Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [prep] [num] years [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( S. ) 468 , where a sentence of four years imprisonment was upheld for robbery of a taxi driver who was threatened with a lighted cigarette and a knife , although he did not suffer injuries comparable with those suffered by the victim in this case . |
| 2 | A midwife with 25 years experience , she thought she had done a good job — then she discovered the truth . |
| 3 | TL dates of three burnt flints have been measured at the British Museum , and these straddle a mean of 190.000 years BP , but there is a large variation about this mean because of the inhomogeneity of the radiation environment in the cave outlined above . |
| 4 | There was a mean of 50 years age difference between the 22 young subjects and the 28 old subjects studied . |
| 5 | A term of x years imprisonment to be served and y years suspended might be imposed , when previously x would have been thought sufficient . |
| 6 | One year ago he was sentenced to a term of fifteen years imprisonment . |
| 7 | Mr Mann is a dedicated professional , a teacher with 17 years experience and currently headmaster of the 260-pupil Belvoir Park Primary School in Belfast . |
| 8 | So a thirty year old service might be entirely different than a person with ten years service deferring his pension . |
| 9 | A friend of 30 years standing who had previously cared for a woman with senile dementia described how : |
| 10 | We should have a play-back in four years time . |
| 11 | ‘ We 'd love to go outdoors but land is so expensive , ’ laments John , 46 , a naturist of 12 years experience . |
| 12 | Once a week for five years Jerry has driven his articulated lorry for Courtaulds from Coventry to the Lyons region , delivering acetate yarn and returning with the empty beams that hold the yarn . |
| 13 | Candidates must have a minimum of 5 years work experience since graduating in economics . |
| 14 | Today the specialised and expensive training which demands a minimum of 5 years commitment continues . |
| 15 | Secondly , in accordance with the Wolfenden recommendations Clause 2 of the Bill set a penalty of five years imprisonment for the offence of buggery committed by a man over 21 with a consenting youth over 16 . |
| 16 | Creating a false market in shares carries a penalty of seven years imprisonment under Section 47 of the Financial Services Act . |
| 17 | At the bottom of the ladder , simple sexual assault carries a maximum of ten years imprisonment . |