Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] after [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both men helped found the First International Working Men 's Association , and both contributed to its collapse after twelve years by their attacks on all other forms of socialist thought and their feud with the anarchists over maintaining full-scale industrialization . |
| 2 | We evaluated their impact after five years of their use in Belgium . |
| 3 | Prime Minister Paias Wingti , questioned in parliament on the need for continued links with Britain , said it was time his country reviewed its constitution after 17 years of independence . |
| 4 | As a result , artists feel that if they have parted company with their manager after three years it is unfair if their previous manager continues to take commission on album sales for another seven years . |
| 5 | The fact I have remembered its message after 12 years is a testimony to its effectiveness . |
| 6 | Artist finds her public after 20 years |
| 7 | The question may well be asked as to why Henley Golf Club decided to record its history after 80 years existence , when more appropriate landmarks such as its Jubilee year of 1957 or its Diamond Jubilee could have been utilised . |
| 8 | Then , by birth and by upbringing , he offers in his own person a connection between the Czechoslovakia now beginning to resume its history after 20 years in the deep freeze and both the pre-war Republic and the experiment in state socialism that followed liberation from the Nazis . |
| 9 | Now she 's moved into a Home near some of her family after ten years of severe physical disability , which she 's had to come to terms with . |
| 10 | Morgan , now 49 , retired from the European Tour after finishing 190th on the 1991 merit list and relinquished his card after 22 years of consistent performances on the tour , highlighted by his win in the 1982 Jersey Open . |
| 11 | People like David Miskin who has just got his degree after six years study . |
| 12 | NIGEL Lawson , who as Chancellor presided over the property boom and bust , has finally sold his home after two years on the market . |
| 13 | Rod Turnbull , Managing Director , and Keith Bill , Works Director , ( centre ) present Karl Ptak ( left ) with a video recorder on his retirement after forty years service . |
| 14 | receives a farewell gift from logistics director Mike Cozens on his retirement after 35 years ' service at Barlaston . |
| 15 | COMEDIAN Freddie Starr is splitting up with his wife after 18 years of marriage . |
| 16 | BONG : First , veteran newsman Sandy Gall walked out on his wife after 34 years , although he 's now trying to patch things up . |
| 17 | Could it really be her father , gripping her in his arms after seven years ? |
| 18 | His enemies in the Party , who were numbered among the brightest and the best , suggested unkindly that his libido was turbo-assisted , and that he traded in his women after two years . |
| 19 | Upon his release after 26 years in jail he will discover that he is more free than either his wife , Albertina , or his journalist son , Zwelakhe , who are both ‘ restricted ’ by the authorities under the long-standing state of emergency . |
| 20 | His release after 2 years in Indian jails , follows the efforts of his mother at home in Bampton in Oxfordshire , who even stood against Douglas Hurd in the last election to draw attention to her son 's plight . |
| 21 | The flags which flew above the Place de la Concorde offices of the Federation Internationale du Sport Automobile ( FISA ) in central Paris hung limply in sympathy as Balestre departed his office after thirteen years in power . |
| 22 | ‘ I was proud of myself as a soldier , ’ said Loy Im , a 32-year-old former Khmer Rouge commander who had deserted to rejoin his family after 17 years in the jungle . |
| 23 | Our new Plan is called DOUBLE PAYOUT for a very good reason : not only can you guarantee yourself a cash payout in time for your 65th birthday ( if you 're over 55 , you get your payment after ten years ) , you can assure your family a further cash sum when your death finally does occur . |
| 24 | THANKS to the economic miracle , we 've sold our house after two years of trying . |