Example sentences of "years ' [noun sg] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few years ' work in the brothels of Bangkok can earn girls more money than their families ever dreamt of . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Our advice is based on nearly 200 years ' experience in the Oxfordshire property market . |
| 4 | ROSEMARY MOON had seven years ' experience in the domestic appliance industry , both in research and international marketing , before embarking on a freelance career . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | We employ friendly , professional staff who can offer the benefit of many years ' experience in the housing market . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 : |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | With over thirty years ' experience in the market , ABS have developed the expertise to understand — and meet — your exact requirements ! |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Joe has nearly 25 years ' experience in the oil industry . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Hewson , a former professor of economics at the University of New South Wales , with only three years ' experience in the federal parliament , was generally considered competent but lacking in charisma . |
| 15 | Olympus have over twenty-five years ' experience in the design , development and manufacture of clinical chemistry analysers. 1990 heralds two major changes in the European marketing of these products . |
| 16 | Operating from a purpose built office and demonstration facility at Eastleigh , Hampshire , the new division is headed by Alan Trinder , with over fifteen years ' experience in the field . |
| 17 | Busby had five years ' experience in the lower divisions with York and helped lift the club out of the doldrums . |
| 18 | Further to the European Community budget proposals , which were proposed unanimously by all the Commissioners , including the two British Commissioners , will my right hon. Friend also agree that extra resources long term will be needed for redundant farmers — — in east European countries , and for the cohesion fund , that there is no need for us to have the United Kingdom budget contribution undermined in any way by these proposals and that they are less in percentage terms annually than the last 10 years ' increase in the EC budget ? |
| 19 | Remember we said about , that only applies if you miss two consecutive erm , years ' rise in the R P I , then we 'll say right , if you want to take up any more , than we 'll need a medical . |
| 20 | Sir Peter , currently the British Army 's most decorated serving officer , has spent no less than 20 of his 38 years ' service in the Middle East and is a fluent Arabic speaker . |
| 21 | There was a staff of three Corporals , one Sergeant and the scarred Sergeant-Major who had interviewed me , all of whom were veterans of some twenty years ' service in the Legion , filling in their last years before retirement . |
| 22 | Born in Devon in 1954 , Andrew Mudge left school at the age of fifteen and did nine years ' service in the Navy before becoming Gardener for the Trust at Castle Drogo where he worked for seven years . |
| 23 | Mary has been retired for eight years after 33 years ' service in the Bank at Scarinish . |
| 24 | OLIVE Booth says goodbye to friends and colleagues on her retirement as a lithographer after 15 years ' service in the decorating department at Tuscan . |
| 25 | Roy Naylor says goodbye to the Company after 40 years ' service in the industry . |
| 26 | AFTER a total of 36 years ' service in the nuclear industry — during which she has been personal secretary to no fewer than three chairmen — Dorothy Ashurst has retired . |
| 27 | ‘ This is this sort of material we are seeking to make the publication more readable , ’ added Mr Stewart , an air frame fitter at Alanbrooke Barracks , Topcliffe , who had six years ' service in the Royal Navy and is a TA member with 124 Recovery Co. at Newton Aycliffe . |
| 28 | This book is dedicated to his 30 years ' research in the area , and he has contributed an interesting first chapter on his reminiscences . |