Example sentences of "40 years [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bookseller expressed no surprise that Mr Mitterrand , a client of 40 years ' standing , should go browsing on such a crucial day . |
| 2 | SIR — As a master mariner of nearly 40 years ' standing , I am continually upset by the criticism of Captain Lord ( report , April 3 ) . |
| 3 | In theory , you could see me in the Sunshine Home for Impoverished Journalists in 40 years ' time , tripping the nurses over with my Zimmer frame in the hope that they 'll let me father their child . |
| 4 | So what should we spend our pocket money on now to make a fortune in 40 years ' time ? |
| 5 | They contain nearly 40 years ' information about the biggest , smallest , heaviest , highest , longest , fastest , oldest in sport , science and everything else in life . |
| 6 | The tropical paradise trip was a reward for 40 years ' service with the Severn Trent water company . |
| 7 | In 40 years ' time they 'll say ‘ It was the first one out after the 400th Birthday Issue ’ . |
| 8 | The Wellcome Foundation is a pharmaceutical company with over 40 years ' experience of the development of antiviral drugs . |
| 9 | They agreed to limit the whole to 23 acres , 13 of which were on his Lordship 's land , and offered 40 years ' purchase of the actual rent — an offer which ‘ we flatter ourselves will preclude the unpleasant necessity of having recourse to the decision of a jury ’ . |
| 10 | A GRANDMOTHER with nearly 40 years ' experience behind the wheel has been selected as East Anglia 's top woman driver . |
| 11 | More than 40 years ' experience of the planning system has established a powerful plan-making bureaucracy in central and local government . |
| 12 | For 40 years ' membership , members receive a pension of two thirds pensionable pay near retirement . |
| 13 | Over 40 years ' experience of the nuclear industry has installed AEA at the forefront of decommissioning technology in the UK and worldwide . |
| 14 | Roy Naylor says goodbye to the Company after 40 years ' service in the industry . |
| 15 | After 40 years ' service with the Wedgwood Group , Sir Arthur retired in 1986 as chairman and managing director , a post he held for nearly 20 years . |
| 16 | Three white Zimbabweans were each sentenced on June 9 , 1989 , to 40 years ' imprisonment for taking part in bomb attacks in Harare in May 1986 by the South African Army on premises used by the then banned South African group the African National Congress ( ANC ) [ see p. 34662 ] . |
| 17 | A US court in Miami , Florida , sentenced former Panamanian leader Manuel Antonio Noriega to 40 years ' imprisonment on July 10 on drugs and racketeering charges . |
| 18 | After being returned to the USA he was convicted of drug trafficking , money laundering , and racketeering charges in April 1992 [ see p. 38857 ] , and sentenced to 40 years ' imprisonment . |
| 19 | After nearly 40 years ' work almost all are now fully and beautifully restored . |
| 20 | Experts say the pollution in North Bohemia is due to 40 years ' emphasis on heavy industry under communist rule . |
| 21 | Benjamin 's contribution to the human sciences , which converges remarkably with poststructuralism , also bears the stamp of the postmodern aesthetic programme , only some 40 years avant la lettre . |