Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] five years " in BNC.
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| 1 | A SIGN outside a nursing home in the centre of Barnard Castle can stay for five years , an appeal inspector has ruled . |
| 2 | Volunteers such as the receptionist form the backbone of the hospice and volunteer sitters have been helping for five years . |
| 3 | The department ‘ s syllabus has not been revised for five years and perhaps is ready for a revision . |
| 4 | The President appoints the Prime Minister and Cabinet from among the members of the unicameral House of Assembly , which is composed of 21 elected representatives and nine appointed senators and sits for five years . |
| 5 | Legislative authority is vested in a unicameral National Assembly which sits for five years and consists of six appointed Senators and 15 popularly elected representatives . |
| 6 | Then he put through a bill to suspend for five years the Seven Hours Act , which had restricted maximum daily hours for the coal industry since 1919 , following the Eight Hours Act of 1908 . |
| 7 | So this is not intended for five years old , it actually refers to new vehicles . |
| 8 | After his exit from Monday 's semi-finals , Black revealed that he had been struggling for five years with a ‘ bio-mechanical ’ problem which affects his body balance and leads to other injuries . |
| 9 | An 18 year old girl treated for five years with a lazative containing danthrone died from a leiomyosarcoma of the small intestine . |
| 10 | The end result is that pupils switch off any interest in the school , and how they manage to go through five years of their school years still amazes me . |
| 11 | Yourself , you 've done it all yourself after nagging about five years . |
| 12 | Norton et al found that 25%-35% of women had delayed for five years or more before seeking medical advice . |
| 13 | An Extraordinary General Meeting will take place in late April or early May , and should sufficient agreement be forthcoming , there would be included a clause that no further reconstruction plans be permitted for five years . |
| 14 | Ex-St Martin 's ( where she was often the only student in the life room ) , she has been painting for five years , mostly commissions which come from friends . |
| 15 | CHART star Dr Alban trained for five years as a dentist — but gave up after a horrific teeth-pulling session . |
| 16 | And he did train , he actually trained for five years , and instead of holiday he got , and something he 'd like to have done is learnt to compete in the Whitbread Round the World . |
| 17 | Yeah the pension 's frozen for five years and and then catches up . |
| 18 | Ann-Marie was given three years ' supervision and and banned from driving for five years . |
| 19 | Mr Siddle , of Brighton Road , Darlington , admitted driving with excess alcohol and was fined £300 with £25 costs and disqualified from driving for five years . |
| 20 | Mr Siddle , of Brighton Road , Darlington , admitted driving with excess alcohol and was fined £300 with £25 costs and disqualified from driving for five years . |
| 21 | Alexander Ballantine , 51 , who was found guilty of driving dangerously by a jury after a trial at Dingwall Sheriff Court last month , was also banned from driving for five years . |
| 22 | Judge Tyrer jailed Patel , of Finchley , for 20 months for causing death by reckless driving , which he admitted , and disqualified him from driving for five years . |
| 23 | For some people , boosters may be recommended after five years . |
| 24 | When the Michies moved in five years ago , they had to carry out extensive renovations . |
| 25 | Now you 're moving to Bilborough , you 're moving to Bilborough erm just say in five years time they got rid of the flats erm and they built houses on here on the site , would you move back ? |
| 26 | Some say that The Mercy Seat is the best thing Cave has done for five years , since Mutiny in Heaven . |
| 27 | And that 's what causes tragic failures like Matthew Smith and Augustus John — they 've done the Paris rat and they live ever after in the shadow of Gauguin and Matisse or whoever it may be — just as G.P. says he once lived under the shadow of Braque and suddenly woke up one morning to realize that all he had done for five years was a lie , because it was based on Braque 's eyes and sensibilities and not his own . |
| 28 | In other words we 've effectively rebuilt the island of information that we used to talk about five years ago and the key motivation behind enterprise client server is really to integrate the efforts of these two groups . |
| 29 | I would be happy to hear from any priest who feels he would like to volunteer for five years or from suitably qualified people who might have some skill to offer . |
| 30 | Last year the ministry claimed it had made progress , only to find it had to revise its figures to reveal no progress had been made for five years . |