Example sentences of "[adv] be [vb pp] for [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has only been opened for two years and is a nice modern hospital though not as posh as Pat 's . |
| 2 | These can , however , only be paid for six years in arrears , so this concession may not help if you think about it too late . |
| 3 | In 1947 when Frank had his insight the existence of muons had already been known for ten years and the existence of muonic atoms had also been predicted . |
| 4 | Contracts will usually be let for several years . |
| 5 | The manufacture and sale of nine types of foreign and domestic semi-automatic assault weapons would also be prohibited for three years . |
| 6 | Though the system has now been modified for some years , local authorities still play a crucial role in the shaping of the local environment by , for example , forecasting the need for roads for travel to work or leisure , and thus plan on the basis of that need Planners seek to influence behaviour , for example , by deciding that particular zones will be devoted to industrial estates , others to shopping centres and residential use in order to harmonise traffic movement and so on . |
| 7 | Arraigned on the same charge , Ren Wanding , the veteran human rights activist , who had previously been imprisoned for four years for his activities in the 1978-79 Democracy Movement , was given a more severe seven-year sentence with three years ' deprivation of political rights , having refused to show repentance for his " grave " crimes . |
| 8 | Mr Dixon , who could theoretically be imprisoned for 120 years , faces maximum fines of only $5.75m . |
| 9 | We do n't want to accrue er interest even if it 's being expenses by B-Sky-B if it 's not going to actually be paid for many years , but to the extent that it 's er likely to turn into cash in the relatively near future , then I think we would erm think it 's now time to start addressing that issue and the result would be that we should probably erm accrue some reasonable and not very substantial amount of back-interest er in the current financial year . |
| 10 | He too was jailed for seven years . |