Example sentences of "within five years " in BNC.
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| 1 | The irony is that within five years , investigations started with a view to relaying part of the canal route to Kilmacolm as far as Paisley for a new passenger service ! |
| 2 | It did n't last ; his alienation from England seems to have coincided with an alienation from Dorothy , for within five years he had a child by Olga Rudge . |
| 3 | The Welsh company , in which Gooding has the controlling 51 per cent stake , aims for revenues of £70m within five years of operation . |
| 4 | Mr Chapman is expecting to publish around 25 books in the first year , and could float the company within five years . |
| 5 | Within five years there were over 4000 smallholders participating in the scheme , and their marketed output had increased by nearly three times over previous levels . |
| 6 | Sir Richard Body , a farmer who has kept pigs himself for many years , explained that he intends to press on with his Private Member 's Bill since it would phase out the sow stalls within five years instead of the Minister 's eight years . |
| 7 | Some small captives become pets but within five years they are potentially dangerous and have to be put behind bars . |
| 8 | The letters reveal there is a private letter attached to the British Aerospace deal allowing the company to sell Rover without penalty within five years — although the published terms say the company would have to pay back £650 million . |
| 9 | InterCity is forecast to continue reducing costs and invest £750million within five years . |
| 10 | Investment within five years is put at £670million . |
| 11 | Mr Houghton 's ambition is to raise return on equity to 17–20% within five years , a performance that would put Corning into the top 25% of Fortune 500 companies . |
| 12 | The deal could generate annual sales of up to £50m ( $97m ) within five years . |
| 13 | The extent of British defence cuts is still anyone 's guess , even in Whitehall ; but the Defence Manufacturers ' Association reckons real annual spending will fall to about 75% of 1990 's figure within five years . |
| 14 | A necropolis was established in Liverpool in 1825 , and within five years was paying shareholders a dividend of 8% . |
| 15 | Within five years Labour 's industrial policies would have wiped out the competitive advantage we have gained in the last decade . |
| 16 | One fundholder said that within five years he expected to see practices controlling every aspect of health care . |
| 17 | Within five years they were carrying over seven million passengers a year . |
| 18 | The net emissions of Germany 's power stations were reduced from 1.6 million tonnes to 0.5 million tonnes within five years , enabling it to go far beyond the 30 per cent Club target . |
| 19 | Second , within five years , we want four out of five 16 to 18 year olds to be able to achieve at least five GCSEs at grades A , B or C , or their equivalent . |
| 20 | The Labour government will aim to meet the United Nations aid target of 0.7 per cent of GNP within five years — the lifetime of a full Parliament . |
| 21 | One of the conditions of the original purchase from Wedgwood was that it could buy back the house for £1 if we had not completed the restoration within five years . |
| 22 | Within five years , it is claimed , every house in Jordan will have electricity . |
| 23 | Indeed , by 1987 , the rate of economic activity for men within five years of retirement was actually lower than for teenagers . |
| 24 | Seventhly , if within five years before his election or since his election he is convicted of an offence and has passed upon him a sentence of imprisonment ( whether suspended or not ) for a period of not less than three months without the option of a fine . |
| 25 | After 1985 , these difficulties caused the LDDC to introduce tighter checks and a clawback provision if resale took place within five years . |
| 26 | If you die within five years of retirement , most schemes pay the balance of the five years ' pension as a lump sum . |
| 27 | such a programme would pay for itself within five years , and save fuel worth something like £2800 million a year . |
| 28 | Last year , Sir Richard Body brought in a private member 's bill to introduce within five years a ban on the use of sow stalls and tethers — devices that make it easier and cheaper to manage the animals during their four months of pregnancy . |
| 29 | The proposed Directive provides that the Commission will report to the Council within five years of the coming into effect of the Directive on its possible extension to those companies . |
| 30 | The first loan society opened for business in 1838 , and within five years there were 150 . |