1.   Abe resigned after less than a year in power.

2.   After a few years in the detective game, you learn to follow your nose.

3.   After so many years in prison, Victor was not equipped for life on the outside.

4.   After spending a few years in the U.S.

5.   After they are replaced, the spent fuel rods are cooled for several years in pools of water at the plants.

6.   After years in politics, Gramm seems to be inured to criticism.

7.   After years in the doldrums, Opec has grabbed centre stage once more.

8.   All the clothes were unused looking and old, as if kept for years in jars of formaldehyde.

9.   Andean birds spend much of the year in conditions almost as tough.