Example sentences of "in [art] [adj] [num] years [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consequently in the first six years implementation was patchy . |
| 2 | In the first two years students combine the study of the material record of the human past with the study of environmental systems and processes using complementary elements taught by the Departments of Archaeology and Geography . |
| 3 | By a judicious selection of courses in the first two years students may apply for transfer to a different joint or single honours degree . |
| 4 | In 1974–75 the CNAA approved arts and humanities fields at Oxford , the following year education , catering and food science , and in the following two years languages , law and a range of social science fields were added or assimilated . |
| 5 | In the next four years Cody built some half-dozen aeroplanes , which he flew competitively with considerable success , winning four British empire Michelin trophies and other prizes . |
| 6 | Versailles displayed an economic shortsightedness ; writing in 1921 R. H. Brand recognised that in the next 5 years reparations would not " be large enough very seriously to alleviate the great financial problems which … the nations of Western Europe must have solved " . " |
| 7 | In the next five years NASA was expecting to spend a further $15 billion on its plans for space station Freedom . |
| 8 | In the previous four years GNP had grown at an average rate of about 3 per cent per annum which was lower than the preceding years and unemployment had reached a peak of 8.3 per cent in 1970 . |
| 9 | In the past two years Mars bars were the official snack at the World Cup in Italy , the World Athletics Championship in Tokyo as well as the Barcelona Olympics . |
| 10 | In the past 10 years Canadians have doubled the amount of money borrowed from banks to pay for consumer goods . |
| 11 | When my hon. Friend returns to his desk after the next election has been won by the Conservatives , will he bear it in mind that in the past 10 years west Lancashire has benefited greatly from being a development area ? |
| 12 | The hon. Lady should know that in the past 10 years exports of British manufactured goods have grown faster than those of France , Germany , America and even Japan , because manufacturing is doing so much better and needs our policies . |
| 13 | In the past five years BT has replaced some 47,000 of them by glass kiosks which are supposed to provide ‘ better lighting ’ and a ‘ smell-free environment ’ . |
| 14 | Miti also claimed that in the past five years Japan 's imports from its 10 largest trading partners had increased by 96 per cent , while exports had risen by only 45 per cent . |
| 15 | It is reported ( EP , 28 December 1987 ) that in the past five years Slovenia has taken full advantage of this arrangement . |
| 16 | It had seemed to him , about halfway through his investigation , that in the past five years Jean-Paul had done one thing , and one thing only . |
| 17 | In the past three years subject has been associated with at least two men other than her husband in circumstances giving rise to a strong presumption that the relationships were of a sexual nature … |
| 18 | Almost single handedly in the past three years Jones has made high technology and the ‘ sunrise ’ industries household words and created a climate of industrial and community awareness . |
| 19 | Recent refinements to production techniques have made tonyu palatable , and in the past three years sales have soared . |
| 20 | In the past 15 years Denison 's work has had a direct influence on the conservation movement in the North of England . |
| 21 | In the past seven years Mr Ratner has gobbled up rival retailers , including H. Samuel and Watches of Switzerland ( which must be wincing at the boss 's cheap-and-cheerfulness ) . |
| 22 | In the expansion of academic legal scholarship that has taken place in the past 20 years family law was one of the first of the traditional areas of study to be ‘ broadened ’ . |
| 23 | Having said that , we would agree that in the past 25 years Oxford has tended to do better than Cambridge on several fronts . |
| 24 | In the last five years evaluation has received much attention in UK academic libraries and particularly in parts of the research projects sponsored by the BLR&DD . |
| 25 | In the last two years Guinness PLC has acquired a substantial interest in LVMH , France 's largest luxury goods company with such famous brands as Moët & Chandon champagne , Hennessy cognac , Louis Vuitton luggage and Christian Dior perfumes . |
| 26 | In the last two years Bolger had been overshadowed in the opinion polls by Peters , 44 , who had degrees in law and politics along with considerable charm , verbal dexterity and political charisma . |
| 27 | Brian Clough 's men earned their second trip to Wembley this season and their sixth in the last four years thanks to Irishman Roy Keane 's stunning extra-time header on an afternoon of high drama at rain-soaked White Hart Lane . |
| 28 | In the last 26 years England have staged only two major events — 1966 European Championships at Wembley and the 1977 World Championships in Birmingham . |
| 29 | Meanwhile , Bristol , Liverpool and Glasgow ( qq.v. ) had grown to give London plenty of competition , and in the last forty years Rotterdam has overtaken London in the annual tonnage it handles . |
| 30 | Their quality and spacing is laid down in the Building Regulations but in the last ten years difficulties have arisen over corrosion , not only in those made of mild steel but also in galvanised ties where the zinc coating is defective . |