Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] years ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three children to raise , two moves in ten years and an OU degree on top TEN years ' study is rewarded next Saturday when Mrs Catherine Goode graduates from the Open University . |
| 2 | As a rule of thumb , if Target has sufficient distributable reserves to effect the purchase of its own shares , it will also have sufficient capacity to carry back against the preceding six years ' mainstream corporation tax all the ACT incurred on the distribution , so this should not be a real cost . |
| 3 | Go to bed wishing I could have bestowed an extra twenty years ' active life upon Bunuel and Jane Austen . |
| 4 | The differing styles of these articles mean they are not all suited to publication in similar outlets , but it is hoped that unlike past years ' winners we shall see all of them published in some form or other in the coming year . |
| 5 | For example , in Birmingham in 1973 a young mugger was sentenced to a draconian 20 years ' detention amid enormous publicity , and yet this sentence made no difference to the incidence of mugging offences in Birmingham or in other areas ( Baxter and Nuttall , 1975 ; Beyleveld , 1990 : 157 ) . |
| 6 | The 15 all present and correct had between them an astonishing 533 years ' service . |
| 7 | ‘ It has taken a long 10 years ' work to get Australia to where we are now yet it can disappear so quickly . |
| 8 | Now , ten years later , he has one brother recently dead , the other two years ' inside , the whole of his south London empire in decay . |
| 9 | Nicholson , while rejecting Corman as his ‘ mentor ’ gladly acknowledges the start and subsequent ten years ' work he gave him . |
| 10 | Its key element was a relaxation of the past two years ' tight monetary controls in an effort to halt recession . |