Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [be] [prep] [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ An initial contract may be for three years but we have to look further than that . |
| 2 | To be eligible , candidates should be aged 36 years or over and have worked in construction for a number of years at a senior level . |
| 3 | It also suggested that the age range should be from 8 years to 16 ( instead of 6 to 14 ) , and in 1848 the lower age was in fact raised to 7 . |
| 4 | My hon. Friend is concerned about what the strength of the infantry will be in three years ' time . |
| 5 | I can not envisage what the circumstances will be in 20 years ' time . |
| 6 | The Fellowship will be for three years in the first instance . |
| 7 | The hon. Gentleman is trying to guess what the market price will be in X years ' time and what proportion of the market will be accounted for by coal . |
| 8 | The appointment will be for two years in the first instance . |
| 9 | The period of the fixed-term appointment will be for three years dating from until |
| 10 | This , one felt , was what elections would be like 100 years from now . |
| 11 | Not even the same matches with the same results would have engendered anything like the same degree of atmosphere or emotion had it been staged at a neutral venue , which is what the situation would be in most years if the one or two weeks idea was adopted . |
| 12 | Using his earlier experience , he felt , when he moved in , that he needed to gauge where the new school should be in five years ' time . |