Example sentences of "after thirty years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Weirdly , but by a traceable line of descent through Unionism and Socialism , almost the same accents recur after thirty years : ‘ With the vast imperial resources which are the heritage of this country , the problems of poverty and want can easily be solved by a government empowered by the people to carry out their will . |
| 2 | After thirty years the memory which abides with me of the Suez episode that began with Egypt 's nationalisation of the Canal on 26 July 1956 is of complete bewilderment and the sense of watching an unintelligible drama It was not surprise that Egypt had appropriated the Canal . |
| 3 | After thirty years as an administrator in the National Health Service and an adviser on policing , Miss James was enlisted for service in the corps of commissionaires of British public life . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ( As a result of diabetes Jacky lost his sight completely in 1988 , after thirty years of carrying the bags of some of golf 's greatest names . ) |
| 6 | Few jobs today offer pensioned retirement after thirty years . |
| 7 | After thirty years of British rule , observed the distinguished scholar-administrator Henry Fosbrooke , they displayed none of the distressing symptoms of that ‘ soul erosion ’ , defined by him as a ‘ deterioration in obedience to existing moral standards , a falling off in observance of organized religion , a lack of purpose in life ’ , which seemed so often to be the result of British efforts to bring civilization to the African . |
| 8 | After thirty years of active involvement , her vision of cooperation remained undimmed : |
| 9 | Returning after thirty years I saw the country with a fresh eye . |
| 10 | After thirty years of marriage to Tom McBride , Beryl McBride sounded more Irish than did her husband . |
| 11 | This meant that after thirty years had elapsed the original owner could no longer claim back the property , while the factual possessor could not be designated the proper owner . |
| 12 | Average family size after thirty years of marriage fell below 2.1 among women married in 1928 , reached a low of 2.01 among women married in 1936 , and rose to exceed 2.1 among women married from 1943 onwards . |
| 13 | this was supposed to be celebrated after thirty years of rule and then tended to be held at more frequent intervals . |
| 14 | To be able just to walk , or drive , wherever you want ; Christ , I 've been away from all this for less than a week and I feel like somebody coming out after thirty years . |
| 15 | After thirty years , he could come face to face with the soldier who had spared his life . |
| 16 | This he held until 1983 , when he asked to be allowed to retire after thirty years of continuous service to the BDDA . |
| 17 | Kersey said : ‘ So Matthew married Alfred ’ girlfriend after getting her pregnant ; not exactly fraternal conduct , but as a motive for murder it 's surely worn a bit thin after thirty years . ’ |
| 18 | Kersey said : ‘ I find it hard to believe that anybody , even a nut , would murder after thirty years of procrastination . ’ |
| 19 | Auf wiedersehen , Pet , after thirty years ! |
| 20 | After thirty years with the company , Margaret McLachlan retired on the 6th September . |
| 21 | After thirty years in the force Wycliffe still held fast to a lingering hope that man may yet prove perfectable ; woman too . |
| 22 | ‘ After thirty years in the Force ’ … |
| 23 | In nineteen eighty three from nineteen fifty three after thirty years of making cheese , they changed his job , I think many of you are ahead of me already , he said I was given a job change and I began working in landscaping , how nice while being interviewed some time ago I was asked what I thought about being giving a job change after thirty years of making cheese and he said well it did n't bother me , I noted , frankly because I did n't like making cheese anyway |
| 24 | In nineteen eighty three from nineteen fifty three after thirty years of making cheese , they changed his job , I think many of you are ahead of me already , he said I was given a job change and I began working in landscaping , how nice while being interviewed some time ago I was asked what I thought about being giving a job change after thirty years of making cheese and he said well it did n't bother me , I noted , frankly because I did n't like making cheese anyway |
| 25 | that 's right because they 've just released papers after thirty years of work that he was doing for the M O D he was actually doing it in his role as a member of the P R flight , Beaver Brooke sold the government this idea |
| 26 | I mean after thirty years of policies our own real economy is shambles , growing unemployment . |