Example sentences of "[num] year ['s] [noun sg] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The AFRC also reduced to 10 years ' imprisonment the life sentences of three others . |
| 2 | After three years ' work the last consignment of nuclear fuel rods has been removed . |
| 3 | It was also agreed to review in three years ' time the entire stock of debt to the Paris Club governments , estimated at the end of 1990 to comprise $5,700 million of the total external debt of $10,500 million . |
| 4 | It was outlined in the Housing Act ( 1980 ) , which gave council tenants with three years ' residence the right to buy their properties at a substantial discount . |
| 5 | In ten years ' time the Esquire piece will be required reading for any journalist or student researching one of the few creative talents in the cinema today . |
| 6 | In ten years ' time the English language will not be worth speaking . " |
| 7 | Planning After one year 's operation the addition to the Chip Shop has been reviewed and passed as satisfactory . |
| 8 | Planning After one year 's operation the addition to the Chip Shop has been reviewed and passed as satisfactory . |
| 9 | This is a fortified church , because during the Hundred Years ' War the walls were raised and a chemin de ronde or covered battlement was added all the way round the building , deducible from outside from the row of arched apertures for the defenders set close together under the roof-line , like large pigeon-holes . |
| 10 | I said tentatively , ‘ Suppose in two years ' time the situation was different ? ’ |
| 11 | After 20 years ' service the almost total entitlement to remain on full pay , albeit suspended from duty , until the age of 65 . |