Example sentences of "[prep] [num] years ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE PEOPLE of Montenegro yesterday welcomed home the remains of Nicholas I , their first and last king , after 70 years ' exile in Italy , in belated fulfilment of his last will and testament . |
| 2 | Pathe , epitomised by its crowing cockerel and mildly patronising commentaries , stopped producing newsreels in 1970 after 75 years ' coverage of world events because of the decline of the film industry and a change in cinema audience tastes . |
| 3 | The only group of workers to achieve shorter hours by legislation were the miners , who were granted an eight-hour day in 1908 after forty years ' campaigning . |
| 4 | Promotion prospects are good and after 2 years ' training your salary should rise to £19,680 or more . |
| 5 | Mr Barritt had been planning to retire from the executive of Bryson House , formerly known as Belfast Voluntary Welfare Society , next week after 30 years ' service . |
| 6 | Radio Monte Carlo reported on Aug. 29 that Syria had released Nureddin al-Atasi , President from February 1966 until his overthrow by the 1970 bloodless coup which brought Assad to power , after 22 years ' imprisonment . |
| 7 | The third floor was a no-smoking floor or I think I might have started smoking again after six years ' abstinence . |
| 8 | He worked for Coast Lines and retired as a collector in 1967 after 47 years ' service . |
| 9 | But the family sizes of women married in 1945 and in 1954 after 10 years ' marriage were 1.79 and 1.96 children respectively — a difference of only 10 per cent . |
| 10 | Cubby blows for time after 35 years ' service |
| 11 | DUNDEE Stobswell staff gave Manager Cubby Lorimer a party send-off when he retired from the Royal Bank after 35 years ' service . |
| 12 | receives a farewell gift from logistics director Mike Cozens on his retirement after 35 years ' service at Barlaston . |
| 13 | Piotr Kolodziejczyk , on the grounds that he was eligible to retire after 35 years ' service . |
| 14 | After three years ' work he submitted a draft only to have it irrevocably vetoed without any intelligible reasons given or any consideration of amendment . |
| 15 | After three years ' work the last consignment of nuclear fuel rods has been removed . |
| 16 | Geest launched its new product , which is peeled , cored , trimmed and packed in a special container , on the Scottish market yesterday after three years ' work on the process . |
| 17 | Then the god spoke to a woman whose baby was ill , and afterwards to a couple who were childless after three years ' marriage . |
| 18 | Elizabeth Taylor ( Mrs Longmate ) in June gained a London External B. D. ( upper second ) after three years ' residence in Oxford . |
| 19 | After three years ' practice , you could make a comparatively painless change to the solicitors ' branch , being exempted from articles , and also ( at discretion ) from some papers in the Final . |
| 20 | AFTER three years ' study , analyst programmer Ray Marsh from the Barlaston computer department has achieved a Higher National Diploma qualification in computer studies . |
| 21 | Mr Thomson , 44 , of Cherrytree Road , Great Cornard , resigned in February last year after three years ' employment . |
| 22 | In the field of professional qualifications , a directive is now in force that obliges professional bodies to recognise diplomas awarded in other member states after three years ' training , when granting membership to a particular profession . |
| 23 | What will happen to nurses who have trained at the taxpayers ' expense in the national health service but who , increasingly , find themselves unable to get a job after three years ' training ? |
| 24 | The head waiter , enchanted to see Ricky after three years ' absence , kissed him on both cheeks , enquired after his elbow , and found him a quiet corner . |
| 25 | Elena described her feelings on returning to the little town of her birth , San Jose de las Flores , in Chalatenango after three years ' absence . |
| 26 | LEN Radford bids a fond farewell to production director Roy Naylor after 31 years ' service as a placer in the biscuit kilns department at Barlaston . |
| 27 | John Cunningham , Chief Engineer , bids farewell to Margaret Love who retired in October , after sixteen years ' service as office cleaner . |
| 28 | During 1934 the Music master , Mr. William Sidebotham , retired after 46 years ' service . |
| 29 | After ten years ' correspondence they venture to meet . |
| 30 | Popular at home ( the Duke of Edinburgh recently bought one ) , for foreigners they offer cheap chic : a cab dismissed after ten years ' service sells for around £1,500 ( $1,250 ) . |