Example sentences of "[verb] many year [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the two I 've just mentioned you will find a character who lives many years without the benefit of some vital knowledge , something they really needed to know . |
| 2 | A nurse who trains at the age of forty still has many years of valuable service ahead and many years of past experience to draw upon . |
| 3 | Stewart has many years of experience in both graphic and carpet design , gained as the Senior Designer in the London offices of Stoddard Mercia , and previously as the London Contract Designer with B.M.K. |
| 4 | The new streamlined ‘ Action Team ’ at L.D.P. in Leamington Spa , headed by Tony Fallon , Sales Manager with ( from right ) , Anna Harris , Sales Office Supervisor who has many years of experience with L.D.P. ; Natalie Anstey with the all round versatility of youth ; Cynthia Clark and Jan McGrath having strong accountancy/customer liaison skills and Cora Lake with a sales/marketing background . |
| 5 | Sudan has suffered many years of intermittent internal strife between governments dominated by northerners and separatist movements in the south . |
| 6 | Electricity , gas and water companies have sought many years for a way to read meters without visiting the customer 's premises . |
| 7 | Slow retrieval speed has led to a partial withdrawal of relational database systems in a few organisations as well as the late appearance of commercial relational DBMS which came many years after their research counterparts . |
| 8 | We can see this clearly in the story of the men at Ephesus ( Acts 19 ) who had not heard of the gift of Pentecost even though they were living many years after that event . |
| 9 | Family notes listing Charles Titford 's children from William Charles onwards ; the notes themselves were written many years after the events they outline — in 1860 or thereabouts . |
| 10 | As recurrence may appear many years after the operation , however , long — though not particularly frequent — follow up is required . |
| 11 | Manufacturing processes which employ the very latest technology ensure high quality products which will give many years of reliable service . |
| 12 | As a result , you will spend many years with your new carpet , and so it is worth taking a little while making the right choice of carpet . |
| 13 | Minor items may spend many years at the various stages before being settled . |
| 14 | The National Council for Civil Liberties ( Liberty ) believes that it is unacceptable that we have no legal right to privacy in this country and that individuals have to look to Europe — waiting many years for a result — for protection against arbitrary interference with this right . |
| 15 | Both have got many years of winning left , but you can bet it wo n't take it out of Sandy the way it does out of Seve . |
| 16 | There is a professionally qualified Staff of three in the Learning Support Department , , who has had many years of experience here at Heriot 's , both in the Junior School and in Learning Support ; ; who has more recently joined us after several years experience in Learning Support in other schools ; and who , as Head of Department and an experienced educational psychologist , is responsible for the assessment of our pupils and for the planning of their programmes within the Department . |
| 17 | I am not like the odious Du Camp , who would proudly claim many years of friendship with Gustave , but would always deny him genius . |
| 18 | For the first time she gave vent to loud screams , which became her usual method of attracting attention from that time : ‘ this manner of crying endured many years after this time , for aught any man might do , and therefore , suffered she much despite and much reproof ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ If the savings by the closing are in the order that the authorities are suggesting , then the small payment being suggested would appear to make a lot of financial sense , while at the same time recognising the very valuable contribution of men who have given many years of service . ’ |
| 20 | Nearly two hundred years ago , Hahnemann considered that the treatment of chronic illness was the greatest challenge to medicine and he spent many years of his life working on this problem . |
| 21 | Ingrid spent many years at art schools in Glasgow and London during the mid-1980s before establishing Tait & Style in Stromness . |
| 22 | Also at Duxford is the Old Flying Machine Company 's Hunter F. Mk. 6A G-BUEZ , which spent many years at the Empire Test Pilots School at Farnborough and Boscombe Down as XF375 before being retired as an instructional airframe at Cranwell in 1982 . |
| 23 | The aircraft spent many years at Kaman helicopters as a wind making machine until it was recovered by the Marine Corps Museum in 1971 . |
| 24 | He then spent many years at night in the New York public library searching for an alternative method , and eventually discovered one in reading about the well-known principle of the photoconductor — a substance that will hold a charge of electricity in the dark , but not in the light . |
| 25 | The John Motum Plate was named in recognition of the current assistant treasurer of the RFU who spent many years as general secretary of Colchester . |
| 26 | Coming as it does from a historian who spent many years as a professional diplomatic officer , this judgment must command respect . |
| 27 | His father having died in 1216 , Peter spent many years as William 's ward , and became a lifelong friend of his son , Walter de Cantilupe [ q.v. ] , bishop of Worcester from 1238 to 1265 . |
| 28 | I understand that my hon. Friend the Member for Midlothian ( Mr. Eadie ) , who spent many years on both sides of the Dispatch Box defending the interests of the nation and the British mining industry , pointed that out in his speech . |
| 29 | After the disaster , Pitsligo spent many years in hiding , close to his old Buchan home . |
| 30 | Achieving a personal style became his ultimate photographic ambition , and under the influence of Josef Herman , a Polish photographer who spent many years in Wales documenting the lives of the coal miners , he paid his first visit to The National Gallery , where he gazed at the Old Masters and eventually formed what he called ‘ a concept of total image ’ . |