Example sentences of "[num] in [adv] [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | I see forty thousand in how many years ? |
| 2 | In Kenya 20,000 black rhinos were reduced to 500 in under ten years . |
| 3 | The suspicion is that the fall in numbers , by perhaps ten in as many years , is due to poaching . |
| 4 | According to the United Nations Fund for Population Activities ( UNFPA ) , the world 's population will stabilise at around ten billion in approximately 60 years from now . |
| 5 | There has been a wealth of studies on the use of the traditional catalogue , over 50 in as many years , yet in spite of the evidence it would appear that little is really known about the users for whom it was intended . |
| 6 | The US parent then hiked turnover at one of the subsidiaries from £6.7 million to £24.2 million in only six years . |