Example sentences of "[prep] [num] year ' work " in BNC.
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| 1 | After three years ' work he submitted a draft only to have it irrevocably vetoed without any intelligible reasons given or any consideration of amendment . |
| 2 | After three years ' work the last consignment of nuclear fuel rods has been removed . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The dam , completed in 1890 after nine years ' work , is 390yds long and 127′ thick at the base . |
| 5 | After five years ' work , Olivier was certain of only two things : that the population , even at the highest estimate , was by no means enough to ensure the eventual survival of the species ; and that the figures henceforward would be on the way down rather than up . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Under the social security reforms , announced on Sept. 6 , various separate pension funds including two virtually bankrupt state funds were to be merged into the heavily indebted state welfare organization IKA ; the retirement age was to be raised in 1998 to 58 for women and to 60 for men ( women being currently eligible for a pension after 15 years ' work and men after 25 years ) . |
| 8 | The project comes after four years ' work involving Cancer Research Campaign scientists at the Institute of Cancer Research , in Sutton , Surrey , and a team at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund genetics laboratory in Leeds . |
| 9 | 15s. a year in 1889 from their Society for Aged or Infirm Baptist Ministers ; Wesleyan retired ministers , after thirty years ' work , got $44 p.a . |
| 10 | He 's been able to start up again , but the painful end of 11 years ' work does n't fade . |
| 11 | SAM LLEWELLYN SAW THE RESULTS OF FIVE YEARS ' WORK |
| 12 | The study draws together the results of five years ' work by the investigator and the findings of the ESRC 's extensive research programme in this field to provide the first comprehensive account of central-local relationships in the UK for nearly twenty years . |
| 13 | This book is the substance of his Lyell Lectures in 1983 but is the synthesis of thirty years ' work . |
| 14 | The report , the product of four years ' work by a special WEC committee , attempts to bring renewable energy sources into the council 's calculations for the first time . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . |
| 16 | Applicants are usually graduates and most hold a professional social work qualification with two years ' work experience since qualifying . |
| 17 | In twenty years ' work on the Mesozoic Brachiopoda , I have found plenty of relationships , but few if any evolving lineages . |
| 18 | Confirmed early in the year , the order came as a result of two to three years ' work . |
| 19 | After drumming as a semi-professional in the 1960s , Stan took a degree as a mature student at Birmingham University , leading to ten years ' work as a careers officer , In 1979 Stan became the Musicians ' Union 's South-East district organizer , and subsequently the Central London branch secretary and co-editor of the union 's award-winning Musician magazine . |
| 20 | That contract was for ten albums , which , at Oldfield 's work rate , could amount to fifteen to twenty years ' work . |
| 21 | 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 . |