Example sentences of "[adj] year of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The source studies in the table featured different years of origin , discount rates , health state valuations , settings , and types of comparison programmes ; all of these differences may raise problems for meaningful comparison . |
| 2 | The limited number of urns per fabric may reflect , Russell suggest , a number of pottery-making occasions or different potters , perhaps even the maintenance of a clay-pit or different years of pottery-making . |
| 3 | With THE PRINCE OF TIDES ( 15 Odeon Leicester Square ) Barbara Streisand crowns 30 years of success as actress and singer , and for the second time moves into another creative area — as director and producer . |
| 4 | The talks failed to produce an agreement to end almost 30 years of guerrilla war ; both sides remained divided on the scope and location of the areas to which the guerrillas would be restricted prior to a ceasefire coming into operation . |
| 5 | ‘ It comes down to applying a judgement based on the background knowledge we 've acquired from 30 years of monitoring and reporting human rights ’ . |
| 6 | Would another referral to the Restrictive Practices Court now be possible , on the basis of the changes produced by a further 30 years of publishing , UK entry into the European Community , and this recent decision of the European Court of Justice ? |
| 7 | I brought with me to New Zealand many paintings of my native Suffolk , much of the equipment used in over 30 years of painting in England , and all the learning achieved in the Suffolk fields . |
| 8 | Being such an advocate of the family , it strikes a sad note , in his biography , that Lord Joseph 's own four children are unmentioned , or that , after 30 years of marriage , he separated from his wife to become , in effect , a single parent himself . |
| 9 | Even after 30 years of marriage to Francine , Sacha says he still finds the heart-throb label difficult to live with . |
| 10 | Over 300,000 blue whales were killed in the first half of the century and despite 30 years of protection have not yet recovered . |
| 11 | Conducting a census of plant and animal species in tropical regions alone , according to biologist Daniel Janzen of the University of Pennsylvania , would require 30 years of work , at a cost of US$60 million a year . |
| 12 | It will be remembered that during the last 30 years of life the King had suffered from a distressing illness that resulted in his being kept under guard and even put into a straight-jacket : if he had said anything about the origin of the instrument it is unlikely that much weight would be given to his words . |
| 13 | 30 years of bracken-battling brings national recognition A THIRTY-year labour of love combined with new grouse moor management techniques have earned commendation for a Darlington country sports enthusiast in a national competition . |
| 14 | ON THE LINE Verity Lambert has learnt a lot in 30 years of TV — and she 's going to need it Picture : HARRY PAGE |
| 15 | AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL 30 YEARS OF STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 16 | Gorbachev 's visit to China in May 1989 , although overshadowed by massive pro-democracy demonstration in Beijing , had marked the formal normalization of state and party relations between the two countries after almost 30 years of enmity [ see pp. 36640-42 ] . |
| 17 | With this in mind , we have drawn from our 30 years of experience as one of the most successful tour operators in the UK , to produce the COSMOS ‘ all inclusive — all on board ’ programme of exciting FUNBREAK holidays to the spectacular EURO DISNEYLAND Theme Park , so you and your family or friends can sit back and look forward to a truly memorable time in this spectacular wonderland of fantasy and make believe , whilst making sure you do n't pay more than you need to . |
| 18 | IBM Corp vice-president , science and technology John Armstrong will retire from IBM on March 31 , after 30 years of service , the firm said . |
| 19 | MORE than 30 years of service to the Order of St John medical service will be rewarded for one of the Order 's most senior doctors in County Durham . |
| 20 | " Liberal " in the broad sense , including most of the scientists , thinkers and poets of the day , tended to be linked in people 's minds with the excesses of the French Revolution and the nearly 30 years of war that followed it . |
| 21 | The machines are the product of 30 years of research into computer chess . |
| 22 | After 30 years of research , Clarins is still fascinated by the beauty secrets of plants . |
| 23 | Mrs. S. is 30 years of age . |
| 24 | Coenred , son of Wulfhere , was a man of at least 30 years of age , possibly older , who abdicated five years later in 709 to live as a monk at Rome ( HE V , 19 , 24 ) and who was succeeded by Aethelred 's son , Ceolred . |
| 25 | In parallel , and in the shorter-term , acceptance will still be possible for those over 30 years of age with appropriate and verified management experience over a period of at least five years . |
| 26 | 30 years of age or over £100 |
| 27 | Young adulthood was defined as between 18 and 30 years of age . |
| 28 | In the absence of a specific DNA predictive test , bowel screening should continue well beyond 30 years of age . |
| 29 | Seven known affected cases have had a sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy showing no polyps after 30 years of age ( 32 , 32 , 34 , 35 , 39 , 40 , and 58 years ) . |
| 30 | From our study we have been able to show that at least 5% ( 6/122 ) of patients will not have polyps at 30 years of age on sigmoidoscopy and , as only 36/ 123 in our series were shown to definitely have polyps under 30 years , the real figure may be somewhat higher . |