Example sentences of "[noun sg] in [adv] [num] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | This now means a typical return on investment in under two years , some within one year , through a combination of both hard and soft cost savings . |
| 2 | A third round of financing is n't planned as Liautaud is looking towards initial public offering in around two years ' time . |
| 3 | A third round of financing is n't planned as Liautaud is looking towards initial public offering in around two years ' time . |
| 4 | A farmer has been using four oxen to plough a field in what 's believed to be the first public demonstration of the skill in almost twenty-five years . |
| 5 | If Pearl decided to resist the overtures of AMP it will be the second major takeover battle in the British life assurance sector in barely two years . |
| 6 | In the end , the main contractor was the West German company Maschinenfabrik Augsburg Nurnberg , which completed the job in roughly two years . |
| 7 | TWICE US Open champion and former teenage sensation Tracy Austin began a comeback yesterday by winning her first match in nearly nine years . |
| 8 | In the first round Austin , the 1979 and 1981 US Open champion and former world No1 , won her first match in nearly nine years . |
| 9 | This is not a very remote county , but some districts still lost up to one-fifth of their population in only 20 years , roughly equivalent to the 17.6 per cent decrease that occurred in the population of the Scottish Islands during the same period ( Dunn et al . |
| 10 | First , Sir Robin and his team had developed , and persuaded ministers to adopt , the most radical plan — the so-called Next Steps — for restructuring the Civil Service in nearly 150 years . |
| 11 | With DOUBLE PAYOUT , however , he enjoys a very reasonable level of cover and the pleasing prospect of a tax-free windfall in just ten years ' time . |
| 12 | Britain 's first world heavyweight champion in nearly 100 years he could be stripped of his title almost immediately . |
| 13 | A study by US scientist Stephen Leatherwood in 1984 suggested that between 2600 and 3000 black dolphins had been taken for crab bait in only two years . |
| 14 | A SURGE in American exports to record levels was responsible for a dramatic improvement in February 's trade deficit to the lowest level in nearly nine years . |
| 15 | Overall complaints about car boot sales have risen from virtually nil to around ten a week in just two years . |
| 16 | We have had no news in almost two years now . ’ |
| 17 | A STORE boss was sacked for taking 60 weeks sick leave in just two years . |
| 18 | He was the first man in nearly twenty years to have a full-face mug-shot on the cover of Surfer . |
| 19 | Details of recent deaths and horrific injuries suffered by boxers are catalogued in the report the second from the BMA report on the subject in almost 10 years . |
| 20 | The move came four days after the Labour Department announced that unemployment had increased to 7.5 per cent , the highest total in nearly eight years . |
| 21 | There had been ‘ 2 deaths at the 1,000-bed hospital in just three years . |
| 22 | However , ozone trends are strongly influenced by annual variations in meteorological conditions , and the very high 1988 level — 8 per cent higher than 1987 and the highest since 1983 — was in part due to the very hot , dry weather ( the hottest summer in almost 60 years in north central states ) . |
| 23 | BLACKBURN 'S Kevin Moran has been through the lot in nearly 20 years as a top class defender . |
| 24 | So for all you prospective parents out there help may be at hand in around two years time . |
| 25 | We 've come a long , long way in just five years . ’ |
| 26 | Britain 's retail sales jumped 3.7% in March , the largest monthly increase in nearly 12 years , as shoppers rushed to beat April 's deadline for higher value-added tax . |
| 27 | March 7th was one of the most momentous days in British sport during the last 50 years and , when our English team achieved the first back-to-back Grand Slam in almost 70 years , we are snatched away to watch highlights of Scotland v France . |
| 28 | For the first time in nearly four years , gross domestic product ( GDP ) fell in the last quarter of 1990 . |
| 29 | And for the first time in nearly three years she had been able to talk about Martin . |
| 30 | For the first time in nearly three years someone spoke my name . |