Example sentences of "after [num] [noun pl] ' work " in BNC.
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| 1 | After eight months ' work it has acquired a life of its own . |
| 2 | After three years ' work he submitted a draft only to have it irrevocably vetoed without any intelligible reasons given or any consideration of amendment . |
| 3 | After three years ' work the last consignment of nuclear fuel rods has been removed . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Wills , who holds a victory over former world champion Greg Page and was no doubt encouraged by the fact that Derek Williams , whom he had floored and convincingly outpointed in New York this summer , became the new European champion after 55 seconds ' work against Hughroy Currie on Tuesday night , went about his work with pride , determination , and remarkable endurance . |
| 6 | After fifteen minutes ' work he had found nothing of interest . |
| 7 | The dam , completed in 1890 after nine years ' work , is 390yds long and 127′ thick at the base . |
| 8 | After five years ' work , Olivier was certain of only two things : that the population , even at the highest estimate , was by no means enough to ensure the eventual survival of the species ; and that the figures henceforward would be on the way down rather than up . |
| 9 | Taurus , a computer project that was to have delivered paperless share settlement , was scrapped in March after five years ' work and a £400m ( $150m ) outlay by the City . |
| 10 | Under the social security reforms , announced on Sept. 6 , various separate pension funds including two virtually bankrupt state funds were to be merged into the heavily indebted state welfare organization IKA ; the retirement age was to be raised in 1998 to 58 for women and to 60 for men ( women being currently eligible for a pension after 15 years ' work and men after 25 years ) . |
| 11 | ‘ That 's about all I can do here , ’ he grumbled , after twenty minutes ' work . |
| 12 | The project comes after four years ' work involving Cancer Research Campaign scientists at the Institute of Cancer Research , in Sutton , Surrey , and a team at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund genetics laboratory in Leeds . |
| 13 | After two hours ' work , I had managed only to hack out a shallow hole hardly large enough to bury a tortoise . |
| 14 | After two weeks ' work the catapult was finally ready . |
| 15 | 15s. a year in 1889 from their Society for Aged or Infirm Baptist Ministers ; Wesleyan retired ministers , after thirty years ' work , got $44 p.a . |
| 16 | After seven weeks ' work on the part of many army personnel , we were ready to begin . |