Example sentences of "year [unc] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In twenty years ' work on the Mesozoic Brachiopoda , I have found plenty of relationships , but few if any evolving lineages . |
| 2 | Geest launched its new product , which is peeled , cored , trimmed and packed in a special container , on the Scottish market yesterday after three years ' work on the process . |
| 3 | A few years ' work in the brothels of Bangkok can earn girls more money than their families ever dreamt of . |
| 4 | The study draws together the results of five years ' work by the investigator and the findings of the ESRC 's extensive research programme in this field to provide the first comprehensive account of central-local relationships in the UK for nearly twenty years . |
| 5 | Proksch was sentenced to 20 years ' imprisonment for the murders and for attempted fraud , the ship having been loaded with scrap metal but insured as carrying uranium-processing equipment valued at US$15,000,000 . |
| 6 | On Aug. 26 Inge Viett , 48 , a Red Army Faction ( RAF ) member , was sentenced to 13 years ' imprisonment for the attempted murder in Paris on Aug. 4 , 1981 , of a French policeman , whom she shot in the neck during a police chase . |
| 7 | They had been sentenced to between five and 14 years ' imprisonment on the basis of forensic evidence from hand swabs indicating that they had handled nitroglycerine . |
| 8 | The seven had been sentenced to between five and 14 years ' imprisonment on the basis of forensic evidence from hand swabs indicating they had handled nitroglycerine . |
| 9 | The longest determinate prison sentence ever upheld by English courts was the sentence of forty-five years ' imprisonment in the case of Hindawi ( 1988 ) , a man who sent his pregnant girlfriend on a flight with a bag which contained a bomb timed to destroy the aircraft and its 350 passengers in mid-flight . |
| 10 | Jed-Forest signed a £30,000 deal for three years ' backing from the TSB , Melrose will receive a minimum of £10,000 this season from Concept Group , sponsorship which , through bonuses , could rise to £15,000 if they win the national championship and the Border League , and Stewart 's Melville have a season 's £15,000 support from Dial Office Systems . |
| 11 | In 1902–6 he had four adventurous years ' attachment to the King 's African Rifles , serving up-country in Kenya , where he discovered a new species ( Hylochaeros meinertzhageni , the giant forest hog ) . |
| 12 | The final member of the group is John Perry , a Leading Shunter with six years ' experience with the railway . |
| 13 | From 1971 to 1977 he had also been " Head of Wasdale " , a former one-roomed schoolhouse in the Lake District which he had transformed into the School 's Outdoor Pursuits Centre , guided by seven years ' experience on the Corsica trips between 1966 and 1972 . |
| 14 | The archdeacon — again a helpful and hospitable man with a great knowledge gleaned from more than thirty years ' experience of the paranormal — has written two books on his subject , Psychic Studies — A Christian View and Deliverance . |
| 15 | However , and no doubt as a consequence of several years ' experience of the fruits of Truth in Lending Law , this proportion is still very much higher than the 5 per cent in this country who count APR as most important . |
| 16 | The Wellcome Foundation is a pharmaceutical company with over 40 years ' experience of the development of antiviral drugs . |
| 17 | Because HAI was in its infancy , in every job he filled during the first few years he had an American opposite number , sometimes with 30 years ' experience of the industry . |
| 18 | More than 40 years ' experience of the planning system has established a powerful plan-making bureaucracy in central and local government . |
| 19 | Over 40 years ' experience of the nuclear industry has installed AEA at the forefront of decommissioning technology in the UK and worldwide . |
| 20 | Our advice is based on nearly 200 years ' experience in the Oxfordshire property market . |
| 21 | ROSEMARY MOON had seven years ' experience in the domestic appliance industry , both in research and international marketing , before embarking on a freelance career . |
| 22 | The two American researchers say that , despite some of the workers having 20 years ' experience in the electricity industry , none of the workers had heard of sulphur hexafluoride , nor did they know that their work could lead to exposure to irritant gases . |
| 23 | We employ friendly , professional staff who can offer the benefit of many years ' experience in the housing market . |
| 24 | Over the last fraction of his 34 years ' experience in the hobby , Chris has dispensed with all the traditional off the shelf treatments and remedies for fish and has turned to ‘ natural medicine ’ , centred mainly around the use of herbs — with great success . |
| 25 | Dr Barsamian is a bio-physicist with over thirty years ' experience in the study of polymers and bio-polymers and their dielectric nature , As he explains : |
| 26 | While salaries for newly qualifieds may be around £28,000 to £35,000 with a car , a director with five or six years ' experience in the industry may get £75,000 plus . |
| 27 | With over thirty years ' experience in the market , ABS have developed the expertise to understand — and meet — your exact requirements ! |
| 28 | Prior to that he had many years ' experience in the trade , as group sales director of Associated Book Publishers and as group marketing director until 1989 of Random House UK . |
| 29 | Joe has nearly 25 years ' experience in the oil industry . |
| 30 | Over 20 years ' experience in the manufacture and supply of non-destructive tubular inspection equipment has established NDT Systems as a leader in this industry , with a client base that spans virtually every oil producing region of the world . |