Example sentences of "[conj] after [adj] years " in BNC.
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1 | When the main waterproofing coating starts to wear away — very quickly or after many years depending on use and care , you can try to reproof it . |
2 | But DOUBLE PAYMENT , specially developed for Reader 's Digest by Guardian Royal Exchange , promises you full-cover life insurance and a generous cash sum — either on your 65th birthday or after ten years , whichever is later . |
3 | It guarantees YOU a lump sum — either on your 65th birthday or after ten years , whichever is later . |
4 | From just 25p a day , you can help protect your dependents against the crippling financial penalty of losing a parent or partner — and secure yourself a cash payout … at the age of 65 if you 're aged between 18 and 54 when cover commences , or after ten years if you 're aged between 55 and 69 . |
5 | While one of the outstanding attractions of the policy is that you receive a cash payment on your 65th birthday ( or after ten years , whichever is later ) , the benefits certainly do n't end there . |
6 | Instead of going into private practice , or after some years of practice , the solicitor may seek an appointment . |
7 | I was lucky to move on from Manchester City Art Galleries where after seventeen years I ended up as Senior Keeper of Fine Art . |
8 | Mr Major therefore made a stab at the second — though it might seem that after 11 years in office , Mrs Thatcher 's radical government should have had all the time it needed for tax reform . |
9 | The result was that after two years out of racing , Niki asked Ron Dennis to give him a private test — mainly to assure himself that he had not lost his skill and that he could face the new world of FI wing cars , quicker and much more road-adhering than the old generation . |
10 | What is interesting about Isabelle 's case , though , is that after two years of rehabilitation and skilled training she covered the stages of learning that would normally require six years . |
11 | I am glad that after two years inspectors were appointed , and that they have expended 18 months upon investigating the take-over of House of Fraser . |
12 | The latest CBI/NatWest Innovation Trends Survey shows that after two years of decline , expenditure in support of innovation has increased in the last two years . |
13 | Is the Minister aware that after two years of deep recession , 200,000 companies have gone under ? |
14 | They therefore tend to assume that after two years the firm ( if it is not a supernormal growth firm ) simply grows in line with GDP , on the grounds that , in the long run , the share of dividends or earnings in GDP does not trend in any significant way . |
15 | Nissan says that after two years car production in Japan will be concentrated in a new factory in Fukuoka , southern Kyushu , where the Zama workforce is to be relocated . |
16 | But it remained true , as a very experienced commentator pointed out , that " any man filled with an excessive desire of fortune or riches should abandon the calling of negotiator " , while the most successful English diplomat of the eighteenth century claimed that after fourteen years in several highly important posts he found himself £20,000 worse off . |
17 | Will the Secretary of State make clear to the summit that after fourteen years of this government we have seen unemployment treble to three million unemployed . |
18 | It is this straight talking and her lived-in looks that after 10 years hard slog have finally made her hot film property . |
19 | The corks were tight enough to keep the wine in good condition for perhaps forty to fifty years , but it is understandable that after sixty years some evaporation should have taken place . |
20 | Labour 's simple , single theme is that after 13 years it is time for a change . |
21 | Mr Smith added : ‘ There was no enthusiasm for this Government , no admiration for their performance , no sense that after 13 years they had delivered the goods , fulfilled promises or proved themselves worthy of the trust of the nation . ’ |
22 | General Robert Schweitzer , who told this story to the congressional lawyers , was a trifle envious that after 58 years of daily Mass and ‘ desperate messages to the Almighty ’ he himself had never been woken up at night ‘ with lights on the wall ’ and a vision of saving Nicaragua ; he was not sure Ms Studeley had either , but he gave her the benefit of the doubt . |
23 | Dr Roger Harrison , director of product development for Eli Lilly 's subsidiary Dista Ltd in the UK , told New Scientist that after five years of experience scaling up Lilly 's genetically engineered insulin ‘ we have not perceived any allergic reaction in the chemical processing or packaging units . ’ |
24 | It also led to some staff cuts and by the spring of 1989 the leaders of the fusion programmes were anticipating that after five years of no increases to match inflation , Congress would make a twenty million dollar cut in the fusion budget . |
25 | He raged : ‘ I 'm hurt and angry that after five years here I heard I was sacked on my car radio . ’ |
26 | There have been some very diverse schemes , including a wine company that after five years would offer investors a taste of the booty . |
27 | ‘ Did n't you realise that after five years it is n't possible to claim on someone 's estate ? ’ |
28 | Mr Irons said that after 18 years of work , the centre had a demonstrated track record in community care . |
29 | This meant that after thirty years had elapsed the original owner could no longer claim back the property , while the factual possessor could not be designated the proper owner . |
30 | I have to admit that after three years of using Q&A I have n't memorized all of the mainly function key-driven keyboard shortcuts , but those that I ca n't remember are easily brought back to mind with a tap of the F1 key which lists them . |