Example sentences of "of ten [noun] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All have now done an average of ten days ' sailing aboard British Steel Challenge and are being given what is termed ‘ continuation training ’ . |
| 2 | I am a veterinary surgeon of ten years ' experience , and feel strongly about the stray dog problem . |
| 3 | Section 23 penalizes the intentional or reckless administration of any poison or noxious thing which results in danger to the victim 's life or grievous bodily harm ( maximum sentence of ten years ' imprisonment ) . |
| 4 | This offence , with a maximum penalty of ten years ' imprisonment , covers a wide range of conduct , from a stolen kiss on the cheek to forced fellatio ( oral sex ) . |
| 5 | It might additionally be thought to be undesirable that trivial assaults have to be prosecuted with an offence carrying the heavy maximum penalty of ten years ' imprisonment . |
| 6 | Category C , carrying a maximum penalty of ten years ' imprisonment , would cover all other sexual assaults involving penetration . |
| 7 | The girl 's mother could face a criminal charge of wilfully neglecting the child under the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 , which carries a maximum penalty of ten years ' imprisonment . |
| 8 | The Archdeacon reminded himself that an Archdeacon of ten years ' standing was senior to a residentiary Canon of three , but his reminder gave him , not for the first time , no comfort . |
| 9 | Then I went in to face an English Corporal of ten years ' service , who had a bad reputation . |
| 10 | To qualify for a course at the ICO officers must have done a minimum of ten years ' service . |
| 11 | FOOTBALL : Middlesbrough midfielder Gary Hamilton is to have a testimonial match in recognition of ten years ' service . |
| 12 | Comprising 150 works by artists such as Guigou , Loubon , Isabey , Rousseau , Courdouan , Brest , Monticelli , Ziem and Gresy — who painted the Mont Sainte Victoire in 1843 , well before Cezanne and whose ‘ Les Baigneuses ’ of 1854 inspired the latter 's work of the same name — the exhibition is the fruit of ten years ' research by the Musée de Toulon 's curator-in-chief , Jean-Roger Soubiran . |