Example sentences of "[num] year [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fred by Posy Simmonds LOUISE CHUNN ( mother of Charlie , 3 ¾ , and Alice , 1 ½ ) Bill 's New Frock , by Ann Fine ( Methuen , £6.95 ) Winner of Smarties Book Prize 89 ( 6-8 years category ) Bill 's an obliging little boy . |
| 2 | Run by ex-airline couple with 30 years experience of caring for people . |
| 3 | Their bosses , sitting on the senior loan committee , are pragmatic , nuts-and-bolts bankers whose grasp of local banking is often profound , the product of 20 or 30 years experience . |
| 4 | Over the past 30 years investors in American and British IPOs who sold their shares on the first trading day earned returns of 15% and 12% respectively . |
| 5 | I 'll miss football and the day-to-day involvement after over 30 years boy and man . |
| 6 | For the past 30 years Aegina has been producing about the best pistachios in the world . |
| 7 | For 20 of the next 30 years OCA and Wings Aviation Limited flew ‘ DRD out of Red Lake , using floats for the summer and Noorduyn-designed streamlined skis during the winter . |
| 8 | For more than 30 years Brooklands was the home of hundreds of races , the scene of many record attempts , and the testing ground for manufacturers who were restricted to the 20mph speed limit on Britain 's roads at the time . |
| 9 | For over 30 years Israel had no need of excuses . |
| 10 | retired after 30 years service , working most recently in the maintenance department . |
| 11 | He says the Hercules has had 30 years service , and there are 2,000 of them . |
| 12 | The college 's head of training plans to retire after 30 years service . |
| 13 | Awarded the MBE is Meurig Davies , 54 , of Deganwy , who has been coxswain of Llandudno Lifeboat since 1970 , and retires next April after 30 years service . |
| 14 | — Special presentation parties were held for George Flowers , treasurer of Framwellgate Moor Workmen 's Club , who has retired after 30 years service and for Consett Station Social Club steward Freddie Emmerson on his retirement . |
| 15 | A friend of 30 years standing who had previously cared for a woman with senile dementia described how : |
| 16 | Over 30 years property shares have lost 44 per cent of their value relative to the All Share Index . ’ |
| 17 | The risk of developing cancer is increased in those individuals who have had extensive colitis for more than 10 years after the first attack , the cumulative cancer rate being 7% at 20 years and 17% at 30 years disease duration . |
| 18 | New developments — In the last 20 or 30 years Nepal 's population has near doubled . |
| 19 | In the last 20 or 30 years Nepal 's population has near doubled . |
| 20 | For nearly 30 years Mike Hooper from Water & Ventilation , Salisbury was a rally navigator , but 5 years ago he stopped when a large tree jumped out in front of the car . |
| 21 | He said : ‘ We always knew we would have to deal with this at some stage — maybe in 20 or 30 years time — but the damage caused over a couple of nights during January and February was much worse than we ever anticipated . ’ |
| 22 | It was founded in the late 700s , but most of its present buildings ( pastel-coloured and timbered , and punctuated with onion-dome towers ) date from the reconstruction in the late 1600s and 1700s , after the 30 years war . |
| 23 | For more than 30 years Mr Hewitt was coroner for South West Durham , retiring from that position when he became a judge in 1980 . |
| 24 | If the standard calculations of the greenhouse effect are indeed correct , then over the next 30 years temperatures are likely to rise by a full degree ( centigrade ) as ever-increasing quantities of fossil fuel are burnt . |
| 25 | One may be amused — though not very — that after living in Italy for forty-five years Max still could not speak Italian , but such insularity is not to be imitated . |
| 26 | It 's been re-opened today after 2 years renovation and the new tenants will be paying £15,000 this year alone . |
| 27 | " By 2 years allowance by G.P.O. paid by Niel Currie , Postmr. £10 . " |
| 28 | the previous 2 years 40% |
| 29 | the previous 2 years 40% |
| 30 | the previous 2 years 40% |