Example sentences of "[adj] years [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll miss football and the day-to-day involvement after over 30 years boy and man . |
| 2 | — Special presentation parties were held for George Flowers , treasurer of Framwellgate Moor Workmen 's Club , who has retired after 30 years service and for Consett Station Social Club steward Freddie Emmerson on his retirement . |
| 3 | In 1929 , after some years farming and big-game hunting , Annesley returned to Ireland to manage the family property . |
| 4 | It 's been re-opened today after 2 years renovation and the new tenants will be paying £15,000 this year alone . |
| 5 | I 'd just like to ask er if it 's not to start on the er phase three before the spring of ninety five , it seems a long time two and half years time before they a , they make a start ! |
| 6 | It was nothing like the transformation she would undergo in a few years time but it signalled the slow resurrection of her inner spirit . |
| 7 | That contrasts with what some policies will lead to in a few years time if we are going to have complete closure of some long stay hospitalS . |
| 8 | , SE region poultry adviser who has retired after 22 years service and more than 750,000 miles ! |
| 9 | In 1914 the Manor was purchased by a body of British subscribers and presented to the peoples of Britain and the United States of America in celebration of 100 years peace and friendship between the two nations . |
| 10 | The improvement occurred even in women more than 10 years postmenopausal and in both ulcerative colitis and Crohn 's disease . |
| 11 | A source close to Saatchi insists that there is ‘ absolutely no intention of dispersing the collection ’ and is equally adamant that ‘ the collection will be greater in five or 10 years time than it is now . ’ |
| 12 | We talk to him in his language and we have tried to lift as much of the experience from his mind as we can so that it does n't fester , get covered over , then burst out in 10 years time and turn him into a disturbed child . |
| 13 | Anchorlite Slate is the result of 10 years research and development to produce a replacement for natural slate that is virtually indistinguishable both in weight and visual appeal . |
| 14 | Pipe Major John K McAllister is stepping down after 45 years service and Pipe Major George McFetridge after 35 years . |
| 15 | Because we must remember that Iraq has already had an eight years war and they 're used to a war , they used to withstanding a war and it was the only reason that Britain survived in the last world war because it could withstand attack , and wait and wait until they were ready to counter attack . |
| 16 | Jimmy Carter 's presidency , like that of Gerald Ford , began on an optimistic note with commentators deriving satisfaction from the fact that for the first time for eight years president and Congress would be in the hands of the same party . |
| 17 | Fifty years drumming and still going strong is legendary figure John Rea from Saintfield Pipe Band , who is still much in demand as a leading Irish and Scottish adjudicator . |
| 18 | if you wanted it more for , as a gift in ten , eleven years time as you 've said |
| 19 | Over the next three years Dun & Bradstreet says its business will evolve into three different areas . |
| 20 | If you said well you ca n't apply this time , you may be able to in three years time but pragmatists they like something that they can take away and then put into practice straight away and they can try out . |
| 21 | As well as being one of the founders of the Automobile Club de France and the Aero Club de France , Salomons was the first director of the City of London Electric Lighting Company and for many years treasurer and vice-president of the Institution of Electrical Engineers . |
| 22 | Property agreements sometimes state that the terms of conveyances or leases are to be agreed by the parties , or , if they fail to agree , will be settled by a solicitor specialising in real property of so many years qualification and practising in a particular locality , such as the City of London . |
| 23 | It is in the heart of Manchester , but for many years industry and commerce have been moving away from the city centre , increasing the risk that only a lifeless core will be left . |
| 24 | It was not a glib doctrinal position simple culled from the inherited opinions of her own Christian forbears , but the result of many years study and patient listening to all that the African students and officers could teach . |
| 25 | To allow for this inflation all you have to do is calculate the value of £1 now in so many years time and use this as a correction factor . |
| 26 | Detention in young offender institution — offender aged sixteen pleading guilty to offence punishable with fourteen years imprisonment or more — whether wrong in principle to impose sentence of twelve months ' detention in a young offender institution |
| 27 | Mr Mann is a dedicated professional , a teacher with 17 years experience and currently headmaster of the 260-pupil Belvoir Park Primary School in Belfast . |
| 28 | Similarly , if a cancer is found at a screening colonoscopy in a patient presenting to a unit years after the programme entry date for example , colitis of 17 years duration or when referred from another centre it can not be counted a success becaue these cancers represent a selected group detected outside the regular surveillance protocol . |
| 29 | 12 days/2 weeks = 6 days , Average working week Caluclation A is for those employees who have less than 5 years service and are therefore on 20 days annual leave |
| 30 | limited ( third party ) ( 1991 ) policy did not provide indemnity of survey carried out by nominated person not holding professional qualifications or with 5 years experience and supervised by professionally qualified person . |