Example sentences of "years of [noun sg] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | We know from years of experience that we are not capable of reading other people 's problems as well as they are . |
2 | EGYPT — cruise the Nile , soak up the sun and take in 5,000 years of history as you visit the famous sights . |
3 | He also needs to cap the new price so that it is prevented from rising further over the remaining four years of construction if he is to convince bankers that they should continue to support Eurotunnel . |
4 | It would be in keeping with Mr Premium to lament that a young man must now be at the years of discretion before he is allowed to ruin himself . |
5 | Foreign companies would be able to remit part of their profits abroad , and were promised compensation in the event of " unavoidable " nationalization ; they would be given tax concessions during the initial five years of operation if they were involved in high-technology industries , resource development or infrastructure construction . |
6 | So System Ten is the culmination of several years of work that we 've been doing with other hardware and software vendors but most importantly with our customers . |
7 | His notebooks tell a rather more complex story , however , and it was only after several years of work that he eventually put together the idea of natural selection . |
8 | that 's right because they 've just released papers after thirty years of work that he was doing for the M O D he was actually doing it in his role as a member of the P R flight , Beaver Brooke sold the government this idea |
9 | They managed to save him , giving him ten more years of life until he died aged fifty-nine in 1984 . |
10 | Our body is very resilient and it is only after years and years of mistreatment that it finally says , ‘ I ca n't stand this any more . ‘ |
11 | They divorced after 20 years of marriage and he is expected to marry 37-year-old heiress Charlotte Morrison , Britain 's second richest woman . |
12 | Surely these are two major facets of the Royal Canoe Club 's 125 years of existence and they were very well expressed on this occasion . |
13 | By then , he says , ‘ we had done 1.5 years of study and we were saying , what the hell are we going to do with this ? |
14 | Multiply billions of tiny energy surpluses over billions of years of time and you find that you have a vast energy surplus . |
15 | 18 LATE NEWS You will be sorry to hear that 's husband died suddenly at home after many years of ill-health and we send our heartfelt sympathy to and her family . |
16 | But it was two long years of disappointment before she conceived . |
17 | The rest had been so well prepared for work by their previous sixteen years of socialisation that they found few problems . |
18 | Edward VI had n't reached sixteen years of age before he died , in July 1553 , and for just nine days Lady Jane Grey was considered to be Queen Jane , but the country was not prepared to accept her as Queen . |
19 | You must have served five years [ two after membership ] in a legal office and be 25 years of age before you become eligible to become a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives . |
20 | Isabel was John 's second wife and he was 54 years of age when they married . |
21 | Marguerite Maury was 73 years of age when she died . |
22 | The girls are all under 20 years of age and they work extremely hard , fitting regular rehearsals into their many other activities . |
23 | ‘ But even now he 's having to pick his games , with one every three days or so , and he is 34 years of age and we ca n't alter that . |
24 | Erm again for those people have to be ov over fifty years of age and we operate in the maximum enhancement er provision . |
25 | In Schofield 's pioneering study of the sexual behaviour of young people he was primarily interested in those between 15 and 19 years of age and he faced this very problem . |
26 | His father died suddenly when he was only 12 years of age and he had an early baptism of public life , being prominent in Scottish affairs while still in his teens . |
27 | My Lord by way of facts the first named plaintiff Mr is now er fifty eight years of age and he and his wife live in Brentwood er both are named as plaintiffs because their joint monies were expended in the purchase of the , this business and they were both parties to the purchase erm but it is clear that Mr in fact did all the negotiations for the purchase and the planning and the running of this business and he is er the prime witness on behalf of the plaintiff . |
28 | You can get a free safety check on gas appliances and installations from British Gas if : your are over 60 years of age and you live alone or with someone who also qualifies ; you are a registered disabled person of any age and you live alone , or with someone who also qualifies ; or you receive a state disability benefit and you live alone or with someone who also qualifies . |
29 | ‘ And I 'm fifty-six years of age and I say what of it , ’ Malachi retorted . |
30 | I was er four I left the school at fourteen years of age and I was down the pit the following day . |