Example sentences of "[pron] serve for [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is the Minister aware that , before I came to this place , I served for many years on a local authority as chairman of the environmental health committee , which had a wonderful section for meat inspection ? |
| 2 | I served for two years , 18 months of which where in Egypt , during the so called Middle East Crisis , where it was not unusual to be sniped at , almost daily , by an unseen enemy who did n't always miss . |
| 3 | Among other pursuits she served for many years as a Stewardess with the Donaldson Line which took her all over the world . |
| 4 | This is the tale of 575237 Bowers R C , an ex-Halton apprentice who served for 38 years with the RAF before retiring as Wing Commander Engineer . |
| 5 | Sir Peter , who served for many years with 22nd SAS Regt. and SAS Group , is the first general to wear the badge in the SAS sand-coloured beret . |
| 6 | ‘ I thought I would use a grenade ’ , said Vu Van Hau , a 22-year-old Vietnamese soldier who served for three years in Kompong Cham and Kompong Thom provinces , before returning to his native Ho Chi Minh City as part of the September withdrawal . |
| 7 | The couple 's elder son , Jonathan , who served for 12 years at sea with the Dutch Merchant Navy , is a marine engineer . |
| 8 | The Sub-faculty of Chemistry , which consists of all those involved in the teaching of the subject , meets once a term with an elected chairman ( not usually a professor ) who serves for two years . |
| 9 | His stature increased and with such international renown it was natural for him to serve for two years , 1970–2 , as the President of the International Society of Electrochemistry . |
| 10 | ( Van , 1896 ) On his return to England my father was appointed to the Consular Service and posted to Taranto in southern Italy , where he served for two years . |
| 11 | The certificate shows that he served for 7 years 71 days as a private ; 2 years 310 days as a corporal ; and 10 years 349 days in the rank of sergeant . |
| 12 | Other national platforms for his views and activities were the Council of Church Missioners to the Deaf and Dumb , of which he was chairman from 1927 for eighteen years ; the Central Advisory Council for the Spiritual Care of the Deaf and Dumb on which he served for forty-four years , and the Joint Examination Board ( later renamed " The Deaf Welfare Examination Board " ) of which he was a founder member . |
| 13 | I am sorry that the Secretary of State was not in the Chamber when the hon. Gentleman ended by saying that his last ambition in politics was to abolish the Department in which he served for eight years . |
| 14 | The Veterinary Products Committee , where he served for four years , gives advice on food and animal drug issues to the Minister of Agriculture . |
| 15 | He served for many years as examiner for the London water supply and held strong views on sewage purification . |
| 16 | He served for many years on the boards of the Animal Diseases Research Organisation and the College of Agriculture . |
| 17 | After the war he served for 30 years in the history section of the |
| 18 | He served for twenty years as vice-chairman of the National Library of Scotland . |
| 19 | The internationalism of architecture particularly interested him , for as well as being considered as the founder of the Institute of Architects , he served for twenty-four years as its Honorary Secretary for Foreign Correspondence . |
| 20 | His connection with tramways was first established with the Blackburn and Over Darwen steam tramway , where he served for three years . |
| 21 | He served for three years , originally as chairman , and it is as the first chairman of the future Labour party that he achieved his principal prominence in labour history . |