Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [prep] five years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Volunteers such as the receptionist form the backbone of the hospice and volunteer sitters have been helping for five years . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The department ‘ s syllabus has not been revised for five years and perhaps is ready for a revision . |
| 4 | The improvements to estates should have been completed in five years when the HATs will be wound up and the houses disposed of to new landlords who could be the local council , a private individual or company , a housing association or a co-operative . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | They could have been sentenced to five years in prison . |
| 8 | Just £9.50 , they 're guaranteed for five years . |
| 9 | If the shares are sold before five years are up , there is a clawback of tax relief . |
| 10 | Spare Rib — the UK 's first feminist magazine — had already been going for five years . |
| 11 | The schools , which cater for boys aged from 11 to 14 , have been going for five years now and are organised by Robbie Walker , Tottenham 's representative in Northern Ireland . |
| 12 | At present the statement must be given no later than 13 weeks after employment commences , but part-time workers who work less than 16 hours a week need not be given a statement until they have been employed for five years and worked eight hours or more a week . |
| 13 | Mrs Singh was upset ; she felt rejected by the school her children had been attending for five years . |
| 14 | A number of experiments on bone modification in soil have been initiated , but they have only been running for five years and so far there is no good evidence of any change . |
| 15 | For some people , boosters may be recommended after five years . |
| 16 | A lease can be made for five years subject to the tenant 's right to determine if the war ends before the expiry of five years . |
| 17 | More importantly , with the help of the Denver-based US West , Time Warner 's cable systems should be upgraded in five years rather than ten , as originally forecast . |
| 18 | Amendment No. 3 would make it impossible for a Scottish Bus Group subsidiary to be resold within five years without the consent of its employees . |
| 19 | Shares can not be sold for five years , however , or the various benefits will be lost to the investor . |
| 20 | Edmund Hillary , who with Tenzing Norgay was the first man to climb Everest in 1953 , has called the mountain a " junk heap " and has suggested it should be closed for five years to clear the rubbish . |
| 21 | The Cabinet approved a draft general budget presented by the then Finance Minister , Edmond Rizq , on April 21 , 1990 , the first budget to be approved for five years . |
| 22 | N. What will you be doing in five years ? |
| 23 | Do you know what you 're going to be doing in five years time ? |
| 24 | Candidates for the 79 National Assembly seats had to be over 25 and would be elected for five years . |
| 25 | On another key organization matter , Gorbachev managed to secure rejection of a proposal that the mandates of the congress delegates should be extended for five years ( thus giving them control of extraordinary congresses or conferences called in the period before the next scheduled congress ) . |
| 26 | On the subject of rollover relief , it is proposed that the Inland Revenue should give advance clearance of extensions to the three-year reinvestment deadline , or the deadline should be extended to five years . |
| 27 | The Bluebell Steam Railway is to be extended in five years from New Combe Bridge to East Grinstead BR station which is adjacent to the store . |
| 28 | Such ideas were abandoned only when advocates of a third force were squarely confronted in 1948 with a precise timetable — namely that Britain 's needs were so great that ( to be of value ) such a " force " would need to be created within five years . |
| 29 | Debt due for repayment within two years could be paid within five years , and debt due to be repaid over a longer period could be paid within eight years . |
| 30 | An earlier proposal from the Powerboat Divisional Committee that the organisers and all officials of the event should be banned for five years was overturned by the RYA Council . |