Example sentences of "[adj] for three years " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , he has only been working as a professional for three years or so , and has had to learn his trade by trial and error . |
| 2 | Labour knows , and the long faces around the hon. Gentleman confirm , that the council tax is a winner and that we have found in three months the solution that has eluded Labour for three years . |
| 3 | A DARLINGTON factory which has stood empty for three years is close to being sold . |
| 4 | A former fish restaurant in Darlington town centre could be turned into a pub and office complex after standing empty for three years . |
| 5 | The clerkship was in fact virtually unpaid for three years , during which the juniors were paid only £20 , and had to live in London in the style of gentlemen . |
| 6 | The funding will only be visible for three years , as it gradually merges into the personal social services element of the revenue support grant . |
| 7 | A sum of Rs200 would be paid monthly for three years to as many as 500,000 people currently claiming compensation . |
| 8 | ‘ When I went to see him , he had been very ill for three years . |
| 9 | The twice-married 70-year-old star had been ill for three years . |
| 10 | Stagnant for three years , property prices are beginning to move . |
| 11 | Kate and Paul reach a watershed : married for three years new home with two floors and a small back garden , Kate is thirty-one , has become critically aware of the Biological Clock . |
| 12 | Ernest Atcheson , 46 , of Matilda Gardens , and Noel Nelson , 34 , of Majestic Drive , were jailed for six years ; Alister Tait , of Utility Street , was sentenced to five years ; Robert Cooper , 26 , of Runnymede Parade and Colin Lindsay , 25 , of Kilwarlin Crescent were each jailed for three years last Tuesday . |
| 13 | The allowance is paid in full for three years and is then reduced progressively by 12½ per cent per annum of the original difference over the subsequent seven years . |
| 14 | For example , Field End House had been open for three years as a specialist unit for children with learning difficulties , and was designed to offer respite ‘ round the clock ’ care . |
| 15 | My son has been dead for three years . |
| 16 | When Lorne and our mother , Lydia , visited the Toraja in 1971 they found that the last great king , Lasso Rinding Puang Sangalla , had been dead for three years , and was still lying in state awaiting his final star-launch . |
| 17 | Active for three years , they too penetrated into the heart of England , capturing Oxford late in 1009 , Thetford , Cambridge and Northampton in 1010 , and Canterbury in 1011 . |
| 18 | The funding is now secure for three years . |
| 19 | An entrance scholarship of £200 per annum tenable for three years is awarded each year on the basis of a selection examination ; the Mackey Entrance Scholarship for pianists is open for award every third or fourth year at the value of £200 per annum for three years , as is the James Smart Entrance Scholarship for organists . |
| 20 | When he has been a Christian for three years , we find him , in the pages of his brother 's diary , reading The Epistle to the Romans , the greatest exposition in Scripture of the themes of Original Sin , Grace and Justification by Faith . |