7 What do you hope to be doing in a couple of years ' time ?
8 In a couple of years ' time , if things have n't improved , doctors plan more test , including a bone marrow analysis and a liver and bowel biopsy .
9 Rasmussen and Milner ( 1975 ) summarise data collected in their clinic over a number of years ' use of the Amytal test ( see Wada and Rasmussen , 1960 ; Branch , Milner and Rasmussen , 1964 ) .
10 After a couple of years ' use the charger 's output may fall slightly .
11 There was no hurry and for a first book something unified was essential : a couple of years ' delay was of no importance .
12 In Main School there were the staff rooms , main offices , Headmaster 's office , Head of years ' offices , cleaners ' offices , the main hall , science labs , sports hall , Gym , changing rooms , maths rooms , new Geography rooms and History rooms , English rooms , Technology rooms , Art rooms , music library rooms and Home Economics rooms .
13 If we 'd been forced like myself I believe in a couple of years ' time , I will not be able to enjoy the pension fund that I 'm in at the moment we will have a problem , and we need to deal with that problem , and we need to raise the issue now and have a strategy , and I think it 's the G M B's to take a leading role in looking at this .
14 Depending on the type of stock , as indicated below , stock which is in excess of the relevant number of years ' usage should be provided against as follows :
15 As outlined earlier , Tiger and Fox suggest that there is an innate ‘ male bonding ’ stemming from millions of years ' history and ultimately linked to a time when men co-operated in order to hunt .
16 They would probably suggest that during millions of years ' evolution , women 's instincts have developed in such a way as to protect and nourish family and kin .
17 The report , Indoor Pollution , concludes that the low quality of air in commercial buildings has led to " reduced health and efficiency for many people over long numbers of years ' , which may have had " greater economic impact than more life-threatening conditions " .
18 Secondly , he may provide for the premium to be decapitalised , either at a fixed number of years ' purchase or at the rate prevailing at the time of the subletting , with the amount thus calculated being added to the rent reserved by the sublease for the purposes of the rent review under the headlease .
19 The balance will give a datum or basic figure which will generally be turned into a lump sum by taking a certain number of years ' purchase .
20 This figure is multiplied by a number of years ' purchase , which is commonly known as the multiplier .
21 Loss of rent should be insured but there should be some upper limitation on the number of years ' cover .
22 Right , well , well , actually yes , what , what you look at , is , is what 's important to you and you put a cash value on it , and it might be the mortgage , it might be education , it might be giving yourself a couple of years ' salary and paying debts or whatever , er , and the security of knowing that O K , if I die , I 'm not leaving a problem for my family , but at the same time if I 'm in a situation where I get a serious illness and I ca n't bring in an income , I 'm securing my , my , my future in that respect .
23 I imagine in a couple of years ' time , Bud 's gon na have a lot of trouble with him .
24 The Python mixture of surrealism and Oxbridge set texts — a ‘ summarising Proust ’ competition in a municipal baths ; phoning Sartre 's wife ‘ Is John Paul free ? ’ 'He 's been asking himself that for years ' — is as familiar as the silly walks , deceased parrot and other images that have gained cult status .
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