Example sentences of "[am/are] [vb pp] for [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because the concern here is with general trends and not annual variations , the rates are calculated for five year blocks . |
| 2 | Loans are made for one year at a time and a student may apply only once in any year . |
| 3 | No er in the Methodist er ci circuits they move them on , they 're , they 're invited for three years . |
| 4 | Just £9.50 , they 're guaranteed for five years . |
| 5 | I 've thought guaran two machines you 're guaranteed for four years then , cos they did n't write the serial number down , so if I got two machines and it goes faulty I just send it back and say this machine 's faulty , they do n't know how many I 've got |
| 6 | Even greater things are promised for next year which is very encouraging . |
| 7 | Your earnings above the LEL and below the UEL are assessed for each year since 1978 when the scheme started . |
| 8 | Suppose , for example , you are employed for three years , of which the first is to be spent abroad and the other two in Great Britain . |
| 9 | They are appointed for four years . |
| 10 | They are fixed for five years at open market value , based on a detailed profit and loss account taking into account the outgoings , turnover , style , size and location of the pub . |
| 11 | Both are fixed for two years . |
| 12 | The first group of three do not keep newspapers or magazines in hard copy at all except for the specialist journals which are retained for one year . |
| 13 | Some CDs are issued for one year and even for two years but the market for these is comparatively thin . |
| 14 | Legislative authority is vested in a unicameral Parliament , the 46 members of which are elected for four years on the basis of universal adult franchise . |
| 15 | Federal authority is vested in a President who is elected by the 14-member federal legislature , the National Congress , which is composed of 10 senators elected for two-year terms , and four at-large senators ( one from each state ) who are elected for four years . |
| 16 | Legislative authority is vested in a unicameral Parliament , the 46 members of which are elected for four years on the basis of universal adult franchise . |
| 17 | The Republic of Maldives ( called the Maldive Islands until 1969 ) has an executive President elected for a five-year term by universal adult suffrage , a Cabinet appointed and presided over by the President and a 48-member Citizens ' Assembly ( Majilis ) , 40 of whose members are elected for five years and the remaining eight appointed by the President . |
| 18 | The office of president ceased to exist upon the death in 1980 of Marshal Josip Broz Tito [ for which see pp. 30472-73 ] , being replaced by a Collective State Presidency whose eight members ( one from each republic and province ) are elected for five years ( most recently in May 1989 — see pp. 36662-63 ) by the bicameral Federal Assembly ( Parliament ) . |
| 19 | Legislative authority is vested in a popularly elected bicameral Diet which is composed of a 512-member House of Representatives ( or Lower House , elected for up to four years ) and a House of Councillors ( or Upper House , whose 252 members are elected for six years , with half being due for re-election every three years ) . |
| 20 | Legislative authority is vested in a popularly elected bicameral Diet which is composed of a 512-member House of Representatives ( elected for up to four years ) and a House of Councillors ( whose 252 members are elected for six years , with half being due for re-election every three years ) . |
| 21 | The president and the vice-president are elected for one year and they are eligible for re-election , although they may not serve for more than three years . |
| 22 | And since senators are elected for 9 years , it is natural that they should keep in close touch with the local councillors who elected them — they do n't want to be completely forgotten . |
| 23 | Additional connections with Canada , Colombia , Indonesia , Mexico , Peru , the Philippines , Russia and Saudi Arabia are planned for this year . |
| 24 | Further national initiatives relating to the development of competences in European contexts at HN levels are planned for this year . |
| 25 | Seven stores are planned for this year which will create around 420 jobs . |
| 26 | 300 are planned for next year rising to 600 in 1995 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Today he announced his decision … that men can be admitted … but ordered that the move be postponed for two years . |
| 29 | It was proposed that the president be elected for two years without the right to re-election . |
| 30 | All courts are guaranteed for 3 years . |