Example sentences of "after fifteen years " in BNC.
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| 1 | British restaurant cooking had been despaired of after fifteen years of siege conditions until the counter-attack of The Good Food Guide , founded in 1951 by Raymond Postgate , a pioneering bon vivant , and compiled by himself , his friends and any members of the public who could be bothered to write in with their recommendations ( one who did was a lion tamer ) . |
| 2 | After fifteen years she had come to assume that Daniel had died in Auschwitz . |
| 3 | In the case of the couple or family considering the costs and benefits of a future child , the explicit consideration of rates of discount is rather different in that children are perceived to be a positive asset from early on in life but particularly after fifteen years or so when they can work effectively on the farm ( and so replace costly paid labour at times of peak labour demand ) or as a wage labourer . |
| 4 | After fifteen years this is reduced to zero . |
| 5 | But , after fifteen years alone on the island , I was afraid , and I did not leave my cave for three days . |
| 6 | In 1935 he succeeded William McDougall as Honorary secretary/treasure " It has often been said , " he wrote after fifteen years in office , " that the British Deaf and Dumb Association is to the deaf what a Trade Union is to the hearing workman , but it is more , it is a great BROTHERHOOD of mutual service , membership of which is open to the deaf and their hearing friends alike . " |
| 7 | There was also Alec , a prison officer from Wormwood Scrubs ( when he 'd given his address and next of kin on a previous camp everyone had thought he was kidding ) ; Ken , who to everyone 's delight turned up with a guitar ( were we really going to sit round a campfire singing ? ) ; and David , an aircraft engineer who after fifteen years in the Scouts could ‘ do wonderful things with ropes ’ . |
| 8 | When , after fifteen years , a Medical Research Council grant was withdrawn , he unsuccessfully lodged a Petition of Right against the Crown in 1937 . |
| 9 | After fifteen years in Wales , the enthusiasm which Bernard generated among his staff showed no signs of diminishing . |
| 10 | After fifteen years some may have emigrated died … would all of them spring to the colours when called ? ’ |
| 11 | How can there be green leaves , after fifteen years ? |
| 12 | After fifteen years he was still pursuing his feud against his master-mason , unwilling to let even his bones rest . |
| 13 | How do they get after fifteen years ? |