Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] in [adv] [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dempsey defended his title only six times in as many years and constantly snubbed black challenges , one interesting one appearing in the pages of the New York Times from a certain Prince Mohammed Ali Ibrahim of Egypt whose special weapon was a ‘ pyramid punch ’ ( 4 March 1924 , p. 14 ) . |
| 2 | There have been three large volcanic eruptions along such boundaries in very recent years : Mt St Helens in the state of Washington , El Chichón in Mexico and one just north-west of Bogotá in Columbia . |
| 3 | Fifty films in as many years … all made in Britain . |
| 4 | Conran Octopus and the RHS have previously collaborated on Hanging Baskets , Windows and Containers , which has sold nearly 200,000 copies in under two years . |
| 5 | This misconception has led many researchers in more recent years to discuss the apparent absence of evidence for members of the native population . |
| 6 | Still largely a cult figure in Britain , Rice has written 13 books in as many years under three different names . |
| 7 | Both accounts also demonstrate that as soon as this new configuration was established , Oppenheimer described it as ‘ technically so sweet ’ , and it was translated into practical terms in under two years , for the November 1952 ‘ MIKE ’ test . |
| 8 | Much of the evening was taken up with reminiscences , talk of Edna 's family — particularly her fisherman brother , Bert — and the fact that Four Winds had changed hands four times in as many years . |
| 9 | It would have been a public retirement , however — the first printing of the book was 6,000 copies , and it went through eleven impressions in as many years . |