Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [num] year ' service " in BNC.
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| 1 | A former chairman and managing director of Mackinnon Mackenzie , Sandy Oag retired in 1973 after 27 years ' service . |
| 2 | Policemen of twenty to twenty-five years ' service were harassed from pillar to post in the hunt for improved returns of charges and summonses . |
| 3 | Mrs. Nellie Hawksworth retired in December 1974 after 24 years ' service , first with her husband as joint resident caretaker and after his death as the catering manageress . |
| 4 | He worked for Coast Lines and retired as a collector in 1967 after 47 years ' service . |
| 5 | Amongst the guests this year were two nonagenarians , Arthur Terry , a former superintending steward with Orient Line who retired in 1967 after 48 years ' service , and Captain William Solly who served with British India for 33 years and retired as a commander in 1960 . |
| 6 | He retired in 1968 after 50 years ' service . |
| 7 | I am greatly honoured to have been appointed by Her Majesty the Queen as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Library of Scotland in succession to Mr Michael Strachan , who retired in November 1990 after 16 years ' service . |
| 8 | Following a speech by Lord Sterling , the reply on behalf of the guests was made by Alan Langley , who retired as Managing Director of P&O Cruises in 1990 after 42 years ' service with P&O , BI and Mackinnon Mackenzie . |