Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [num] years ' " 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 | Robert Johnson , Managing Director of Johnson Brothers , will retire from the Board after 34 years ' loyal and successful service with the Group . |
| 6 | She had returned to Somerville to complete her degree course after two years ' school teaching ( ‘ Taught all the sciences Botany , Zoo , Chemistry . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | R. Evershed " Reflections on the Fusion of Law and Equity after 75 Years ' 70 LQR ( 1954 ) 326 |
| 9 | Not all the Le Monde journalists support the change , which is the result of two years ' market research and several dummy editions . |
| 10 | The walk-in centre is the result of two years ' struggle by an international group of scientists to realise an ideal . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | Called PRC 565 , it is a new generation product and the result of two years ' development involving American and British scientists . |
| 13 | Then I went in to face an English Corporal of ten years ' service , who had a bad reputation . |
| 14 | With the outbreak of twenty years ' war in 1793 , the price of materials and wages in the building trades both began to rise steadily . |
| 15 | 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 ] . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The medical superintendent of a hospital had to be a duly qualified medical practitioner of five years ' standing . |
| 20 | 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 ! ’ |
| 21 | FOOTBALL : Middlesbrough midfielder Gary Hamilton is to have a testimonial match in recognition of ten years ' service . |
| 22 | Paul Traynor is a freelance journalist with 25 years ' experience of walking , camping and backpacking at home and abroad |
| 23 | Paul Traynor is a freelance journalist with 25 years ' experience of walking and backpacking at home and abroad . |
| 24 | Paul Traynor is a freelance journalist with 25 years ' experience of walking and backpacking at home |
| 25 | Paul Traynor is a freelance journalist with 25 years ' experience of walking and backpacking at home and abroad |
| 26 | He saw no reason to add that from now on , her body would break down : she would gradually become slower in her movements , she would tire more easily and lack stamina , and she would probably have another stroke in seven years ' time — at the latest . |
| 27 | That 's a look we 'll see emerging from the dull , old chrysalis that was Renault design in the '70s and '80s , when it takes the wraps off its first really new-age car in two years ' time . |
| 28 | The Department of Energy estimates that 10 per cent of our electricity could come from hot dry rock in 125 years ' time . |
| 29 | As Tone Vine-Lott , managing director of Barclays Stockbrokers and new chairman of the Scottish Stock Exchange ( and , as an IT man , nothing like the stockbroker stereotype ) , points out in Money Talks , the stockbroking game will still have changed out of all recognition in ten years ' time . |
| 30 | Meanwhile , Ershad 's Jatiya Party suffered a serious blow when a court sentenced the former President to 10 years ' " rigorous imprisonment " [ see p. 38288 ] . |