Example sentences of "in the [adj] [num] years it " in BNC.
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1 | In the first four years it nearly halved the PSBR , or borrowing requirement , from 5 per cent of GDP in 1978 — 9 to 2.7 per cent in 1982 — 3 and Britain had a markedly tighter fiscal stance than her Western European neighbours . |
2 | In the following ten years it rose to 80,000 . |
3 | This transmission , which can handle up to 221lb ft torque , is definitely the shape of things to come at Mercedes , and in the next two years it is likely that all six-cylinder Mercedes cars will be equipped with it . |
4 | A review of the Board 's work in November 197 1 indicated that in the previous five years it had approved six courses in librarianship and two in information science at a total of six colleges . |
5 | In the past two years it has become much harder in America to use the private method of dealing with distress . |
6 | In the past two years it has grown by more than 35 per cent , and anyone who put in £3,000 when it was launched , in April 1988 , will have seen their investment swell to £4,267 . |
7 | After all , if anyone has flourished in the past 13 years it has been the supermarkets . |
8 | But field staff fear that this might not be appreciated in head-quarters where senior officials might be unfamiliar with their routine strategies : ‘ One can say that because you have n't taken any stats in the last two years it 's because you 're a good lad , and people who you may have to take stats upon know that you 're around a lot , and they know that if they 're naughty it 's a two-edged thing , you can look at it two ways . ’ |
9 | In the last ten years it is estimated that the NRO has spent more than $50 billion , none of it accountable . |
10 | In the last ten years it has become apparent that there is some stability and continuity in intellectual and cognitive functioning from infancy through early and later childhood . |