Example sentences of "after three years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strawberry plants deteriorate after three years of cropping and need re-siting . |
| 2 | After three years as a cadet carrying out basic police tasks around the station , I was sworn in as a constable . |
| 3 | A sign at our local church is in oak , with gold lettering , but the latter is already fading after three years . |
| 4 | AFTER three years of inconclusive negotiations , the Hong Kong conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa had no doubts about the difficulties of doing business in China . |
| 5 | As a result , artists feel that if they have parted company with their manager after three years it is unfair if their previous manager continues to take commission on album sales for another seven years . |
| 6 | Ellis declined to say how much the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club is being paid for the service , but this is not money which British racing is missing out on , as a contract , subject to review after three years , was drawn up with the Racecourse Association at the beginning of SIS transmission . |
| 7 | After three years , during which he had to cope with the death of his youngest son , Mr Mathew was denied leave to appeal against the March 1984 judgment . |
| 8 | This paralysis may ensure that , after three years of breathtaking growth , the Thai economy has a hard rather than a soft landing . |
| 9 | America climbed back to the top of the exporters ' league table after three years in second place to West Germany . |
| 10 | The latest published figures for Lloyd 's show £575m ( $950m ) of pre-tax profit in 1987 ( Lloyd 's syndicates close their accounts only after three years ) , down slightly on the record profits of 1986 . |
| 11 | For their $283m the 75 investors that KKR represents will get preferred stock , convertible after three years into Fleet/Norstar stock at $17.65 a share , plus 6.5m warrants for newly issued Fleet/Norstar stock exercisable immediately at the same price , the last closing price before the purchase was announced . |
| 12 | After three years working as a photographer 's assistant , Jason decided to get out of the ‘ rat race ’ and joined ecologically-minded art group Reactivart . |
| 13 | After three years of exceptionally low rainfall , especially on the eastern side of England , it is of more than academic interest to know just how much rain has fallen on the garden . |
| 14 | After three years of wrangling , the matter was dropped , though Miller does in the eighth edition of the Dictionary admit that he made a mistake in former publications . |
| 15 | Many postgraduates after three years of thinking in the abstract feel quite stupid when required to think concretely . ) |
| 16 | It was magnificent ; the neutral tone accentuated the rich tints of her skin , which , after three years under the Jamaican sun , was the colour of medium roast Blue Mountain coffee . |
| 17 | After three years as Financial Secretary to the Treasury he entered the Cabinet as Minister of Education , in July 1962 . |
| 18 | The abbey of Otley on Otmoor was abandoned after three years , in 1141 , as ‘ fitter for an ark than a monastery ’ . |
| 19 | I would suggest that the major item which the government has to give priority to is unemployment , especially if they wish to continue in office after three years , which I forecast could be the timing of the next general election if all goes well . |
| 20 | Isambard himself went to Paris to study at the age of fourteen , and after three years returned to join his father 's firm . |
| 21 | After three years on this course , the EPA now has some , but not all , of the answers . |
| 22 | After three years he had saved up enough money to travel to Melbourne where he stayed with his uncle . |
| 23 | After his education , he was apprenticed to his father 's coach-building premises , graduating after three years to an office position which he retained until his father retired in 1890 . |
| 24 | Then the god spoke to a woman whose baby was ill , and afterwards to a couple who were childless after three years ' marriage . |
| 25 | In the field of professional qualifications , a directive is now in force that obliges professional bodies to recognise diplomas awarded in other member states after three years ' training , when granting membership to a particular profession . |
| 26 | Debtors who showed the courts that they had made their best efforts to pay , and also showed they were not fraudulent or reckless in incurring debt could be given relief from liabilities after three years . |
| 27 | It should however be noted that by virtue of the automatic discharge from a first bankruptcy after three years irrespective of the debtor 's conduct ( short of criminal offence ) , an individual debtor will be treated far more leniently than a company director guilty of wrongful trading , who can be disqualified for up to 15 years . |
| 28 | But now , after three years , they are accepted and respected and relied upon . |
| 29 | The head waiter , enchanted to see Ricky after three years ' absence , kissed him on both cheeks , enquired after his elbow , and found him a quiet corner . |
| 30 | I could n't kick him in the teeth after three years of good work and live with myself . |