Example sentences of "[prep] 14 years " in BNC.
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| 1 | LEBANESE President Rene Muawad , killed in a car bomb assassination on Wednesday , was a conciliator who tried to restore Lebanese peace and unity after 14 years of civil war . |
| 2 | He talked of becoming party leader ‘ for life ’ , and when it did not come off , he sacked the Prime Minister , Mr Ion Gheorghe Maurer , after 14 years in the job . |
| 3 | After 14 years in office the state 's Republican governor , Mr Jim Thompson , is standing down . |
| 4 | After 14 years , the former fire-fighter , architecture graduate and saxophonist has lost none of his initial zeal for the Chapman Stick . |
| 5 | The couple 's troubles began in 1990 after 14 years of childless marriage . |
| 6 | Knowles , who was sacked after 14 years with BR , was fined £150 plus £30 costs after admitting being drunk at work . |
| 7 | The Carry-on team is carrying on again after 14 years . |
| 8 | Double yellow lines trap jailbird after 14 years on the run |
| 9 | Skinner , who ticked me off yesterday for suggesting his vote had fallen , is off after 14 years , leaving my colleagues on the Sun distraught and casting around for a new NEC contact . |
| 10 | York is resigning after 14 years with the automaker . |
| 11 | The Conservative government smacks of fatigue and arrogance after 14 years in power . |
| 12 | Young , who turned 60 earlier this year , is leaving under the company 's Officer Early Retirement Programme after 14 years as HP 's chief executive . |
| 13 | After 14 years of fighting , Afghan mujaheddin guerrillas finally toppled the former Soviet-backed communist government in April . |
| 14 | , secretary in department , Ipswich , retired on , after 14 years service . |
| 15 | RAY COVENTRY has retired from P&O Cruises ( UK ) after 14 years ' service having most recently held the position of Equipment and Stores Supervisor in the Hotel Services Department . |
| 16 | After 14 years working in the post room , post messenger Tom Chandler departed on a high note on March 4 . |
| 17 | Joyce retired on April 2 after 14 years service and was delighted not only to receive gifts , including a hi-fi system , but also to be wined and dined on more than one occasion before her departure . |
| 18 | The assassination has thrown Arab leaders and diplomats into despair and shattered the most hopeful and broadly supported joint Arab effort to resolve the conflict at the core of 14 years of civil war in Lebanon . |
| 19 | No one expected to reverse the pull of 14 years of refugee resettlement overnight , and there is little doubt that voluntary repatriation would pick up speed if the Hong Kong authorities used quiet persuasion instead of the big stick . |
| 20 | Curtis faced a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison because he had been growing Psilocybe cubensis , or ‘ magic mushrooms ’ as they were called in court . |
| 21 | The insecurities of life in the border districts , maturing over a period of 14 years , had produced Poles who were very Polish , and Germans who were very German . |
| 22 | Anyone over the age of 14 years ( by the closing date of the competition ) is not eligible to enter . |
| 23 | It is punishable by a maximum of 14 years ' imprisonment or a fine or both . |
| 24 | If we compare boys of 14 years of age who opt for science with other boys , we find that the former have very cut-and-dried views on many issues . |
| 25 | But collectively the fatigue of 14 years in office is taking its toll . |
| 26 | Men , for example , can be expected to live an average of 14 years after the birth of their first grandchild , and women 23 years . |
| 27 | Hillier ( 1954 ) describes the case of a young boy who underwent total left hemispherectomy at the age of 14 years , following an operation less than one year earlier for removal of a tumour from the left parietal lobe . |
| 28 | Over 90% of the study population was successfully traced , with a median follow up of 14 years . |
| 29 | Next on the ladder is an offence which carries a maximum of 14 years and is perpetrated where the defendant , in committing a sexual assault , carries , uses or threatens to use a real or imitation weapon or threatens to cause bodily harm to a person other than the complainant or is a party to the offence with any other person . |
| 30 | Category B , carrying a maximum penalty of 14 years ’ imprisonment , would cover sexual assaults involving penetration accompanied by the infliction of actual bodily harm on the complainant or a third party ; a threat to inflict such harm with a weapon upon the complainant or a third party ; a threat to inflict such harm upon a child ; and the participation of more than one defendant in the sexual assault . |