Example sentences of "[adj] year [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the next 30 years considerable progress was made in purifying and crystallizing proteins . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , over the past 30 years statutory regulation has diminished somewhat in importance in France and collective bargaining has developed considerably , doing much more than filling the gaps left by legislation . |
| 3 | The initial impetus came from the Managing Director of one of the largest of the Harris Tweed manufacturers — the son of a crofter and himself a fisherman in his early days The Association was , however , given its distinctive shape and its constitution by the first chairman , Rev. Ian Carmichael , a Gaelic-speaker from Lismore who was a minister in Stornoway at the time , and who had had considerable experience of welfare work in industry , and had been for some years vice convener of one of the largest local authorities in Scotland . |
| 4 | For some years direct taxation ceased to be contentious , and much the bitterest arguments in the 1340s arose over the taxation of wool and the king 's manipulation of the wool trade to raise money for the war . |
| 5 | Most big stars , as well as being global philanthropists supporting this years fashionable cause , also have their own particular interests Sting went to the South American jungle to publicise the plight of the Amazonian Indians ; Meryl Streep is obsessed by the over-use of pesticides . |
| 6 | Details have been announced for Sky Pageant 90 , this years open day at R A F Upper Heyford . |
| 7 | Candidates should be qualified to degree level or equivalent or to A-level with at least 2 years relevant experience . |
| 8 | A pension at the rate of the officer 's pensionable pay is payable for note less than 91 days to the spouse of an officer who dies in service with less than 2 years qualifying service , his widow will receive an annual pension of up to one-half of what his/her pension would have been if he/she had been retired on ill health grounds on the date of his/her death . |
| 9 | A special presentation was also made to Rex Wolfe , Northern Regional Sales Manager , for a remarkable forty years continuous service . |
| 10 | For more than forty years American football has been symbol of patriotism at the Upper Heyford airbase . |
| 11 | Yet in the past few years long term nursing care beds in the NHS have been progressively reduced and district health authorities have made little effort to improve their remaining accommodation . |
| 12 | Many codecs already developed are designed to be upgradeable when such standards become widely accepted and it is therefore likely that within a few years dial-up videoconferencing will be possible between a wide range of different proprietary systems . |
| 13 | Over the past few years foreign telephone companies , and the Baby Bells , have been snapping up stakes in newly privatised telephone companies in New Zealand , Mexico and Argentina , and mobile-telephone franchises even in rich countries such as Britain and Germany . |
| 14 | It is therefore no surprise that local opposition to the LDDC has continued for over eight years now , even though the first chairman of the LDDC , Nigel Broackes of Trafalgar House , predicted that within a few years local opposition ‘ will not exist ’ . |
| 15 | His first wife christened Emily , affectionately and universally known as Pem died on Christmas Day 1988 after 53 years happy marriage . |
| 16 | On the 13th June , Riba Hair retired after 22 years continuous service with the company . |
| 17 | He was on the Sûreté list and was arrested in November 1930 and sentenced to 12 years penal servitude in September 1931 . |
| 18 | Congratulations also to Irene Ellis , Catering Manager at Wiggins Teape , who recently received recognition of 12 years long service with CCG . |
| 19 | Generally the pattern found for overall progress was repeated with a peak in performance among the 18/19 year old group and a decline with increasing age . |
| 20 | He also said that in the current , 1992 , fiscal year new lending would rise to $23,000-25,000 million , and that there was scope for considerable loans to the Soviet Union . |
| 21 | Thirty-six year old labourer , Edward Browning , is on remand at Winsone Green Prison in Birmingham awaiting trial . |
| 22 | The forty-five year old mystery disappearance of American band leader , Glen Miller , has taken a new twist . |
| 23 | The purposes of this 2 year prospective study were : ( 1 ) to determine whether rectal epithelial cell proliferation evaluated at index polypectomy can be used to predict the risk for adenoma recurrence and ( 2 ) to assess the stability of this marker over time . |
| 24 | In the event she left court with a 2 year suspended sentence . |
| 25 | Jonathan Thomas was 21 when he died from heroin poisoning , devastating his family and leaving behind a 2 year old son . |
| 26 | Martini the 2 year old pony is recovering after emergency surgery to his front leg . |
| 27 | Visit old Amsterdam and learn about the 700 year old history of this Medieval city . |
| 28 | New escape : A 22 year old prisoner was on the run today after escaping from Group 4 guards in Derby while being taken from court to jail . |
| 29 | A 22 year old prisoner is critically ill in hospital tonight after apparently setting himself on fire in his cell . |
| 30 | He woke in the early hours of this morning to find the 22 year old man engulfed in flames . |