Example sentences of "years in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | GENERAL clerk Yvonne Bristow from Risley , has retired after completing 13 years in Systems and Equipment Engineering Department . |
| 2 | Cases of malignant melanoma have more than doubled in the last 10 years in countries with a fair-skinned population . |
| 3 | However , in such countries at Bangladesh , Nepal , Pakistan and Yemen , where one half of the girls are married at around age 13 , 15 and 16 , respectively ( and contraceptives are used by only from one to eight per cent of all married women of reproductive age ) the first child is born , on average , from three to five years later , compared to usually less than two years in countries where the median age at marriage is , at least , 17 years . |
| 4 | On the whole , those first few years in North Cornwall were very happy times for me . |
| 5 | Admittedly these characteristics became more obvious later on ; Kim Il Sung was dependent on the Soviet Union for assistance in the early years in north Korea and had to tread warily . |
| 6 | However , ozone trends are strongly influenced by annual variations in meteorological conditions , and the very high 1988 level — 8 per cent higher than 1987 and the highest since 1983 — was in part due to the very hot , dry weather ( the hottest summer in almost 60 years in north central states ) . |
| 7 | I had learned to fly in the Fleet Air Arm in 1940 and immediately after the war I spent nearly two years in South America flying for the Shell company . |
| 8 | During eight American tours , two years in South America , and in South Africa , Australasia , India , and the Far East , thousands saw ballet for the first time . |
| 9 | After almost 10 years in University history teaching I was concerned that my students seemed to have very little idea of how history actually came to be written and of what criteria might be used to decide whether one book was more worth reading than another . |
| 10 | Without giving it much thought , we all assumed that after the present infatuations had cooled down , Andrew would marry Judith , but it never happened , although he did marry twice during his later years in Toronto . |
| 11 | Now , despite one of the most difficult trading years in memory , the society has announced record results with : — Asset growth up 11.49 per cent to £225m. — Net profit up 34 per cent at £1.5m. — Mortgage advances up 41 per cent at £38.3m. — Retail investment balances up 11 per cent . |
| 12 | What had she held for so many years in trust and secrecy ? |
| 13 | In a book that returns time and time again to the issue of cultural hypocrisy , the most biting satire is saved for those whose three years in Cameroon teach them nothing . |
| 14 | Wherever the game is played , and the possibility of alternate years in Manchester and Sydney will be discussed in the coming weeks , one team will always go into the match having just become champions , while the other will be at the start of their first defence . |
| 15 | Under cross-examination he denied his evidence was tainted by any bitterness he held for British soldiers because he had been jailed in 1968 for five years in Manchester for assault . |
| 16 | Thirty odd years in Manchester is definitely er |
| 17 | He trained as a military surveyor , spending several years in Cork , but along with most other draftsmen was placed on half pay when the Corps disbanded in 1817 . |
| 18 | It merits consideration , even though there is still keen advocacy for cash flow accounting , and even though there are inevitably additional costs and a long lead-time to production ( probably rather more than the two years in NZ ) as departments switch to accrual accounting . |
| 19 | Since Mrs Thatcher 's first victory in 1979 , the country had enjoyed ‘ 13 of the finest years in history ’ . |
| 20 | This might lead to looking at communications at work in English , distribution problems in Geography , or how a company 's product lines have changed over the years in History . |
| 21 | Latin American art has been undergoing such a review both from within Latin America itself and from elsewhere , with several exhibitions and books on the subject in the last few years in Europe and the US . |
| 22 | It is a political tragedy that this whole subject has all but disappeared from the world 's agenda under the impact of the past three astonishing years in Europe . |
| 23 | This interest has now received a further stimulus from the events of the past few years in Europe . |
| 24 | He 's everything I wanted after being a gypsy for all those years in Europe . |
| 25 | Life expectancy in 1990 averaged 52.6 years in Africa and 72.8 years in Europe . |
| 26 | The charge sheet — used for 20 years in cases of failing to provide breath , blood or urine samples — has been changed since the earlier decision . |
| 27 | Moreover , the Attorney-General 's contentions are inconsistent with the practice which has now continued over a number of years in cases of judicial review . |
| 28 | Since the tournament began , first in Delray Beach in 1985 and then for a couple of years in Boca Raton , the temporary , scaffolding-supported stands have gone with them . |
| 29 | The imprisonment of prisoners of conscience , unfair trials of political prisoners , lengthy detention without trial , ill-treatment of detainees , possible extra-judicial executions and excessive use of the death penalty have become prevalent in recent years in Tibet . |
| 30 | Dr Hugh Richardson , of St Andrews , an honorary graduate of the university , spent a number of years in Tibet in charge of the British mission at Lhasa , where he first met the Dalai Lama in 1939 . |