Example sentences of "[adj] after [num] years [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Guinness brands were also reintroduced into Argentina during 1992 after ten years ' absence . |
| 2 | The only group of workers to achieve shorter hours by legislation were the miners , who were granted an eight-hour day in 1908 after forty years ' campaigning . |
| 3 | Pathe , epitomised by its crowing cockerel and mildly patronising commentaries , stopped producing newsreels in 1970 after 75 years ' coverage of world events because of the decline of the film industry and a change in cinema audience tastes . |
| 4 | In 1912 the Guild annual congress passed a resolution that divorce should be available after two years ' separation . |
| 5 | INCOGNITO : ‘ Jazz Funk ’ reissued debut album from the British jazz groovers available after ten years ' deletion — out now |
| 6 | A former chairman and managing director of Mackinnon Mackenzie , Sandy Oag retired in 1973 after 27 years ' service . |
| 7 | The dam , completed in 1890 after nine years ' work , is 390yds long and 127′ thick at the base . |
| 8 | But the family sizes of women married in 1945 and in 1954 after 10 years ' marriage were 1.79 and 1.96 children respectively — a difference of only 10 per cent . |
| 9 | Mrs. Nellie Hawksworth retired in December 1974 after 24 years ' service , first with her husband as joint resident caretaker and after his death as the catering manageress . |
| 10 | He worked for Coast Lines and retired as a collector in 1967 after 47 years ' service . |
| 11 | Amongst the guests this year were two nonagenarians , Arthur Terry , a former superintending steward with Orient Line who retired in 1967 after 48 years ' service , and Captain William Solly who served with British India for 33 years and retired as a commander in 1960 . |
| 12 | He retired in 1968 after 50 years ' service . |
| 13 | I am greatly honoured to have been appointed by Her Majesty the Queen as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Library of Scotland in succession to Mr Michael Strachan , who retired in November 1990 after 16 years ' service . |
| 14 | Following a speech by Lord Sterling , the reply on behalf of the guests was made by Alan Langley , who retired as Managing Director of P&O Cruises in 1990 after 42 years ' service with P&O , BI and Mackinnon Mackenzie . |
| 15 | Then the god spoke to a woman whose baby was ill , and afterwards to a couple who were childless after three years ' marriage . |