Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [verb] in [adj] year " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ I played nearly as many games in a week for Leicester as I did in six years for Leeds , ’ he says . |
| 2 | Such identity and unity as she possessed in these years was essentially the identity and unity of a system of power , though one beginning to decay . |
| 3 | Nobody loves you when you 're down and out and if United go down to Forest , as they did in last year 's sixth round , Ferguson may well be out . |
| 4 | Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates said in a televised interview with CNBC-TV that he knows of no effort by the US Federal Trade Commission to force a restructuring of Microsoft , despite its ongoing probe : ‘ I certainly have n't heard any suggestion that they 're even considering something that would change the structure of our company , ’ Gates said ; he also warned on the Business Insiders programme that Microsoft Corp will not be as profitable in the long-term as it has in recent years — ‘ The kind of profit margin we 've had in the past will be very unlikely for us to achieve in the future ; we 've said after tax margins probably wo n't stay over 20% in the mid to long-term , and they could go quite a bit lower than that in the short-term , ’ the company 's chief executive declared . |
| 5 | Football has not played as great a part in the company as it has in previous years . |