Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] the first [num] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , in 1979 nearly half of all divorces occurred within the first 10 years . |
| 2 | Most cases ( 63% ) of chronic diarrhoea occurred in the first two years of life . |
| 3 | Our four hypertension related male deaths all occurred in the first 12 years of the 21 years of follow up , suggesting their treatment was probably begun too late . |
| 4 | The distinction here is between two very distinct schools of harpsichord-making ; a tradition carried on by native craftsmen who flourished during the first 25 years of the 18th century and an imported tradition initiated by Hermann Tabel that displaced its native rival as effectively as a cuckoo might take charge in a sparrow 's nest . |
| 5 | The protest in Washington DC , on Jan. 26 , involved some 100,000 people according to official estimates , a turnout larger than any achieved during the first two years of the Vietnam conflict . |
| 6 | Mortality rates at this and similar institutions were astonishingly high : only 4,400 of the 15,000 admitted in the first four years lived to adolescence . |
| 7 | Their heyday lasted for the first five years of the Eighties , when they scored the incredible total of 20 consecutive Top 20 hits . |