Example sentences of "[num] after [adj] [noun] ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 2 After 2 days ' absence , supervisor should again try to make contact by telephoning or going to the person 's house . |
| 2 | Guinness brands were also reintroduced into Argentina during 1992 after ten years ' absence . |
| 3 | The only group of workers to achieve shorter hours by legislation were the miners , who were granted an eight-hour day in 1908 after forty years ' campaigning . |
| 4 | Following the establishment of a committee to review the Constitution and to prepare for the introduction of a multiparty system [ see p. 36842 ] , the President 's office announced on Nov. 6 that a six-member committee had been set up ; the committee 's members included a leading human rights lawyer , Ismail Ali Jumaale , released from prison on Oct. 25 after four months ' detention . |
| 5 | He attended Coleman 's lectures , and obtained his diploma on 21 January 1818 after three months ' study . |
| 6 | Pathe , epitomised by its crowing cockerel and mildly patronising commentaries , stopped producing newsreels in 1970 after 75 years ' coverage of world events because of the decline of the film industry and a change in cinema audience tastes . |
| 7 | A former chairman and managing director of Mackinnon Mackenzie , Sandy Oag retired in 1973 after 27 years ' service . |
| 8 | Jessop died at Butterley Hall , Derbyshire , 18 November 1814 after several years ' illness . |
| 9 | The dam , completed in 1890 after nine years ' work , is 390yds long and 127′ thick at the base . |
| 10 | But the family sizes of women married in 1945 and in 1954 after 10 years ' marriage were 1.79 and 1.96 children respectively — a difference of only 10 per cent . |
| 11 | Mrs. Nellie Hawksworth retired in December 1974 after 24 years ' service , first with her husband as joint resident caretaker and after his death as the catering manageress . |
| 12 | He worked for Coast Lines and retired as a collector in 1967 after 47 years ' service . |
| 13 | Amongst the guests this year were two nonagenarians , Arthur Terry , a former superintending steward with Orient Line who retired in 1967 after 48 years ' service , and Captain William Solly who served with British India for 33 years and retired as a commander in 1960 . |
| 14 | He retired in 1968 after 50 years ' service . |
| 15 | I am greatly honoured to have been appointed by Her Majesty the Queen as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Library of Scotland in succession to Mr Michael Strachan , who retired in November 1990 after 16 years ' service . |
| 16 | Following a speech by Lord Sterling , the reply on behalf of the guests was made by Alan Langley , who retired as Managing Director of P&O Cruises in 1990 after 42 years ' service with P&O , BI and Mackinnon Mackenzie . |