Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [adj] years [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of going into private practice , or after some years of practice , the solicitor may seek an appointment . |
| 2 | The structure of the degree in the Faculties last mentioned normally comprises two years of foundation courses followed either by finishing courses in the third year , for a general degree , or by two years of honours courses for an honours degree . |
| 3 | He taught for a year in Scarborough and for two years at Beaumaris Grammar School before being appointed in 1906 to an assistant lectureship in the department of Celtic at what became University College , Cardiff . |
| 4 | Previously , he worked as a manager with Goodman Carpets of Kettering and for five years with C. F. Harrison in Northampton . |
| 5 | Ms Macdougall , who has been with Hodder for three and a half years , was previously with Barrie & Jenkins and for 17 years at Secker , and has also run her own business . |
| 6 | They were joined by Southey , and for some years by Samuel Taylor Coleridge , and these ‘ Lake Poets ’ , as they became known after 1817 , make the Lakes a totally acceptable place . |
| 7 | Venables , 50 , is the only player to have represented England at every level from schoolboy to full international , and during 15 years in management he has won two major trophies the Spanish championship with Barcelona and the FA Cup with Tottenham . |
| 8 | At the EC level , and after 13 years in power , the Government can not escape responsibility for the operation of the CAP . |
| 9 | And after five years of marriage , he wants you to know how much he still loves you . ’ |
| 10 | you think god , you know , and after five years of marriage you think well have we tried everything , yeah |
| 11 | At an extraordinary conference held at the end of March , and after 1/2 years of divisions , the pro-government San-Martín wing of the Peronist General Confederation of Labour ( CGT ) reunited with the radical Azopardo wing . |
| 12 | Implementation of that policy , in Indo-China however , would depend upon France ; and after two years of war and in spite of some growing and ineffable optimism , the French were still looking for a purposeful Vietnam policy and had revealed not so much procrastination and missed opportunities as a sort of political paralysis . |
| 13 | ‘ And after 10 years of research , they had found that women with this problem could be given donor white blood cells , which would lower their immunity and allow their bodies to accept the baby . ’ |
| 14 | During 1991 and after 10 years of negotiations , the START treaty was signed , and in itself it is indeed only a start as it still leaves enormous stockpiles of delivery systems and nuclear warheads , enough to reduce most of our planet to a radioactive cinder heap . |
| 15 | The old pre-war autobahn to Stuttgart only had a double carriageway and after fifty years of use was often under repair . |
| 16 | The president of B'nai B'rith International , Mr Seymour Reich , said the organisation made the expulsion threat reluctantly and after several years of negotiation . |
| 17 | The president of B'nai B'rith International , Mr Seymour Reich , said the organisation made the expulsion threat reluctantly and after several years of negotiation . |
| 18 | In 1762 , Josiah Wedgwood met Thomas Bentley , a Liverpool merchant , with whom he formed an intimate and lasting friendship ; and after several years of negotiation they signed , in 1769 , a partnership which ended only on Bentley 's death in 1780 . |
| 19 | As a teenager she toured America playing Topsy in a Yiddish version of Uncle Tom 's Cabin ; and after several years in rep at Philadelphia , in such plays as The Silver King , Medea and The Kreutzer Sonata , she spent three years in cabaret and variety . |
| 20 | Henrietta 's frail constitution could not withstand the rigours of childbirth , however , and after seven years of marriage she died soon after giving birth to their son , John . |
| 21 | Over 300,000 blue whales were killed in the first half of the century and despite 30 years of protection have not yet recovered . |
| 22 | Hyundai , founded 23 years ago and with eight years in Britain , offers five models , 23 variations in all , ranging from the £5822 X2 hatchback to the £15,274 Sonata saloon . |
| 23 | As seen from table VI , the recall rates at five years were between 74% and 84% , at seven years between 51% and 64% , and at 10 years between 29% and 35% . |
| 24 | Isa Blagden found her weeping over this one afternoon and took the time to console her , pointing out that soon , in her new position , Oreste would join her and at two years of age would quickly become hers again . |
| 25 | Pilade was the only one to whom she showed her true self and at three years of age this was no burden to him . |
| 26 | She is certainly the greatest serve/volley player ever , and at 35 years of age , the greatest player of this age of teenage baseline clones . |
| 27 | My father died when I was quite young and at ten years of age I went into a poor old orphanage where I stayed four years . |
| 28 | But after 40 years of over-ideologisation , our first task is to build proper political structures and democratic institutions . |
| 29 | But after 23 years of inspiration and support , what has the Campaign really achieved ? |
| 30 | Anne remembers sleeping seven to a bed but at ninety-six years of age was still puzzling out where the eighth member of the troupe ended up . |