Example sentences of "[noun pl] in five years " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Rothschild says : ‘ In effect , Rákosi killed more communists in five years than Horthy had in twenty-five , and the entire society was cowed into a condition of bewilderment and terror . ’ |
| 2 | Only 170 Arabs had made successful applications in five years . |
| 3 | Who knows , Charles and Di might still be together had they followed the path of love the Nescafe way : see each other only 11 times in five years , never take your clothes off during sex , and make sure your tongue spends more time in a cup of coffee than in your partner 's mouth . |
| 4 | We have , in Prestatyn , a facility which is very central and well used , despite the fact that the signs advertising it have been changed three times in five years . ’ |
| 5 | This was to be preferred to the more rigid prescriptions of schools like the large 11–18 Welsh comprehensive which allocated young pupils to sharply divided courses within the school : one group advancing fast to O level in four years , four groups in five years , the next four to CSE ( for which see Chapter 7 ) in five years , four groups following special technical courses , two following general technical courses , two or three on commercial courses , and finally two groups for ‘ low ability ’ pupils . |
| 6 | Nicholas Young laid over £10m-worth of bets in five years — at least a third of it with other people 's money . |
| 7 | Nokia Oy 's Nokia Telecommunications has Nokia Oy , won an order for a trunked mobile radio system for the island of Java , Indonesia from PT Mobilkom Telekomindo : it is worth about $7m with an option for equipment worth another $7m ; the network is expected to have 40,000 subscribers in five years , and all the major islands of the archipelago will be included in later phases . |
| 8 | Under the guarantee , McCaw will buy the remaining LIN shares in five years at an agreed private market price or will put the entire LIN company up for sale . |
| 9 | Well , no one person could do 850 interviews in five years . |