Example sentences of "many years [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well if you remember that the Jarrow marches and the general strike were n't very many years erm you know be behind the preparations that were going on for the second world war . |
| 2 | Er and the proposal that I shall report is the and in particular those matter our certainty of responsibility between various agencies needs to be addressed erm it arose obviously are much more widespread than in the past week , but er I was granted in fact to give consideration to this result of the parish meeting , conventional routine parish meeting at Barnham er on the fourth of January erm which led to the largest parish meetings I think they 've had in many years erm when because people were incensed with the suffering and the hardship that they had as a result of the flooding on the night of Thursday the thirtieth of December erm should let me say first of all that erm I would congratulate all those who were involved er in dealing with the present emergency operations erm it 's quite superb , it 's erm it seemed to be erm a remarkable reflection on the capacity er that to deal with certain circumstances reflects very well on this authority and in saying that I mean it 's not just the opposites to the men and women who are involved , but also whereas I 'm sure many members are here that members amongst our numbers have putting on very long hours in dealing with the present circumstances and I congratulate on the activities . |
| 3 | Yep , yep erm these officers are all trained in , in fire prevention work erm at the Fire Service 's technical college at Morton Marsh , and er they practise those skills they learn there over many years erm I 'm looking back , I mean the time that I spent in training schools and er and in , in the job er I suppose when you total it all up it must be two or three years away from home really , er in courses you know , in my day we went away on fire prevention training classes six months , six months ' course was the , so you went away to the Fire Service college which in those days was at Dorking , a lovely place in Dorking , and you did six months there solid , and then nowadays about thirteen weeks , the courses run about thirteen weeks , and you are constantly fire , fire officers from the ranks of erm probably a Sub Officer , leading fireman in some places , but Sub Officer onwards and particularly Station Officer up to the more senior ranks are away on courses regularly for , it 's really updating people erm new legislation coming in , new techniques coming in , erm which have to be these people have to be updated so they are very well trained , erm more so than most local authority people I would think , fire , fire officers are , erm purely because the job is such a wide range of , of things to deal with . |
| 4 | when a lady who lived on Dartmoor for many , many years erm was telling stories of things that had actually happened |
| 5 | In this climate , the academic in English and other subjects in the humanities , who is busy , who publishes a lot , who goes to conferences , can not but be preferred to the quiet scholar , who keeps a low profile , even seems rather idle , but is taking his time over a major piece of scholarly writing that may involve many years ' work and which he does not intend to give to the world until he is ready . |
| 6 | Well , perhaps this is a few too many , but he knows after many years ' experience that he can ask for this and that it is necessary . |
| 7 | We employ friendly , professional staff who can offer the benefit of many years ' experience in the housing market . |
| 8 | Nothing in his many years ' service had prepared him for this sort of situation . |
| 9 | We provide a highly professional service , backed by many years ' experience , specialising exclusively in the overseas property market . |
| 10 | On the basis of many years ' detailed observation of infants , they argue for the existence of what they call ‘ innate intersubjectivity ’ as a universal motivation , present in the newborn and peculiar to our species , that leads the child to acquire symbolic understanding . |
| 11 | A friend of many years ' standing has said that , ‘ Ifor would have loved to have stayed on at school . |
| 12 | The Soars each have many years ' experience as teachers and teacher trainers in the UK and abroad . |
| 13 | Only the top surface of the upper chord of the rear stabiliser spar is readily visible and the crack when it was shown to me looked no bigger than a human hair lying across its width , partially hidden by paint and the dirt of many years ' service . |
| 14 | In the second , we are talking about the likelihood of a woman finding adequate childcare facilities for her children and entering the labour market , at a fairly high income level , possibly after many years ' absence from paid employment . |
| 15 | George Giangrande and his partners , Sarah Wood and landscape architect Richard Lemmon , have many years ' garden design and construction experience . |
| 16 | A journalist of many years ' experience , his ability and professionalism are well displayed in this excellent book . |
| 17 | Despite many years ' experience of child care and family case work there is still a lively debate about the causes and extent of family failure and about what further measures should be taken to reduce it . |
| 18 | Prior to that he had many years ' experience in the trade , as group sales director of Associated Book Publishers and as group marketing director until 1989 of Random House UK . |
| 19 | How many years ' experience does she recommend that an editor clock up before attempting to master the use of apostrophes and capitalisation ? |
| 20 | My right hon. Friend is right and speaks with the authority of many years ' membership of the House . |
| 21 | ‘ Loretta ! ’ he exclaimed , greeting her as if she were a friend of many years ' standing . |
| 22 | His award came as recognition of many years ' outstanding voluntary service , especially through his contribution to Anglo-American relations . |
| 23 | Why are there grave areas , areas of uncertainty and responsibility erm Rivers Authority er Area Manager I believe , Mr er presented the position from their point of view er in particular circumstances on the night of thirtieth December er the er Southern Water whose responsibility is primarily sewage erm er describes circumstances that they have been contending with and a great deal of criticism erm was what we had to anticipate if you like or do anything er to contend with the unusual circumstances of that night erm the consequence was that a large number of new houses in the very close to the that runs through Barnham and under the railway there erm and er not ordinary surplus water flooding , but sewage flooding and the consequences then for many years er it 's obviously going to give , quite apart from having to live with it , er it will on the properties themselves and adversely affect er the ability of individuals to sell them off . |