Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] years ['s] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Popular at home ( the Duke of Edinburgh recently bought one ) , for foreigners they offer cheap chic : a cab dismissed after ten years ' service sells for around £1,500 ( $1,250 ) . |
| 2 | The project comes after four years ' work involving Cancer Research Campaign scientists at the Institute of Cancer Research , in Sutton , Surrey , and a team at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund genetics laboratory in Leeds . |
| 3 | An employee who is dismissed after two years ' service has three months in which to complain to an industrial tribunal . |
| 4 | RAY COVENTRY has retired from P&O Cruises ( UK ) after 14 years ' service having most recently held the position of Equipment and Stores Supervisor in the Hotel Services Department . |
| 5 | Environment Secretary Michael Heseltine has taken no action against 56 of the 79 English waste disposal authorities which have failed to fulfil their legal obligation of 10 years ' standing to draw up plans for waste disposal . |
| 6 | As that course had not been taken , the sentence of three years ' detention took effect , by reason of Criminal Justice Act 1982 , 5.1B(S) as a sentence of 12 months ' detention , and the excess of the sentence over 12 months ' was remitted . |
| 7 | A friend of many years ' standing has said that , ‘ Ifor would have loved to have stayed on at school . |
| 8 | He 's been able to start up again , but the painful end of 11 years ' work does n't fade . |
| 9 | The offender was on licence at the time of the offence from a sentence of 15 years ' imprisonment imposed in 1981 . |
| 10 | Miroslav Stepan , former Communist Party secretary in Prague , was sentenced on Oct. 22 to 30 months ' imprisonment following confirmation by an appeal court of his July conviction on charges of abuse of power connected with the suppression of a Prague demonstration on Oct. 28 , 1988 ; a second charge relating to a January 1989 demonstration was referred back to the Prosecutor 's Office [ for his conviction and initial sentence of four years ' imprisonment see p. 37737 ] . |
| 11 | Called PRC 565 , it is a new generation product and the result of two years ' development involving American and British scientists . |
| 12 | In front of his own people ( he was born near Vicenza ) , he will wish to erase the unhappy memories of two years ' inactivity caused by serious knee injuries . |
| 13 | I 've seen one sergeant with fourteen years ' service chuck it and go to Australia , saying : ‘ I 've had enough of this bloody job . ’ |
| 14 | About 15 years ago , three months was considered to be sufficient time for a sales director with two years ' service to convince his company of his competence . |
| 15 | Standfirst : With 20 years ' experience covering major oil shows for The Scotsman , FRANK FRAZER reflects on highlights of last month 's Offshore Europe event in Aberdeen . |
| 16 | The revision phase of the operation differs from the initial phase in that it takes account of weaknesses ( and strengths ) inherent in the stock from previous years ' book buying , and also in that it provides indications of the need for weeding the stock of individual categories , in addition to purchasing . |
| 17 | What would happen , we asked , if new information in ten years ' time showed that the people working inside Hinkley C had been in even greater danger ? |
| 18 | But I did have to worry about whether we were going to have the cash flow in ten years ' time to make sure that the parts can be paid for so the chap on the shop floor can stick the thing together . |
| 19 | If you were to achieve your goal in five years ' time , what would you have to be doing in four years ' time to get there ? |
| 20 | To be meaningful the vision must be a detailed one , a vision of what will actually be happening in his area at 9.00 a.m. on Monday morning in two years ' time to achieve success . |
| 21 | The tax rebate relating to prior years ' tax paid was recognised in last year 's accounts as an extraordinary tax credit , but has been included in taxation on profit on ordinary activities in these accounts in accordance with FRS3 . |