Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even after a thousand years or more , evidence of pagan beliefs is still widespread in churches . |
| 2 | Whilst missioner in Cambridgeshire — after a five years ' spell in Oxford he began to — read seriously and painstakingly — and , though untutored and without the benefit of lectures , he gained a degree in Classics at Cambridge University . |
| 3 | After a hundred years of true blue Conservative control , the electors decided they wanted a change . |
| 4 | Then he said I should see whether that was so after a hundred years in a glass coffin . |
| 5 | Wales ’ oldest and deepest mine is at Blaenavon , known as Big Pit , closed as a colliery in 1980 after a hundred years of production . |
| 6 | I 'm hearing things now that I have not heard in fifteen years that I 've been on this County Council and I would suggest erm to Mr that when he 's talking about things that this County Council ought to print , and I think the one suggestion he came up with is very sensible , he could perhaps follow up with a catalogue of those things which he considers need doing that after a hundred years have not been done . |
| 7 | But I think I 'd actually like to support that idea , I think we ought to er er write back to them and say it 's a splendid idea , erm let's have more of it and and thank you to the local government commission for s er seeing to this after a hundred years . |
| 8 | After a hundred years of ambling forward in happy confusion , the time has surely come for a new broom or brooms to sweep clean . |
| 9 | After a ten years I 've in consequence of the ill state of my nephew . |
| 10 | Lazarus 's business ambitions soon elevated him from storeman to lumber merchant , thence to a partnership in the coal industry which became his sole business — L. Cohen and Son — after a few years , and hence to a high-profile dredging company which could boast that it had kept every one of the lifelines of the young nation — the St. Lawrence tributaries between Lake Ontario and Quebec — open . |
| 11 | Age Concern expressed reservations in its response to the Griffiths Review of Community Care that contracts for certain services might prove unprofitable to private sector providers after a few years , by which time District Health Authorities would have divested themselves of the resources to provide similar services . |
| 12 | After a few years in atomic energy research he then discovered his vocation as teacher and enthusiast as a lecturer in chemistry at Birkenhead Technical College , where he also voluntarily taught about theatre , literature and music in a humanities section . |
| 13 | After a few years the axiom had taken upon itself the shape of practical reality . |
| 14 | Carl moved into agency at NEMS in the late 1970s and after a few years was instrumental in the formation of the PAN agency . |
| 15 | After a few years of gutting chickens for 14 hours a day , they are often thrown out of work by younger and cheaper competitors . |
| 16 | New York became conditioned to skyscrapers which were torn down after a few years ' life to be replaced by newer skyscrapers . |
| 17 | After a few years ' disgrace they were back living quietly but comfortably in Moscow . |
| 18 | These lovely plants may take time to form large flowering clumps but after a few years are a sight to behold and are worth every bit of effort you expend . |
| 19 | After a few years in management , you know who they are , and it will be put right . ’ |
| 20 | If such soil as this is covered in grass , after a few years of grazing it degrades into desert . |
| 21 | They can leak when new , they can leak after a few years , and they have a guaranteed life of only 15 years . |
| 22 | After a few years caddying on and off for de Vicenzo , Dave went into full-time caddying in the mid-1970s , although he was still doing work other than caddying when he took the bag of Vicente Fernandez . |
| 23 | A small drapers , ‘ Palmers ’ , was next door but after a few years this became a Baby Wear shop . |
| 24 | Similar criteria have often applied to the education officer who , after a few years in the classroom . |
| 25 | Although most children remain well as long as they stick to their diet , a few seem to relapse after a few years for no apparent reason . |
| 26 | Her father encouraged her desire to learn navigation and other aspects of seamanship , and after a few years her proficiency was obvious to everyone who sailed with her . |
| 27 | After a few years , the Earl settled down to a more responsible way of life as a serious politician , Rector of Glasgow University , Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire and Viceroy of Ireland . |
| 28 | Eventually James Wyllie married Mrs. Kay 's sister and after a few years the Wyllie family took over the firm , retaining the name , Andrew Kay & Company . |
| 29 | He gave up farming and opened a restaurant in Glasgow but his new businesses failed after a few years and he left Scotland to live in Rugby until his death in 1937 . |
| 30 | It is clear that the bunched replacement of fixed capital requires a considerable growth in the rate of the production of fixed assets , but after a few years the need for such replacement will decline rapidly . |