Example sentences of "year and [vb mod] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This could last several years and might eventually lead to more talks to determine the final status of the occupied territories . |
| 2 | He said that planning permission for a new pit would take two years and would normally involve a public inquiry . |
| 3 | It 's where you get the interest on interest throughout the years and would otherwise pay tax on that interest and do n't and the amount that you have n't paid stays in and gets the compounding the same as the interest . |
| 4 | These are accumulated over many years and may vigorously colour the way we respond to all kinds of situations today . |
| 5 | Although difficult to date he believes the trackway to have been in existence for at least 2,000 years and may well pre-date Roman times . |
| 6 | ( Compare X , Y and Z in fig i ) — In some the progression is very rapid while in others it takes very many years and may only be triggered by an acute personal crisis such as retirement or when the children leave home ( the " empty nest syndrome " ) . |
| 7 | Let us begin by trying to understand the rationale for the system ; after all , it has been used for many years and must presumably have had some point to it . |
| 8 | He was to hold this position for the next thirty-one years and must therefore be regarded as a founding father of the organization which later became known as MI5 . |
| 9 | They expect to be in Japan for two years and will thus be eligible to play for Suntori in the national championship next season . |
| 10 | The child learns this during the pre-school years and will also start to eat for comfort . |
| 11 | Rothmans are to put over £100,000 into the county over the next seven years and will also be title sponsors of the opening home match , the Sunday League game against Lancashire at Durham University on April 19 . |
| 12 | Discount levels are determined according to aggregate purchases over three years and will apparently be policed every four months . |
| 13 | Because his sentences run concurrently he could be free in two years and will almost certainly be free in a little over four years . |
| 14 | But officials insist that Poland 's national telephone company , PTTP , will be protected only for a few more years and will then be left to go bankrupt if it can not compete against privately owned network operators . |
| 15 | It will be paid in full for a period of three years and will then be reduced by one-third each year over the subsequent three years . |
| 16 | The machines have useful lives estimated at three years and will then be sold for £100 each . |
| 17 | Atomic power stations to be built in areas of outstanding natural beauty in Britain will have an initial life of only 20 years and will then be left derelict , the president of the Ramblers Association tells members in South Durham and North Yorkshire at their annual meeting in Darlington . |
| 18 | ‘ He has coached me for many years and will certainly do so again , ’ admitted Gooch . |
| 19 | Achieving this independence will often have taken many years and will certainly have involved a great deal of effort . |
| 20 | Pegasus have won the shield twice in the last three years and will now play for the White Cup in the All Ireland play-offs late next month . |
| 21 | Sir : I am writing first to congratulate you all on an excellent magazine , I have been reading Computer magazines for the last 10 years and can honestly say that Practical PC is the most informative and enjoyable one to date . |
| 22 | Two of his former colleagues , Tony Keady and Pete Finnerty , have fallen victim to the passing years and can no longer command first team places . |
| 23 | Two of his former colleagues , Tony Keady and Pete Finnerty , have fallen victim to the passing years and can no longer command first team places . |
| 24 | He remained in post for four years and can thus be considered Russia 's first permanent diplomatic representative ; and though he had no successor until 1688 there was continuous Russian representation in the Polish capital from that time on . |
| 25 | Environmentalists oppose the deep burial method for dealing with radioactive waste , claiming that it constitutes a hazard for many thousands of years and should thus be stored above ground where it can easily be monitored for leakages . |
| 26 | In some places the books had not been touched for hundreds of years and could hardly be seen for dust . |
| 27 | The opportunity to discuss problems with members of other district societies was a great assistance to me in leading the various debates of the Southern Society during my presidential year and would certainly not have arisen without the opportunity to travel . |
| 28 | Using this technology SunSelect intends to make Windows emulation available for Solaris 2.1 in the second quarter of next year and will eventually deliver the stuff on multiple platforms . |
| 29 | Eurotunnel is expected to make a new rights issue next year and will presumably negotiate new loans on the strength of recently amended forecasts which show a sharp rise in revenue after 2003 . |
| 30 | He appeared on BBC1 's The Health Show earlier this year and will soon be moving to GMTV as an early morning medical adviser . |