Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [vb pp] for [num] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | All courts are guaranteed for 3 years . |
| 2 | Some CDs are issued for one year and even for two years but the market for these is comparatively thin . |
| 3 | A MEMBER of a West Indian ‘ Yardie ’ gang who tortured and sexually assaulted a businesswoman for two days was jailed for 10 years yesterday . |
| 4 | FATHER JAILED FOR BREAKING BABY 'S BONES A father who broke his baby son 's bones in six places was jailed for four years today . |
| 5 | AN ‘ evil and wicked ’ gang of three armed robbers who terrorised two families were jailed for 65 years yesterday . |
| 6 | A MAN who beat his unfaithful wife to death after she viciously grabbed his testicles was jailed for six years yesterday . |
| 7 | Loans are made for one year at a time and a student may apply only once in any year . |
| 8 | Because the concern here is with general trends and not annual variations , the rates are calculated for five year blocks . |
| 9 | The Republic of Maldives ( called the Maldive Islands until 1969 ) has an executive President elected for a five-year term by universal adult suffrage , a Cabinet appointed and presided over by the President and a 48-member Citizens ' Assembly ( Majilis ) , 40 of whose members are elected for five years and the remaining eight appointed by the President . |
| 10 | Legislative authority is vested in a popularly elected bicameral Diet which is composed of a 512-member House of Representatives ( or Lower House , elected for up to four years ) and a House of Councillors ( or Upper House , whose 252 members are elected for six years , with half being due for re-election every three years ) . |
| 11 | Legislative authority is vested in a popularly elected bicameral Diet which is composed of a 512-member House of Representatives ( elected for up to four years ) and a House of Councillors ( whose 252 members are elected for six years , with half being due for re-election every three years ) . |
| 12 | Two older youths were jailed for two years and 18 months . |
| 13 | With the aid of the Registrars General , the survival of these doctors was monitored for ten years and causes of all deaths determined . |
| 14 | A ROBBER who held up banks as a protest against the destruction of the rainforests was jailed for five years yesterday . |
| 15 | A SHANKILL Road man who molested and took obscene photographs of children was jailed for five years today . |
| 16 | A JILTED lover who drugged a young mother , tortured her with an electric shock gun and raped her in front of her children was jailed for six years yesterday . |
| 17 | An Extraordinary General Meeting will take place in late April or early May , and should sufficient agreement be forthcoming , there would be included a clause that no further reconstruction plans be permitted for five years . |
| 18 | And since senators are elected for 9 years , it is natural that they should keep in close touch with the local councillors who elected them — they do n't want to be completely forgotten . |
| 19 | A TEENAGE rapist who committed a catalogue of sex and dishonesty offences after being freed on bail by magistrates was jailed for 11 years by two different Old Bailey judges yesterday . |
| 20 | A GRANDFATHER who raped three schoolgirls more than 1,000 times was jailed for 12 years yesterday . |