Example sentences of "[noun sg] of years by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another plan is for the new partners to be admitted merely on undertaking to contribute their share of the partnership capital , and this may either be raised by borrowing from a bank or insurance company ( with periodic repayments ) or be left to be paid over a period of years by deduction from their share of the profits . |
| 2 | But the main idea in the Green Paper was to replace domestic rates over a period of years by a community charge . |
| 3 | But this is still a rare instance , Likewise , at the in-service level , very few authorities can match the well-conceived programme of courses for teachers produced over a number of years by Geoffrey Hodson and Maureen Price of I.L.E.A. But until we can sort out our muddled thinking that surrounds the subject , there is a danger that the next ‘ official ’ report will not fare any better . |
| 4 | My one pound , seventeen shillings had been put together over a number of years by saving money given me on my birthdays by relatives . |
| 5 | It was nevertheless accepted for a number of years by the Trades Union Congress , which admitted it as an affiliated organisation until 1881 , when it was declared ineligible . |
| 6 | I am very conscious at the time of writing that an Inventory , prepared over a number of years by experts from the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments in Scotland , is being printed and will be published soon . |
| 7 | Implementation ‘ has been precluded for a number of years by the absence of realistic resources to undertake the task ( in terms of funding and/or staff ) . |
| 8 | Local housing authorities have been starved of cash for a number of years by the Government . |
| 9 | A major controversy arose during January and February 1990 in connection with allegations circulating within the British media for a number of years by Colin Wallace — a former information officer with the Ministry of Defence ( MOD ) at Army headquarters in Northern Ireland — that a campaign of smears and subversion against senior politicians which had existed in the province in the 1970s was extended to the mainland to include many leading British politicians . |