Example sentences of "or [num] years [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have played here in England now for five or six years and no one has complained about the way I swing the ball . |
| 2 | for about five or six years till the house goes up and then . |
| 3 | Much more remarkable , however , were Gracey 's comments when it became obvious that his earlier hopes — ‘ If only the French would promise progressive sovereignty … say two or three years and the Annamites would be equally ready to meet them … ’ ( an almost exact parallel , so he thought , with Burma ) — stood little chance of fulfilment . |
| 4 | Rod , yes I agree with Don , I think if you look at er what the work has gone in er in the fifth year for the last two or three years and the way that subject teachers are now approaching ranks of achievement I do n't see yes it 's . |
| 5 | The alternative was to wait a further two or three years until a civil case could reach a hearing in the overcrowded Northern Ireland courts and then to endeavour to fight it with the state using against him the formidable privileges and stratagems available to it . |
| 6 | Yamamura said it may take two or three years until the positive effect of the yen 's rise appears . |
| 7 | Er so that gives you another five or ten years before the dry rot sets in . |
| 8 | No major spend on equipment is foreseen in the next 2 or 3 years until the existing LAN requires replacement when a full review of requirements would be necessary . |
| 9 | According to the UK8 papers , a full-scale invasion of the earth was planned , although , from what the creature told them , the research scientists concluded that it would be eight or nine years before the ‘ fleet ’ was fully prepared . |
| 10 | Because the average age at which cows begin to show signs of BSE is four to five years , it was estimated that the disease would start to die out four or five years after the source of infection was removed . |
| 11 | Specific schemes differ in their elements : for some final salary may be the best of the last three or five years or the average , or may be based on earnings as opposed to salary . |
| 12 | Would it be done in the first year of a Labour Government , in the first Labour Parliament , or in two or three terms , or will there be an exchange rate mechanism-type growing process whereby we get used to the idea over 10 or 15 years and the Scots can have it immediately because they are culturally and politically ready for it , but the people of the north , who are not that bothered , will have to wait 15 years until they see the advantages that will supposedly accrue to Scotland and then will mount the barricades and demand the same for themselves ? |
| 13 | Younger first time buyers would find such a scheme an unnecessary burden since , presuming that they retired at the standard age , they would have to continue paying their mortgage for 30 or 40 years before the pension plan matured to pay it off . |
| 14 | We often find it takes three or four years before a youth is used to a regular life once more . |
| 15 | In the mid-1990s , object-oriented programming promises to bring the next irresistible revolution , but until that happens , no-one should be too surprised if the mass of desktop users splits into two camps , one that goes down the Unix-with-everything route , the other that decides as a matter of policy to remain in the ‘ do n't know ’ came , judging MS-DOS with a touch of Windows here and there to be good enough for the next three or four years until the picture of the future becomes a bit clearer . |
| 16 | The degree of BMus requires three years of study , or four years if a student reads for honours . |
| 17 | The course is of three years ' duration ( or four years if the American Studies strand is taken after the first year ) . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's the first time I 've run the distance indoors for six or seven years and the object of the race was to hurt myself , ’ said the 28-year-old Lucozade Motherwell club member . |