Example sentences of "[prep] 10 years " in BNC.
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| 1 | After 10 years , however , Hoffman was bankrupt , and the brewery was bought for just £2,420 by Philip Betts Blake and James Mann , partners in a brewery in Lambeth . |
| 2 | But after 10 years of Tory rule , he had had enough of that approach to politics . |
| 3 | After 10 years of teaching Allan had had enough . |
| 4 | In the absence of the big idea , one good phrase would be a help , something to focus the uncertain and suggestible mood of the country and put its finger on what it is that is missing and wanted after 10 years of Mrs Thatcher . |
| 5 | Mocking Mrs Thatcher 's claim that Conservative policies had achieved an economic miracle , Mr Kinnock said after 10 years with oil revenues not enjoyed by any of Britain 's competitors , the country had 2 million unemployed , the highest inflation , highest interest rates and biggest balance of payments deficit of the industrialised countries . |
| 6 | After 10 years of the Government 's ideological obsession with privatisation , deregulation and competition , and reduced financial support , we have a transport system which is the shabbiest , most expensive , most congested , most environmentally damaging and least safe of any economy , ’ he said . |
| 7 | After 10 years he worked for The Farmers Journal . |
| 8 | After 10 years , this administration still fails to understand how government and markets complement each other . |
| 9 | After 10 years , the cocaine trade has joined , and to some extent displaced , the traditional elite class . |
| 10 | ‘ After 10 years of employment legislation focused on what unions and their members may not do , the Government would do better to spell out the positive rights it believes trade union members are entitled to at the workplace . ’ |
| 11 | The three women who were still alive after 10 years had all been in the therapy group . |
| 12 | As the rich , after 10 years of Conservative government , have become proportionately wealthier , the houses they want to buy have become more sought after . |
| 13 | After 10 years , these events have become something of an institution . |
| 14 | Once premiums cease after 10 years , you can then leave your fund to continue accumulating and you can cash it in , at anytime , prior to your 85th birthday . |
| 15 | After 10 years nothing had happened , so in 1968 the Institute of Trademarks Agents called for urgent action . |
| 16 | Grasses gradually increase and after 10 years the appearance is mainly one of grassland with scattered clumps of tall herbs . |
| 17 | Grasses then begin to colonise the ground and after 10 years , and the appearance gradually turns to one of open scrub ( above right ) . |
| 18 | The 1974 Rehabilitation of Offenders Act states that anyone jailed for between six months and two and a half years has their conviction wiped out after 10 years . |
| 19 | It 's not unusual nowadays to see ex-bricklayers returning to college after 10 years hard labour to study for computing degrees or for ex-secretaries to take a completely different direction and to join a furniture restoration course . |
| 20 | He tells me : ‘ Quite frankly after 10 years on shift work I 'm looking forward to a bit of a break . |
| 21 | After 10 years at top level , it 's a pity that Ben still has n't understood that you can never be the best climber sin the world , because there is always someone who will do something better in a given area of the sport . |
| 22 | But the loneliness appeared to be over when , in October , TODAY exclusively revealed she had wed husband number four during a trip to Norway where she was also reunited with Nicolas after 10 years . |
| 23 | After 10 years of torment , Kiranjit Ahluwalia , 36 , threw petrol over sleeping husband Deepak and set him on fire . |
| 24 | The proviso whereby it was possible for some individuals to enjoy an enhanced accrual scale to qualify for full pension benefits after 10 years of service was altered in the 1987 Budget — with a new period of 20 years ' service being required . |
| 25 | Bell Atlantic Corp 's Bell Telephone Co of Pennsylvania issued $225m of 7.375% debentures due March 15 2033 and callable after 10 years , at $99.047% , through First Boston Corp as the lead manager . |
| 26 | MCI Communications Corp , Washington issued $240m of 7.75% debentures due March 15 2024 and callable after 10 years at $99.58% to yield 7.786 pct , via Merrill Lynch Capital Markets as the lead manager . |
| 27 | GTE Corp , Stamford , Connecticut has issued $500m of 7.83% debentures due May 1 2023 and callable after 10 years , offered at par , via Goldman , Sachs & Co . |
| 28 | It has been confirmed that Francis Lorentz , chairman and chief executive of state-owned Groupe Bull SA , will this week retire after 10 years in office : his successor will be Bernard Pache , a mining engineer who is currently managing director of Charbonnages de France . |
| 29 | Rice , a controversial omission from South Africa 's World Cup team , has stepped down after 10 years as Transvaal 's captain to take up a position as a TV commentator during the competition . |
| 30 | After 10 years of follow up those in the highest grades of employment had about one third the mortality of those in the lowest grades . |