Example sentences of "[num] in the [adj] [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | It certainly is the case that the Reagan administration was never able to duplicate the domestic policy triumphs of 1981 in the remaining three years of the first term . |
| 2 | The total number of eligible beneficiaries was 29 in 1963 and 32 in the subsequent relevant years and they were all persons other than the two settlors . |
| 3 | Does the Minister remember that before the last general election the Government promised an increase in public spending of £11.2 billion in the following three years ? |
| 4 | The Department of Trade and Industry alone has spent £1.5 billion in the past 10 years in the hon. Gentleman 's region , the success of which is shown by the success of local businesses and industry . |
| 5 | Those objections have been overridden , not least because USAir has lost $1 billion in the past three years and urgently needs BA 's cash , although the US transportation secretary , Federico Pena , laid down a warning marker on the type of negotiations to come when asked about British resistance to allowing US airlines to land at Heathrow Airport . |
| 6 | The new Democratic President is poised to play a far more active role in coming to the aid of the industry , which lost $10 billion in the past three years , than his Republican predecessor , the Times said . |
| 7 | But those objections have been overridden , not least because USAir has lost $1 billion in the past three years and urgently needs BA 's cash , although the US Transportation Secretary , Federico Pena , also laid down a warning marker on the type of negotiations to come when asked about British resistance to allowing US airlines to land at Heathrow Airport . |
| 8 | In addition , he pointed out that the price/performance ratio has changed by a factor of 6,000 in the past few years : ‘ If the car industry had had the same change that the computer industry has experienced since 1960 , a car that cost $10,000 in 1960 would now be sold for $1 , ’ he said . |
| 9 | The late 80's have seen investment in new systems — for home shopping £35 million in the past five years on computers |
| 10 | Trafford education authority has received about £13 million in the past two years to help it reorganise and improve its schools . |
| 11 | Worldwide the insurance industry has lost US$56,000 million in the past two years from storm damage alone . |
| 12 | In the last intermediate report of the group , published in June , 1988 , it was revealed that Cats alone had generated £250 million in the previous three years , and that Lloyd Webber had personally earned £12.5 million from the show . |