Example sentences of "[noun] be [verb] for [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | All courts are guaranteed for 3 years . |
| 2 | Another large international entry is anticipated for this year 's event |
| 3 | The President is elected for four years , but members of the House of Representatives have to face election every two years , while a senator is elected for six years . |
| 4 | It was proposed that the president be elected for two years without the right to re-election . |
| 5 | Knife killer is jailed for ten years |
| 6 | Unless the base stock was kept for many years in the same conditions as those in which estimates were made , problems could have arisen . |
| 7 | An example of the first type is found in Morris ( Herbert ) Ltd v Saxelby [ 1916 ] 1 AC 688 where the defendant was bound for seven years after employment not to work in the UK or Ireland in the sale or manufacture of pulley blocks , hand overhead runways , electric overhead runways or hand overhead travelling cranes . |
| 8 | A MAN who forced a teenage couple to strip naked and then sexually assaulted them in a bank doorway was jailed for seven years yesterday , writes John Robertson . |
| 9 | AN alcoholic who admitted killing his five months pregnant girlfriend was jailed for five years today . |
| 10 | A man who planned to flood Britain with cocaine was jailed for 15 years yesterday and his assets of £1.5 million were confiscated . |
| 11 | Mrs Mandela was jailed for six years on kidnapping and assault charges but released on bail pending a yet-to-be-heard appeal . |
| 12 | A YOUNG handbag snatcher was jailed for five years yesterday as a judge signalled the fight back against street crime . |
| 13 | David was jailed for four years after robbing a petrol station to pay for his drug habit . |
| 14 | A RAPIST who was captured after he left bare footprints at the scene of the crime was jailed for 14 years at Bristol Crown Court yesterday . |
| 15 | But all the wealth and all the lands of the Talliens could not provide the one element that Nora sought : the fragrance of the oaks — the smell of Normandy in spring ; for spring was gone for another year . |
| 16 | The Amir , an absolute monarch , appoints the Cabinet and the 30-member Advisory Council ; the latter 's term was extended for four years in April 1990 . |
| 17 | Courtney was jailed for seven years on November 30 following his conviction for two rapes and two indecent assaults . |
| 18 | Some CDs are issued for one year and even for two years but the market for these is comparatively thin . |
| 19 | Fireworks are what youngsters are waiting for all year round when they remember , remember the fifth of November . |
| 20 | The Conservatives were to rule for thirteen years , with Churchill as Prime Minister for the first three and a half . |
| 21 | And in the unlikely event that the level of the FT-SE 100 Index should actually fall during that period , we guarantee to return the original amount of your investment provided the Bond is held for 5 years . |
| 22 | Work on the presbytery and transept is planned for this year . |
| 23 | Now a major campaign is planned for next year to increase sales and distribution making the well known Pryseg water , a top brand in Britain and Europe . |
| 24 | A CONVICTED sex attacker who kidnapped a six-year-old girl from a playground was jailed for two years yesterday after a top judge said the law forced him to disregard the man 's long criminal record . |
| 25 | A WINDOW cleaner was jailed for seven years yesterday for raping one of his customers . |
| 26 | On Monday , at Teesside Crown Court , Sigsworth was jailed for three years after he admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent , wounding , assault causing actual bodily harm and two offences of burglary . |
| 27 | A FORMER head of a council children 's home was jailed for four years yesterday for indecency against young boys in his care which he committed almost 15 years ago . |
| 28 | A MEMBER of the Irish Republican Army who was caught with bomb-making equipment in his home was jailed for 20 years at Belfast Crown Court yesterday . |
| 29 | A TEENAGE IRA girl was jailed for 10 years yesterday for plotting to kill troops — while her accomplice was given life for helping in the murder of a businessman . |
| 30 | The President is elected for four years , but members of the House of Representatives have to face election every two years , while a senator is elected for six years . |