Example sentences of "[conj] in [num] years [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | He had carried the day , of course , for although in fourteen years he had made himself supreme King in Alba , he was born to the north , and from Moray to the northernmost island of Orkney he was the leader men trusted and knew . |
2 | He is also proud that in 37 years he has never lost a single victim whose life he has been called on to save . |
3 | It has been estimated that in 16 years he acquired a fortune of £40,000 , despite apparently losing a lot of money in a project for the commercial manufacture of seated cast-iron horseshoes . |
4 | He said that in 10 years he hoped to have boosted the Mongolian economy to South Korea 's present level , with the help of the developed countries and of international economic organizations . |
5 | If however you hear anything of the matter , urge it as much as you can , and believe me I will leave no unconnected links in my track — and that in two years I will leave but little to be discovered here , if it please Providence to continue to me its wonted care . |
6 | And there 's also something else that I forgot to bring up and that is that they 're trying to find new ways of removing the gases , and they reckoned that in 2 years there 's going to be an electrical method , an electrical filter , and the lab is 99% efficient . |
7 | But Sweden has also promised that in 20 years its emissions of carbon dioxide ( CO 2 ) , the main greenhouse gas , will have dropped to 1986 levels . |
8 | The universities are also concerned that in three years they may be obliged to give any available permanent position to a WIPer instead of advertising it for open competition , thereby reducing their ability to attract the best talent . |
9 | If the extremely unlikely event transpires that in three years he has discovered nothing of his partner 's past , then why should he complain ? |
10 | And if in three years you decided the performance was less than adequate , it would be worth you losing two percent to come out . |
11 | In 1850 therefore the deer were officially banished , and in five years they had all been killed off . |
12 | As Cynthia says : ‘ We found Dave entertaining children at Chessington World of Adventures , and in 25 years I had never met anyone who got on more naturally with children . ’ |
13 | But in 24 years nothing has been done . |
14 | For one thing , she said , they could hardly scrape up enough money for one deck passage , let alone two , for in two years he had sold only three paintings for a few pounds . |