Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [num] years [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the left , new and special projects programming executive Brian George receives his award for 25 years ' service from logistics director Mike Cozens . |
| 2 | I went to university for five years ' study . |
| 3 | Stephen Kunz , Technical Manager , receives his watch for 25 years ' service . |
| 4 | Duncan Dawson ( left ) is photographed with Engineering Manager , Ian Haveron , after being presented with his watch for 25 years ' service . |
| 5 | Taurus , a computer project that was to have delivered paperless share settlement , was scrapped in March after five years ' work and a £400m ( $150m ) outlay by the City . |
| 6 | Robert Johnson , Managing Director of Johnson Brothers , will retire from the Board after 34 years ' loyal and successful service with the Group . |
| 7 | At the other end of the world , Shackleton had reached South Georgia Island after two years ' isolation in Antarctica : |
| 8 | The 20% no-claims discount rises to 50% after five years ' no-claims . |
| 9 | She had returned to Somerville to complete her degree course after two years ' school teaching ( ‘ Taught all the sciences Botany , Zoo , Chemistry . |
| 10 | In the field of professional qualifications , a directive is now in force that obliges professional bodies to recognise diplomas awarded in other member states after three years ' training , when granting membership to a particular profession . |
| 11 | ‘ I first got interested in the issue of access for off-road cyclists after two years ' National Series racing . |
| 12 | Jed-Forest signed a £30,000 deal for three years ' backing from the TSB , Melrose will receive a minimum of £10,000 this season from Concept Group , sponsorship which , through bonuses , could rise to £15,000 if they win the national championship and the Border League , and Stewart 's Melville have a season 's £15,000 support from Dial Office Systems . |
| 13 | In the twentieth century er the president who did most to , to develop the office further was , was Franklin Roosevelt , Theodore 's cousin er and Franklin Roosevelt , who became president in , in the nineteen thirties and the time of the great depression , and remained president for , till nineteen forty five so He was president for thirteen years er and his political opponents were so upset by this that they actually amended the constitution afterwards to prevent any future president from serving more than two terms of as president , so eight years is the maximum that anyone can serve as president . |
| 14 | After initial support from the Department of Employment , Compact has raised funds for four years ' work from Merseyside Training and Enterprise Council , Liverpool City Council and the private sector . |
| 15 | R. Evershed " Reflections on the Fusion of Law and Equity after 75 Years ' 70 LQR ( 1954 ) 326 |
| 16 | Not all the Le Monde journalists support the change , which is the result of two years ' market research and several dummy editions . |
| 17 | The walk-in centre is the result of two years ' struggle by an international group of scientists to realise an ideal . |
| 18 | ‘ Fields of Vision — Dreams of View ’ — Dawson 's first exhibition dedicated to personal creative work and the result of two years ' work in collage — is showing at Smiths ' Gallery 3 in Covent Garden from 17–22 February . |
| 19 | Called PRC 565 , it is a new generation product and the result of two years ' development involving American and British scientists . |
| 20 | Then I went in to face an English Corporal of ten years ' service , who had a bad reputation . |
| 21 | With the outbreak of twenty years ' war in 1793 , the price of materials and wages in the building trades both began to rise steadily . |
| 22 | When this risk is compared to other cancer risks , it is found that the lifelong risk from passive smoking is more than 100 times higher than the estimated effect of 20 years ' exposure to chrysotile asbestos normally found in asbestos-containing buildings [ 5 ] . |
| 23 | The importance which the legislature attached to the observance of the regulatory system is demonstrated by section 4 , which makes a contravention of section 3 an offence , punishable on conviction on indictment by a term of two years ' imprisonment or a fine or both . |
| 24 | It followed that the Court of Appeal could not substitute a term of three years ' detention under Children and Young Persons Act 1933 , s.53(2) , despite the fact that that sentence would have been available to the sentencer in the Crown Court , as there was an effective sentence in place . |
| 25 | A local general practitioner of twelve years ' standing , concerned about the increased incidence of myelomas ( a type of bone marrow cancer ) in his area , told me that nobody in their right senses would eat cockles and mussels from Morecambe Bay . |
| 26 | The medical superintendent of a hospital had to be a duly qualified medical practitioner of five years ' standing . |
| 27 | Meiriona Davies ( Mrs Bielawski , formerly Mrs Noon ) , is an experienced careers of ficer of twenty years ' standing : ‘ Still doing it , but government policy means we shall probably soon cease to exist as a public service , so I shall no doubt be looking for something else unless by great good fortune the Tories lose power ! ’ |
| 28 | FOOTBALL : Middlesbrough midfielder Gary Hamilton is to have a testimonial match in recognition of ten years ' service . |
| 29 | Paul Traynor is a freelance journalist with 25 years ' experience of walking , camping and backpacking at home and abroad |
| 30 | Paul Traynor is a freelance journalist with 25 years ' experience of walking and backpacking at home and abroad . |