Example sentences of "[adv] [num] year by [art] " in BNC.
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1 | A number of them have been denied the opportunity to collect the awards for nearly 50 years by the former communist regime . |
2 | But that took about two years by the time , I purposely started smoking to keep it down . |
3 | The research , carried out over 30 years by the joint directors of the Child Development Research Unit at Nottingham University , shows that two-thirds of babies are smacked before the age of one , that three-quarters of four-year-olds are smacked once a week or more , and that by the age of seven , 22 per cent have been hit with implements . |
4 | However , a report prepared over five years by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute ( SIPRI ) , released in August , concluded that the USA did not bear a disproportionate share of the NATO burden . |
5 | Every one of these requirements have been consistently attacked over twelve years by the Conservative Government . |
6 | The system , the first of its kind in the UK , has been devised over two years by a wide range of training bodies , including Scottish Enterprise , Highlands and Islands Enterprise and the Scottish Vocational Education Council . |
7 | Redknapp , who resigned as Bournemouth boss shortly before moving to Upton Park , will be paid the sum over two years by the financially crippled Cherries , who are £2.6 million in the red . |
8 | IBM Corp says its Personal Computer Co shipped 30% to 35% more personal computers in the first quarter than it did during the year-ago period , and vice-chairman Jack Kuehler expects it to be ‘ reasonably profitable ’ in 1993 — but the personal computer business is now so volatile that making forecasts more than a quarter ahead is a mug 's game : following Conner Peripherals Inc 's warning on Friday that it is seeing oversupply and soft demand for disk drives ( CI No 2,142 ) , observers are saying that grey market prices for 80486s are now weak ; Finis Conner said on Friday that Conner would have to slash production and payrolls in the months ahead to remain competitive — ‘ The market is in total disarray , ’ he said ; ‘ the pricing that has occurred in the last four to five days has been something I 've never seen believes the booming personal computer industry is showing signs of slowing after being fuelled for over two years by the price war . |