Example sentences of "year [coord] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or twelve that 's either two years or a year between them . |
| 2 | Patients had to have had insulin treated diabetes mellitus for more than five years and a history of altered awareness of hypoglycaemia within three months of transferring to human insulin . |
| 3 | ‘ Term of years absolute ’ means a term of years … either certain or liable to determination by notice , re-entry , operation of law , or by a provision for cesser on redemption , or in any other event ( other than the dropping of a life , or the determination of a determinable life interest ) ; … and in this definition the expression ‘ term of years ’ includes a term for less than a year , or for a year or years and a fraction of a year or from year to year ; … |
| 4 | 205(1) ( xxvii ) " Term of years absolute " means a term of years ( taking effect either in possession or in reversion whether or not at a rent ) with or without impeachment for waste , subject or not to another legal estate , and either certain or liable to determination by notice , re-entry , operation of law , or by a provision for cesser on redemption , or in any other event ( other than the dropping of a life , or the determination of a determinable life interest ) ; but does not include any term of years determinable with life or lives or with the cesser of a determinable life interest , nor , if created after the commencement of this Act , a term of years which is not expressed to take |
| 5 | There was a rise in serum creatinine which reached statistical significance after two years and a trend towards a decline in iothalamate clearance in cyclosporin treated patients ( Fig 1 ) . |
| 6 | Ten years and a couple of hundred hotel nights later , the memory lingers on : the yellow lino with glitter detail , the handle hanging from the wardrobe , a flickering fluorescent light over the bed , with its violent orange blanket and holed sheets , a television alternating colour and mono , and a bathroom straight from Fawlty Towers — threadbare towels , tacky unwrapped soap and a toilet lid which would not stay up . |
| 7 | After only eighteen months breathing the dust of the docks , Ramsey taught for six years and a half in a greenhouse . |
| 8 | In the vision of the Four Beasts in chapter 7 , Antiochus " changes the seasons and the law " and his rule will last " a time and times and half a time " ( 7.25 ) : perhaps three years and a half . |
| 9 | Finally , the time of persecution is stated again to be " a time , times and half a time " ( 12.7 ) , that is three years and a half , in the vision of the two angels which concludes the book . |
| 10 | If convicted , he would be liable to a prison sentence of up to 25 years and a fine of up to $1,250,000 . |
| 11 | On average it works out at about once every five years and a cost of many hundreds of pounds per fish . |
| 12 | The proposal also included an offer to reduce the price of supplies in real terms over the first five years and a pledge that during the contract period prices would remain ‘ within the general movement of prices in the economy ’ . |
| 13 | Mr Huxley Jones , of Fairlands Crescent , Rhuddlan , who was a branch manager with a plumbing supplies firm , has been pastoral steward at the local English Methodist Church for more than 20 years and a driver for the local meals-on-wheels service for eight years . |
| 14 | Through the years and a mess of assorted lovers , four changes in location and layers of silt ( from art and carpentry ) which cling to her pink and olive skin like something tropical , she has succeeded in relinquishing prettiness . |
| 15 | The package , originally proposed on Oct. 26 , included a reduction in government spending of 15,000 million kronor ( US$2,650 million ) over three years and a reduction of 18,000 civil service jobs , or 10 per cent of the total , over the same period . |
| 16 | About 150 former squadron members attended the official banquet ( I had earlier been asked to propose the Toast the the Squadron ) , there was a Squadron Parade , the dedication of a cairn to mark the 50 years and a flypast of present day aircraft . |
| 17 | Or have been an associate for four years and a member for six years |
| 18 | In the 1960s teacher training was extended to three years and a B Ed degree replaced the teaching certificate . |
| 19 | Indeed if the three years and a day expire on a Saturday or a Sunday or a bank holiday , when one can not issue a writ , the limitation period is extended until the next day on which one can ( Pritam Kaur v S Russell & Sons Ltd [ 1973 ] QB 336 ) . |
| 20 | The age of presentation is earliest in the 3rd generation with one presentation ( case 3 ) at 22 years and a second ( case 4 ) with a history suggesting the presence of a polyp at the age of either 16 or 23 years . |
| 21 | Yet with a gap of two years and a change of players from the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment to Kuijken 's own group , La Petite Bande , come differences which weigh significantly against the new issue . |
| 22 | Four years and a name change later she once again took to the road as a solo performer . |
| 23 | It was years and a lot of funny looks in the town before I learned the truth . |
| 24 | Even so , a 65-year-old male can expect to live for another 13.2 years and a female of the same age for 17.2 years . |
| 25 | Chris Wells , above , of Project Office Furniture , said Mr Lamont 's tax planning over the next three years and a resolution to reduce public borrowing should settle business nerves . |
| 26 | Neil has been a Forest Ranger for 15 years and a sculptor for 5 . |
| 27 | To develop the skill of writing a polished , precise and mature essay can take between two years and a lifetime . |
| 28 | ‘ Rigour , dedication , personal sacrifice over 15 long years and a belief in quality produce earned 70% of those three Michelin stars . |
| 29 | A late Victorian at sixty could look forward to scarcely a dozen more years of life ; a contemporary sixty-year-old man can expect almost twenty more years and a woman even more . |
| 30 | It was the worst mine explosion in 20 years and a culmination of a series of explosions caused by the owners , eagerness to bring out coal from the crept workings . |