Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] twenty [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the outbreak of twenty years ' war in 1793 , the price of materials and wages in the building trades both began to rise steadily . |
| 2 | Meiriona Davies ( Mrs Bielawski , formerly Mrs Noon ) , is an experienced careers of ficer of twenty years ' standing : ‘ Still doing it , but government policy means we shall probably soon cease to exist as a public service , so I shall no doubt be looking for something else unless by great good fortune the Tories lose power ! ’ |
| 3 | Finally , women could never receive the maximum compensation because of differential retirement ages , payments based on age , and the ceiling of twenty years ' maximum that counted towards payments . |
| 4 | To mark the occasion of twenty years ' loyal service to the Company , ten individuals were presented with watches at the annual Long Service Awards presentation held in December . |
| 5 | She is a married woman of intelligence and maturity with twenty years ' experience . |
| 6 | Carrick reached that rank after twenty years ' service which included considerable experience in the intermediate rank of supervisor of excise at Forfar before being advanced to his collectorship . |
| 7 | In 1983 the Home Secretary imposed restrictions on the release of persons serving life for murders of police- and prison-officers , terrorist killings , murder during robbery , and the sadistic or sexual murder of young children , fixing a minimum of twenty years ' imprisonment for these offenders . |
| 8 | So here I am extolling the worth of twenty minutes ' silent meditation as a means of renewing and refreshing your channels . |
| 9 | The average Council Tax payer , the council tax ca n't be more than , around four percent erm which reminds me of the last miracle budget we had , ninety eighty nine I think it was , again a Labour budget which I think was three point nine per cent increase then and the lowest rate of increase for twenty years erm and the highest level of growth erm . |