Example sentences of "three years and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Criteria for membership of the association — consultancies must have at least 10 members of staff , have been around for at least three years and earn most of its income from environmental management — have understandably caused controversy . |
| 2 | Folasade and her boyfriend had both been pleased when she got pregnant ; they were still together alter three years and hoping to build a stable future for themselves . |
| 3 | First , we had the idea one autumn of writing to all those who had been bereaved in the past three years and had had contact with the church . |
| 4 | Chairman , I 've listened with erm interest to Professor erm weasel words explaining that he did n't mean what he 's been saying for the past three years and trying to explain away what he 's effectively and he might as well admit it a complete volte face worse than that his agreement to an arrangement which he knows is second best . |
| 5 | he spent erm , two years in the services I think dur during the war , two or three years and went through a bit of action and then , I think she said he was a policeman when he came out he , he joined the police force and he was cycling home one day and erm , I do n't know , he fell off the bicycle , hit his head and he died |
| 6 | McKitten , who was four times over the drink limit , was banned for three years and fined £350 . |
| 7 | Magistrates banned Wilson , who is working as a labourer in the Darlington area , from driving for three years and fined him £350 . |
| 8 | In that case the defendant had made her home with a tenant of a private sector house for three years and continued to make her home with the tenant when he was granted a secure tenancy of a council house . |
| 9 | We are pleased to see a programme of monitoring and review built into the scheme and hope that it will be possible to measure its success at the end of its first three years and make adjustments as necessary . |
| 10 | It had done everything asked of it by CSM , waited three years and got its product licensed . |
| 11 | We could have held out for another three years and got over all the changes and benefited financially , but I do n't believe finance is the be-all and end-all of everything . |
| 12 | The lease required a proportion of one-twelfth of " waste ore " to be made available at the end of every three years and made saleable — failure to do so resulting in forfeiture of all such material . |
| 13 | The SPS will probably never be attempted but its theoretical viability is suggested by the fact that NASA took three years and spent $16 million on assessing the concept . |
| 14 | Under the Fair Employment legislation registered employers are required to review their workforce compositions and employment practices at least once every three years and identify appropriate affirmative action measures . |
| 15 | Astley Cooper claimed ( incorrectly ) that the constitution of the College would not allow more professors to be appointed , although it is difficult to imagine that a course , ideally lasting three years and covering the health and diseases of all species of domesticated animals , could have been undertaken by a professor , an assistant professor and a demonstrator . |
| 16 | The bankrupt may be required to submit accounts for the previous three years and to provide additional information as may be required by the official receiver ( rr 6.64–6.66 ) . |
| 17 | Last month , the government passed legislation extending market exclusively for most patent drugs for another three years and modifying Canada 's system of ‘ compulsory licensing ’ , which makes it relatively easy for generic drug companies to copy brand-name products ( see Nature 359 , 351 ; 1992 ) . |
| 18 | AEA is poised to capitalise on the hard work of the last three years and realise its carefully-laid plans for the future , according to John Maltby . |
| 19 | The management contract runs for three years and includes provision for the recycling of clothes , paper , glass , metals , oils and the removal of CFCs from refrigerators . |
| 20 | Erm I if I was talking to an audience in the United States , you 'd probably have a somewhat different approach cos over there they seem to throw their desktop devices away every two or three years and replace them with brand new technology . |
| 21 | She has been doing it for three years and expects to be working on it for at least another three . |
| 22 | It forecasts moving volumes in the low thousands in three years and wants to represent 10% of Opus ’ business . |
| 23 | Japanese share prices have been falling for three years and have more than halved in value since the peaks reached in 1989 . |
| 24 | I have been a keen bird photographer for almost three years and have spent many holidays walking the same heather-covered ground described in the article . |
| 25 | To belong , a dealer must have been in business for three years and have a proven reputation for expertise . |
| 26 | Associates of the Institute must have served in a solicitor 's office for three years and have passed four examination papers in law and Fellows must be over 25 , have served eight years in a solicitor 's office and have passed a further three examinations from a list of subjects offered by the Institute . |
| 27 | I have worked for him for more than three years and have come to admire him both as a doctor and a man . |
| 28 | These schools have been using microcomputers for three years and have had substantial teacher training , provision of materials and other support services from the ILEA . |
| 29 | It 's a shame for shopkeepers … we 've been here for three years and have always done an excellent job for them . |
| 30 | The Johnstons have made more than 100 egg creations in the past three years and have travelled as far as Australia and American to pursue their hobby . |