Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | GPs are to be warned of the side effects of prescribing steroids to children after a nine year old girl died after taking the drugs . |
| 2 | One of the most successful stage acts is making a controversial comeback after a fifteen year break . |
| 3 | John Swain , describing returning to Phnom Penh after a thirteen- year absence , wrote wistfully of the now vanished maisons flottantes ( floating brothels ) and the old Café de Paris cyclo-girls who would coo ‘ Aller avec vous ce soir , Monsieur ’ . |
| 4 | AFTER a bloody year , Liberia 's mayhem shows no sign of letting up . |
| 5 | This is the face of Philip Tilson , the man police want to question after a 17 year old was allegedly subjected to a terrifying 7 hour ordeal of rape , violence and kidnap . |
| 6 | Sprengel completes its museum after a thirteen year gap |
| 7 | It happened less than two days after a fourteen year old girl from Birmingham was killed in a joyriding incident . |
| 8 | ‘ Alan George ’ was one of a batch of locos built to toil at Penrhyn Quarries in North Wales , withdrawn in 1953 after a 70 year working life . |
| 9 | WELSHPOOL AND LLANFAIR No 14 ( SLR 85 ) was scheduled to return back in passenger service for the annual steam Gala last weekend , after a five year major overhaul . |
| 10 | It gives the brief papers to a conference on problem adolescents , held after a five year exchange of child care policy makers , practitioners and researchers from England and the Carolinas . |
| 11 | The Institute itself has recently reopened after a five year refurbishment which included the installation of a new metal and glass roof and the conversion of the former tapestry gallery into one suitable for displaying pictures . |
| 12 | English fans could find themselves alongside rival Hungarians when Manchester United lead football league clubs back into Europe tomorrow after a five year absence . |
| 13 | Lester Piggott today returned to the saddle after a five year exile in which he 's concentrated on training . |
| 14 | After a four year first team career was ended by injury he became reserve player-coach and progressed to become Lyall 's first team coach . |
| 15 | It will be the first event at the castle since it reopened to the public last month , after a four year interval . |
| 16 | After a below-par year caused by injury and examination pressure , she is once again approaching medal-winning form . |
| 17 | Six months after a seventy year old man was found beaten to death in his home , police say they 've made an important breakthrough . |
| 18 | In the patient with Hodgkin 's disease , isolated oesophageal lymphoma was the first relapse after a 13 year interval free of disease . |
| 19 | Teachers at Stowe School began an investigation after a sixteen year old boy was injured when he fell from a bunk bed . |
| 20 | The Athlone Angling Festival is back after a two year absence caused by the problem of Irish fishing licences and the death of orgaaniser Sean Egan . |
| 21 | A section of the Education Bill prevents school library services from offering their facilities to grant maintained schools after a two year period . |
| 22 | She was Mary Jennings now , a blonde from Atlanta Canton , returning to the eastern seaboard after a two year secondment to the European arm of her Company . |
| 23 | Damien Amos returns to work in the Design Studio after a two year break into the music business : He plays bass guitar with a group that recently recorded an album . |
| 24 | Alan McDonald , Industrial Engineer , after a two year ‘ day release course ’ at Stow College , Glasgow , and much home work , achieved good results in his finals for the Institute of Management Services . |
| 25 | The detailed plans were unveiled after a two year study , but local people say they 've been misled , and councillors say it would be an environmental disaster . |
| 26 | the elements for the powerboaters this weekend are water and wind … as the British Grand Prix returns after a two year gap … it 's being raced in cardiff and favourite to win is Steve Kerton of Gloucestershire … he 's lying second in the world championship … he 's going for the win but is happy to be back racing in britain |
| 27 | the elements for the powerboaters this weekend are water and wind … as the British Grand Prix returns after a two year gap … it 's being raced in cardiff and favourite to win is Steve Kerton of Gloucestershire … he 's lying second in the world championship … he 's going for the win but is happy to be back racing in britain |
| 28 | ONE of the founders of successful North Yorkshire food group Dalepak has died after a two year battle against leukaemia . |
| 29 | The Common Professional Examination is taken after a one year full-time or a two year part-time course covering the six core subjects . |
| 30 | More excellent news is the company 's return to Jordan after a six year absence to construct an extension to the Arab Potash plant . |