Example sentences of "[that] in [num] years [pron] " in BNC.

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1 He is also proud that in 37 years he has never lost a single victim whose life he has been called on to save .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 If the extremely unlikely event transpires that in three years he has discovered nothing of his partner 's past , then why should he complain ?
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