Example sentences of "[coord] within [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Japan the first railway line between Yokohama and Tokyo ( 18 miles ) was opened in 1872 , and within thirty Years there were 3,000 miles of track . |
| 2 | It can do so only within five years from becoming aware of the location of the object and the identity of the possessor , and within thirty years of the illegal removal . |
| 3 | And within six years , wanting to register ( in The Criter - ion for 1934 ) the distinction of Binyon 's version of the Inferno despite its consistent inversions of prosaic word order , Pound found himself in the same situation , having to contend with those who had learned too well or too inflexibly the lessons he himself had taught them : |
| 4 | A year later he switched to Labour , and within six years he had won a seat on Hounslow borough council . |
| 5 | He was later promoted to depute director and within six years of his return , he found himself director of the newly-created Lothian Regional Council 's Education Department . |
| 6 | A necropolis was established in Liverpool in 1825 , and within five years was paying shareholders a dividend of 8% . |
| 7 | The first loan society opened for business in 1838 , and within five years there were 150 . |
| 8 | With the loss of Gunbad and Silverspear , the Dwarfs lose their most important mines in the east and within five years they abandon the eastern fringes of the Worlds Edge Mountains altogether . |
| 9 | Models were rationalized , a kanban system of inventory control was introduced and within five years a leaner and fitter Mazda emerged . |
| 10 | But IBM immediately realized it faced a possible unexpected success , redesigned what was basically Univac 's machine for such mundane applications as payroll , and within five years became the leader in the computer industry , a position it has maintained to this day . |
| 11 | Others are moving into the frame and within five years it is possible that more than half of all lamb will be sold overseas . |
| 12 | The fragile democratic institutions of Weimar were not able to survive the sense of defeat , the recession and Hitler 's onslaught , and within fifteen years he was elected Chancellor . |
| 13 | And within recent years , the question of which culture is for whom is being raised in connection with every one of their activities . |
| 14 | She learned to stand up from sitting in a chair , and within two years she was able to walk short distances , even outside , with very little help . |
| 15 | Suckers from the buried two-year-old shoots develop roots and within two years a ‘ new ’ vine is bearing fruit . |
| 16 | It paid off — ‘ I actually got a job , then another , and within two years I was working every day . ’ |
| 17 | So far as more academic scholarship was concerned , the Nag Hammadi Scrolls appeared for the first time in English translation in 1977 , and within two years had inspired Elaine Pagels ' best-seller The Gnostic Gospels . |
| 18 | The process need was obvious , and within two years , AT&T ; had developed and installed the automatic switchboard . |
| 19 | From the need to produce videos of Virgin artists came the idea of distributing them on a commercial basis as well through their own distribution company ; and within two years Virgin were busily developing their own , European version of MTV , Music Box . |
| 20 | His health continued to decline and within two years of masterminding the Liberal victory at the 1892 general election , so enabling W. E. Gladstone to form his fourth ministry , he resigned all his offices with the party . |
| 21 | Henrietta did not lose interest in her impecunious father and within two years she was with him aboard HMS Bullfinch for the trials of his new screw propeller . |
| 22 | The Great Central , formerly a cross-country line , was the last main-line railway to enter London in 1899 , and within two years Robinson had introduced new and more powerful locomotives for this service . |
| 23 | As was customary , on his appointment as cardinal ( and within two years ) , he rebuilt the cardinalate church which adjoined the Arch of Septimius Severus in the Forum . |
| 24 | Ferrari , in 1982 , were the first Constructors ' champions with a turbo car and within four years all manufacturers were running turbo-charged engines . |
| 25 | Significantly , following the introduction of MINIS into the DOE , directorates were reorganized and within four years departmental manpower fell by 15,000 ( 29 per cent ) ( Heseltine , 1987 , p. 18 ) . |
| 26 | While any one group may cultivate two or three different gardens of varying ages at any one time , the nutrient stocks are rapidly depleted and within 3 years the plot is abandoned and secondary forest begins to reestablish . |
| 27 | The impetus of 10/65 brought 35 per cent of pupils into them by 1971 , and within ten years that was to become 85 per cent . |
| 28 | He was recognised as an excellent judge of Clydesdales and within ten years his horses were winning the breed 's major honours . |
| 29 | He decided to brew a long-lasting , high quality version of this porter and within ten years he was exporting his ‘ Guinness Extra Strong Porter ’ to London . |
| 30 | So in the long run , first of all we saved ourselves an initial risk outlay of a quarter of a million pounds on legal fees , the second thing is that we now have that common land back under control , and within ten years we will recoup all of that money . |