Example sentences of "[noun] in three years [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the Money advice Trust , set up in 1990 with the aim of raising £9M in three years towards money advice services , has so far received only £275,000 in cash , although another £349,000 has been pledged and staff have been seconded to the value of £450,000 . |
| 2 | Lynch successfully defended the world flyweight title three times in three years against worthy contenders , an achievement unsurpassed by British boxers before . |
| 3 | Shares in mobile phone operator Vodafone Group Plc rose fivepence to 379p yesterday after the company said that subscriber figures for April gave the company its best month in three years for connections to its network , with net new connections standing at 18,766 ; for the first time since LowCall was launched in October , net new connections to the business base exceeded net new LowCall connections . |
| 4 | This may be the first piece of half-good news in three years for defence manufacturers who have seen orders for new equipment shrink even faster than national defence budgets ( chart 1 ) . |
| 5 | New Zealand were within 33 runs of their first home Test victory in three years at close of play on the fourth day against Australia in Auckland . |
| 6 | The Spurs Club in London raised the magnificent sum of £760 in three years for a variety of armed services ' benevolent funds . |
| 7 | Sport and Oxford United 's biggest crowd in three years of just under ten thousand packed into the Manor Ground last night for the FA cup tie with Sunderland . |
| 8 | Hamid was more than a million dollars richer and the second Iranian-born player in three years to be crowned world champion . |
| 9 | Chair of the Georgian State Council , Eduard Shevardnadze , made the first visit from a Georgian leader to Tskhinvali in three years on May 13 . |
| 10 | This was the fourth such rebellion in three years by the right-wing " carapintadas " faction in the Army . |
| 11 | Commenting on the Khmer Rouge position at the talks , the Independent of June 27 said that for the first time in three years of diplomacy , the group appeared " unsure of themselves , and nervous of being outmanoeuvred " . |