Example sentences of "been [vb pp] [prep] five years " in BNC.
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| 1 | The department ‘ s syllabus has not been revised for five years and perhaps is ready for a revision . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | They could have been sentenced to five years in prison . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The overall trade deficit in 1990 , according to preliminary figures , was US$4,730 million — the first overall deficit to have been recorded for five years . |
| 7 | An airman accused of setting fire to an RAF hanger has been jailed for five years for arson . |
| 8 | A prisoner who threw boiling water into the face of a fellow inmate has been jailed for five years . |
| 9 | A MERSEYSIDE man who stabbed his common-law wife in the face with a kitchen knife has been jailed for five years . |
| 10 | The team doctor , Daniel Rodriguez , gets a life ban for submitting a fraudulent medical certificate detailing Rojas 's ‘ injury ’ ; and Fernando Astengo , Chile 's vice-captain who led the players off the pitch in the Maracana , has been suspended for five years . |