Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [det] years ['s] " in BNC.
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1 | My name is Mr , I am an ordinary shareholder of some years ' standing . |
2 | A journalist of many years ' experience , his ability and professionalism are well displayed in this excellent book . |
3 | His award came as recognition of many years ' outstanding voluntary service , especially through his contribution to Anglo-American relations . |
4 | We employ friendly , professional staff who can offer the benefit of many years ' experience in the housing market . |
5 | With the wisdom of hindsight and the benefit of several years ' experience , I now see that analysis , particularly involving econometric models , shows that it brings a reduction in employment . |
6 | Suggested entrance requirements are a degree or equivalent in an appropriate discipline or HNC/HND with several years ' laboratory experience . |
7 | On the basis of many years ' detailed observation of infants , they argue for the existence of what they call ‘ innate intersubjectivity ’ as a universal motivation , present in the newborn and peculiar to our species , that leads the child to acquire symbolic understanding . |
8 | And the reward for dismissal is a golden handshake of several years ' pay . |
9 | Further indications of the sudden demise of the ‘ design ’ era — in the wake of redundancies and bankruptcies — are the cancellation of this years ' London 's Designers ' Saturday and the decision to move the Salone del Mobile in Milan to April next year . |
10 | However , and no doubt as a consequence of several years ' experience of the fruits of Truth in Lending Law , this proportion is still very much higher than the 5 per cent in this country who count APR as most important . |
11 | A friend of many years ' standing has said that , ‘ Ifor would have loved to have stayed on at school . |
12 | ‘ Loretta ! ’ he exclaimed , greeting her as if she were a friend of many years ' standing . |
13 | So , probably , does the fact that his concubine of several years ' standing , whom he subsequently married , was the illegitimate daughter of archbishop George Neville . |
14 | So , probably , does the fact that his concubine of several years ' standing , whom he subsequently married , was the illegitimate daughter of archbishop George Neville . |
15 | My right hon. Friend is right and speaks with the authority of many years ' membership of the House . |
16 | By December 1761 the observations and modifications of several years ' practical experience led Sutton to believe he had perfected his method . |
17 | Only the top surface of the upper chord of the rear stabiliser spar is readily visible and the crack when it was shown to me looked no bigger than a human hair lying across its width , partially hidden by paint and the dirt of many years ' service . |
18 | Student Kevin Bayliss said raising the money was ‘ extremely difficult ’ and expressed concern for this years ' first and second year . |
19 | Proponents ( and opponents ) argue fiercely that it will ( or will not ) , but we shall not know until the system is in operation in several years ' time . |
20 | In a related field , the profession 's Continuous Mortality Investigation Bureau recently published the results of several years ' work on a study of claim rates under permanent health insurance contracts . |
21 | I WAS impressed by Billy McKenna 's powerful article , ‘ Pushing up the daffodils in Brazil ’ and horrified — even as an Amnesty International member of some years ' standing — to read of the brutality meted out to Antonio Gilvan da Cruz and others . |
22 | Nevertheless , weak candidates still get failed , which is always a bitter and embarrassing business , negating the value of several years ' work , often leading to anger within a department , internal enquiries about the quality of supervision , and even threats of legal action from the disappointed candidate . |