Example sentences of "years [unc] service " in BNC.
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| 1 | We could purchase our own houses while they lived in police colonies , denied the privilege of house purchase until they had fifteen years ' service ; this classified them as ‘ peasants , serfs , living in the feudal world of tithed cottages ’ . |
| 2 | ( From fieldnotes : detective sgt. , 10 years ' service ) |
| 3 | This was not done for players with less than ten years ' service and a longer period was usually required . |
| 4 | Stakis Hotels recently presented Stakis Highland Lodges ' Peter McIntosh with a £1,000 travel voucher and a gold and diamond pin in recognition of his 25 years ' service . |
| 5 | After 20 years ' service the almost total entitlement to remain on full pay , albeit suspended from duty , until the age of 65 . |
| 6 | There is some suggestion that this site was the original French mill , and was a fulling mill , followed by a number of years ' service as a saw mill . |
| 7 | I 've just had a Christmas card from my old healthy friend ; so that 's two years ' service they 've lost for starters . |
| 8 | About 15 years ago , three months was considered to be sufficient time for a sales director with two years ' service to convince his company of his competence . |
| 9 | A woman who has at least two years ' service as at the beginning of the eleventh week prior to the expected week of confinement qualifies for maternity leave . |
| 10 | Forty-five people were honoured of whom six had each given over 50 years ' service to the church . |
| 11 | Mrs Craig was welcomed as a member of the Leaders ' Meeting in March 1963 and has given 30 years ' service as secretary of the Women 's Fellowship . |
| 12 | I 've seen fellows with nine or ten years ' service , saying : ‘ I 'm leaving you . |
| 13 | I 've seen one sergeant with fourteen years ' service chuck it and go to Australia , saying : ‘ I 've had enough of this bloody job . ’ |
| 14 | The boy was cautioned — never went before the court because of his father being the ACC and this fellow went before the Chief Constable and he had ten years ' service at the time . |
| 15 | A policeman 's wage with ten years ' service was on £4. 10&shilling plus his lodging allowance — you were well on the way to the top of the money league . |
| 16 | P. H. If you went at 25 years ' service , you got half pension . |
| 17 | Policemen of twenty to twenty-five years ' service were harassed from pillar to post in the hunt for improved returns of charges and summonses . |
| 18 | If you had more than 5 years ' service before leaving ( 2 years after April 1988 ) , you will be given a ‘ deferred pension ’ , which is inflation proofed . |
| 19 | United Satellites — a consortium of British Telecom , British Aerospace and GEC — has guaranteed the BBC seven years ' service , at £12.2 million per channel per year , from satellites launched on the European Ariane rocket . |
| 20 | Yes , and Harold is still doing the job today , having outstripped his dad 's term of office , still going strong with 42 not out : 82 years ' service between the two of them . |
| 21 | Nothing in his many years ' service had prepared him for this sort of situation . |
| 22 | After 28 years ' service , the 47-year-old major will lose his Army quarters in Soltau but will be entitled to a pension of about Pounds 15,000 a year . |
| 23 | In his report delivered the next day , he observed that the road surface was not yet completed and that only drivers with at least six years ' service could be employed on Anerley Hill . |
| 24 | The steep section on Anerley Hill could not be opened until the company had persuaded sufficient drivers with at least six years ' service to transfer from other undertakings . |
| 25 | Just before I went on my first furlough after five years ' service , the Bishop of Rangoon , Norman Tubbs , called me and told me that on my return from furlough he wanted me to take over the training of the Burmese clergy . |
| 26 | Labour turnover is relatively low , and the majority of staff ( including both tenants and managers ) have over five years ' service . |
| 27 | After five years ' service , Mr Rump was ordered to work outside the south of England and , relying on his manager 's promise , he refused . |
| 28 | An employee who is dismissed after two years ' service has three months in which to complain to an industrial tribunal . |
| 29 | The terminal bonus of £250 , an ex gratia payment as a thank-you for five years ' service , is painfully inadequate , advises Alan . |
| 30 | Mr Bain , who now lives with Miss Spinner , alleges that Mr Reid , who has more than 20 years ' service at the hospital , incited a male resident to ‘ sort out ’ a female resident whenever she became distressed and noisy . |