Example sentences of "over 20 years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over 20 years ago , Japanese scientists were reporting that over 10,000 porpoises were being killed in the North Pacific each year in the drift-nets of the Japanese salmon fishery , and since then the drift-net fleet has grown considerably . |
| 2 | Liquidations have reached their highest level for over 20 years , according to a survey by Peat Marwick McLintock , a firm of accountants . |
| 3 | The most radical new idea would allow resettled farmers to purchase title deeds , payable over 20 years . |
| 4 | Over 20 years the Lockheed-led group will develop and produce 648 aircraft . |
| 5 | His easy in the stressful world of live radio he puts down to over 20 years horticultural experience and his current position as tutor for commercial organic production at Otley College of Agriculture in Suffolk . |
| 6 | Charlton 0 , Plymouth 0 PETER SHILTON made his playing debut for the Plymouth side he now manages against the team he first played against over 20 years ago . |
| 7 | If New Yorkers notice it at all , few have any idea that it is 1,500 years old , and many would be deeply shocked if they knew , reckoning that anything over 20 years old must be dirty and out of date . |
| 8 | Sheila , who had been ringing for over 20 years , told me that her father and grandfather had both been ringers . |
| 9 | There is speculation about new political initiatives , each one a triumph of hope over 20 years ' experience . |
| 10 | Charles , meanwhile , had commenced his first campaign to subdue the Saxons , a task which was not concluded for over 20 years . |
| 11 | Although these basic management perspectives have been established for over 20 years , modern technology often ignores them . |
| 12 | I have used my 1957 SWB Series One for everyday use for over 20 years . |
| 13 | Its frontiers , over 20 years later , would become the borders of the independent Lebanese state . |
| 14 | In the English translation from the French of her book entitled The Secret of Life and Youth Danièl Ryman — ex-pupil of Mme Maury who has continued her work for over 20 years — writes , ‘ Marguerite Maury possessed some of the eccentricities of genius … she was a veritable whirlwind of energy and enthusiasm , working ceaselessly until , quite literally , she died of sheer overwork , of a stroke during the night of 25 September , 1968 ’ . |
| 15 | This system of healing was discovered by Edward Bach , a doctor who had practised for over 20 years in London as a consultant , bacteriologist and homoeopath . |
| 16 | Hon W.L. MacKenzie King , Prime Minister of Canada , admitted shyly to Edna Jacques that he had been an ardent fan for over 20 years , and Mrs Nellie McClung , the Canadian novelist , said to her ‘ You have the gift , Edna dear , to ring bells in the hearts of the people ’ . |
| 17 | Elsewhere members of the public had experienced odours from one source for over 20 years ; needless to say even the most persistent critic became tired of complaining over the years . |
| 18 | By the time Johnny moved back to Brighton he had spent over 20 years at Selhurst Park and during that time he had made an invaluable contribution to Palace 's progress both on and off the field , for which he will long be remembered with gratitude . |
| 19 | In parts of southern Africa individual units have been in use for over 20 years . |
| 20 | If this were paid for over 20 years at 10 per cent interest , the annual cost would be £1200 . |
| 21 | An additional problem is that the most heavily used motorways are being designed to carry 100 million standard axles over 20 years . |
| 22 | The arguments in Patrick Jenkin 's article ( ’ The unemployed can not blame automation ’ , 24 February , p 526 ) are identical to the way I saw things when first involved in computer-controlled machine tools over 20 years ago . |
| 23 | He had been promoting and popularising science for over 20 years . |
| 24 | Sir Daniel Macnee , Scotland 's leading portrait painter of his day and President of the Royal Scottish Academy , painted boxes at Cumnock as a young man , and William Leighton Leitch who worked first in Cumnock and then for the Smith brothers , later found fame in London as a water-colourist and for over 20 years visited Buckingham Palace and other royal residences where he taught painting to Queen Victoria and her family . |
| 25 | One was Alexander Peden , the fugitive minister who had defied the law for over 20 years , and the other was John Browne . |
| 26 | Sucralose , developed over 20 years by T&L and its US partner Johnson & Johnson — the pharmaceuticals company best known for Band Aid and baby powder — is expected to be cleared for use by the US Food & Drug Administration this autumn . |
| 27 | THE next President of MCC , to take office in October , will be Dennis Silk ( pictured above ) , who after over 20 years service as Warden of Radley College retired in 1991 . |
| 28 | Brian Chievely Phillips , M.C. , who has died aged 76 , was a well-known and popular figure on the Kentish sporting scene and beyond , a robust striker of the cricket ball and lethal coverpoint , a good enough lawn tennis player to win the Kent singles title in 1948 and , most notably , for many years a leading squash exponent who played seven years for England , in 1948 as captain , and over 20 years for Kent . |
| 29 | I have served for over 20 years now in the RAF specialising in the field of aircraft maintenance . |
| 30 | Junior Instructors , who must be over 20 years old , take an equivalent exam to BHSAI . |