Example sentences of "[prep] [num] [noun pl] [unc] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | Cubby blows for time after 35 years ' service |
| 33 | DUNDEE Stobswell staff gave Manager Cubby Lorimer a party send-off when he retired from the Royal Bank after 35 years ' service . |
| 34 | receives a farewell gift from logistics director Mike Cozens on his retirement after 35 years ' service at Barlaston . |
| 35 | Piotr Kolodziejczyk , on the grounds that he was eligible to retire after 35 years ' service . |
| 36 | After three weeks ' detention in military barracks Daniel Omara Atubu and the 17 others — including three other DP members who hold government posts — were accused of treason . |
| 37 | After three weeks ' use , our 10 testers all felt there was an improvement — eyes less puffy , or slightly less wrinkled . |
| 38 | After three weeks ' honeymoon in Mentone , they returned to London where Eliot succumbed to bronchitis . |
| 39 | After three years ' work he submitted a draft only to have it irrevocably vetoed without any intelligible reasons given or any consideration of amendment . |
| 40 | After three years ' work the last consignment of nuclear fuel rods has been removed . |
| 41 | Geest launched its new product , which is peeled , cored , trimmed and packed in a special container , on the Scottish market yesterday after three years ' work on the process . |
| 42 | Then the god spoke to a woman whose baby was ill , and afterwards to a couple who were childless after three years ' marriage . |
| 43 | Elizabeth Taylor ( Mrs Longmate ) in June gained a London External B. D. ( upper second ) after three years ' residence in Oxford . |
| 44 | After three years ' practice , you could make a comparatively painless change to the solicitors ' branch , being exempted from articles , and also ( at discretion ) from some papers in the Final . |
| 45 | AFTER three years ' study , analyst programmer Ray Marsh from the Barlaston computer department has achieved a Higher National Diploma qualification in computer studies . |
| 46 | Mr Thomson , 44 , of Cherrytree Road , Great Cornard , resigned in February last year after three years ' employment . |
| 47 | 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 . |
| 48 | What will happen to nurses who have trained at the taxpayers ' expense in the national health service but who , increasingly , find themselves unable to get a job after three years ' training ? |
| 49 | The head waiter , enchanted to see Ricky after three years ' absence , kissed him on both cheeks , enquired after his elbow , and found him a quiet corner . |
| 50 | Elena described her feelings on returning to the little town of her birth , San Jose de las Flores , in Chalatenango after three years ' absence . |
| 51 | After three days ' disappearance following the sheep-eating incident , the eagle was seen again for certain on a telegraph pole outside the village of Lutterworth near Leicester by a passing motorist , Mrs Gillian Cook . |
| 52 | After three days ' imprisonment they were convicted of attending an illegal gathering under the terms of Bophuthatswana 's Internal Security Act , fined , and released from custody . |
| 53 | Elsewhere , after three centuries ' growth only one big geographical region was still untouched by it : the mass of Central Africa . |
| 54 | After three months ' travelling in Australia , hitch-hiking has become an addiction ; the stimulation of a new acquaintance , a frank exchange of views , and then back on to the roadside — a self-contained experience without any repercussions . |
| 55 | He attended Coleman 's lectures , and obtained his diploma on 21 January 1818 after three months ' study . |
| 56 | They also had money worries — engineer Don found work only three weeks ago after three months ' unemployment . |
| 57 | After 21 days ' culture there were 8.29 ( 0.74 ) ×10 6 cells in control cultures ( mean ( SEM ) ) . |
| 58 | After 21 days ' culture calcipotriol reduced the number of cells to 0.06% of the control value at 10 - 5 M ( p<0.01 ) , to 0.11% at 10 - 6 M ( p<0.001 ) , to 8.45% at 10 - 7 M ( p<0.001 ) , and to 94.10% at 10 - 8 M ( see Table ) . |
| 59 | LEN Radford bids a fond farewell to production director Roy Naylor after 31 years ' service as a placer in the biscuit kilns department at Barlaston . |
| 60 | Analysis by flow-cytometry of V usage by T cells from HIV-infected patients after 4 days ' stimulation with ETA , with antibodies against members of the V5 , V8 , and V12 families ( Diversi-T TCR , T Cell Sciences ) revealed complete lack of activation of the VB T-cell subset , whereas the V12 subset responded normally to the superantigen . |