Example sentences of "after [adj] years [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Joan Freeman , who retired in 1983 after 32 years at Harwell , was presented with an Honorary Doctorate for her best seller ‘ A Passion for Physics ’ . |
| 2 | The motion congratulated the Australian Labour Party on defeating the amazingly right wing Sir Johannes Bjelke-Petersen after 32 years of power in Queensland . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , at clubs like Tottenham and Ajax of Amsterdam , fans now celebrate their club 's Jewish associations after suffering years of abuse for the same . |
| 4 | The exploitation of land and animals has gone on far too long — after fifty years of experimentation , let's move on to better things . |
| 5 | It was lovingly tended by its station-master , Mr James , who retired in 1899 after fifty years of service there , during which time he had installed not only flower-beds but a fountain complete with goldfish . |
| 6 | The old pre-war autobahn to Stuttgart only had a double carriageway and after fifty years of use was often under repair . |
| 7 | In 1979 , after eleven years of existence , the Urban Programme was particularly characterized by a network of local-government officials and councillors , voluntary-sector representatives , civil servants and a range of other interested organizations forming a mechanism through which valuable , if somewhat stereotyped , projects might be funded . |
| 8 | Julian Haylock [ JH ] : After eleven years of teaching music , and regular contributions to CDR since June 1990 , now full-time Editor . |
| 9 | After eleven years of Thatcherism the government 's macro policies have been transformed — for the worse . |
| 10 | This promising start to a career was , however , to be abruptly terminated , for after eleven years in practice Playfair died at the age of thirty-nine . |
| 11 | After three-and-a-half years at Rugby Park , Fleeting decided that last week 's 3–1 defeat by Partick Thistle had effectively closed the door on Kilmarnock 's hope of promotion to the Premier Division this season . |
| 12 | Mrs Chamberlain , who insisted that a dingo had killed the baby , was released after three-and-a-half years in jail . |
| 13 | The privately rented sector is declining fast , marginalized after seventy-five years of rent controls and other restrictions , although the present government seeks to change and revive it through partial deregulation . |
| 14 | Dorothy Mitchum , his wife since 1940 , tried to get him to move away from the West Coast after eight years of marriage , but he did n't want to leave so she and the children left him to go and live in New York . |
| 15 | Only once , after eight years of life in the jungle , did we observe this sequence of teaching behaviour . |
| 16 | After eight years of Queen Nancy in the White House , she seemed charmingly normal and down-to-earth . |
| 17 | In a remarkably frank interview , Coppell confronted the troubles he faces after eight years at Selhurst Park , and said he agrees with the inevitable consequence should he be unable to pass the biggest test of his career . |
| 18 | Stan Storton , Telford 's manager , has resigned after eight years for family reasons . |
| 19 | Stan Storton , Telford 's manager , has resigned after eight years for family reasons . |
| 20 | Deputy Prime Minister Alfonso Guerra González resigned on Jan. 12 after eight years in office ; as of the end of January he had not been replaced . |
| 21 | Dr Brynley Roberts , 62 , of Aberystwyth , who retires as librarian of the National Library of Wales next April after eight years in office , also receives the CBE . |
| 22 | Eden Pastora Gómez , the former leader of the Democratic Revolutionary Alliance ( ARDE ) contra group , returned to Nicaragua on Dec. 3 , 1989 , after eight years in exile . |
| 23 | After 49 years with Maxwell 's Nuffield Press , Alan had high hopes for his retirement . |
| 24 | She should have told her that after thirty-six years of marriage she 'd discovered her husband was a homosexual , the explanation of everything . |
| 25 | The Vietnamese have finally got control of their own country after forty years of war ; defeated the Japs , the French , us , and the most powerful nation in the history of the planet in succession , with bicycles , guns and guts , been bombed back into the bronze age in the process and all you can do is spout some tired nonsense about little yellow men infiltrating the steaming jungles of the Nullarbor Plain and turning the Aussies into Commies ; I think a Highland League side winning the European Cup is marginally more likely . ’ |
| 26 | aware that erm the retention of this site is essential for expansion , since the British Library after forty years in construction has room for , will have room only for twelve hundred readers not many more than Great Russell Street while the French National Library which has taken only five years to build and will be completed next year , will have room for three-and-a-half-thousand readers . |
| 27 | In Sweden the Social Democrats were ousted from power in 1976 after forty-five years in office by an alliance of ‘ bourgeois ’ parties , although they returned to office in 1982 . |
| 28 | Aura , a CBS recording made in Scandinavia four years ago ( Davis went to WEA for his last two albums , after 30 years with Columbia ) , is as good a demonstration of that as anything the trumpeter has recorded since his most famous collaborations with Gil Evans . |
| 29 | After 30 years at Coates Crescent , in Edinburgh , the Royal Caledonian Curling Club is to move its headquarters across the city next month to 81 Great King Street . |
| 30 | JOHN ARMSTRONG TO RETIRE AFTER 30 YEARS AT IBM |