Example sentences of "within [adj] years [pron] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within fifty years there were several silk factories employing four hundred to eight hundred persons , but the silk industry was of secondary importance and did not initiate the factory system . |
| 2 | Alas , within 10 years there were too many locomotive builders for the small number of orders being produced in those depressed time . |
| 3 | within three years you 're leaving |
| 4 | " Within three years there were 500 literary clinics in operation without a ruble 's expense to the state " . |
| 5 | In her case the disease had progressed rapidly with little instances of remission and her condition had deteriorated so much that within three years she was almost permanently confined to a wheelchair . |
| 6 | Within 4 years they were at the height of their achievements . |
| 7 | Within ten years it was turning over £20m at a gross profit margin of 50pc . |
| 8 | He decided to brew a long-lasting , high quality version of this porter and within ten years he was exporting his ‘ Guinness Extra Strong Porter ’ to London . |
| 9 | Within twenty-five years it was . |
| 10 | The fragile democratic institutions of Weimar were not able to survive the sense of defeat , the recession and Hitler 's onslaught , and within fifteen years he was elected Chancellor . |
| 11 | Some small captives become pets but within five years they are potentially dangerous and have to be put behind bars . |
| 12 | Within five years they were carrying over seven million passengers a year . |
| 13 | Within five years there were over 4000 smallholders participating in the scheme , and their marketed output had increased by nearly three times over previous levels . |
| 14 | The first loan society opened for business in 1838 , and within five years there were 150 . |
| 15 | Others are moving into the frame and within five years it is possible that more than half of all lamb will be sold overseas . |
| 16 | She learned to stand up from sitting in a chair , and within two years she was able to walk short distances , even outside , with very little help . |
| 17 | Henrietta did not lose interest in her impecunious father and within two years she was with him aboard HMS Bullfinch for the trials of his new screw propeller . |
| 18 | It paid off — ‘ I actually got a job , then another , and within two years I was working every day . ’ |
| 19 | Within two years it was condemned by the Commission of Enquiry into Disturbances appointed by the Labour Government as ‘ out-moded at birth ’ . |
| 20 | In Japan the first railway line between Yokohama and Tokyo ( 18 miles ) was opened in 1872 , and within thirty Years there were 3,000 miles of track . |