Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [vb pp] for three [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether they will feel as enthusiastic after being deluged for three weeks with the results of the £30m-plus likely to be spent by the main parties is more questionable . |
| 2 | In the end , areas were to be selected for three years ( at NUTS Level III ) according to the following conditions : an unemployment rate higher by at least 15 per cent than the EC average during the previous three years , and industrial employment as a percentage of total employment greater than the EC average in every year of the previous fifteen years . |
| 3 | In 1301 Boniface VIII ordered a tenth to be levied for three years ; in 1305 Clement V imposed a septennial tenth upon the clergy . |
| 4 | Usher relied on bore holes and tanks although even those proved inadequate one year when the school had to be closed for three months because of the shortage of water . |
| 5 | These would have to be guaranteed for three years , in order to make a substantive appointment . |
| 6 | Hundreds of protesters on Saturday had forced the legislative session to be suspended for three hours as they shouted down ARENA deputies and screamed for justice . |