Example sentences of "the [adj] in [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Small parties are quite often noted and gatherings of 50 or more have been seen ; the largest in recent years was of 200 off Pett Level on 7 February 1965 . |
| 2 | The demonstration , the largest in 30 years , was organized by the Mauritanian Human Rights League and the Co-ordinating Committee of the Mauritanian Opposition . |
| 3 | World Health Organization ( WHO ) officials in late July described as " catastrophic " the cholera epidemic in Africa , the worst in recent years . |
| 4 | More than 80 people were feared dead after flash floods , the worst in 34 years , swept through the south-eastern regions of the Ardèche , Drôme and Vaucluse on Sept. 23-24 . |
| 5 | Floods in the southern provinces of Kompong Speu , Takeo , Kampot and Kandal which had begun in mid-August [ see p. 38390 ] and were said to be the worst in 50 years , left 100 people dead and washed away houses , roads , bridges and railway lines , and by Sept. 4 were threatening Phnom Penh . |
| 6 | Some MPs warned that the bullying by the Whips ' Office — the worst in 20 years — had opened wounds in the party that may never heal . |
| 7 | For example , knowing how may people aged between fifty and sixty are alive today , together with knowledge about the death-rate of this age group and their state of health , enables the state to plan the number of places that may be needed in residential homes for the elderly in twenty years ' time , as well as the level of home help provision that will be necessary . |
| 8 | Lender of last resort facilities are provided through direct loans to the banking sector , or by purchasing Treasury bills or commercial bills ( mainly the latter in recent years ) from the banking system . |
| 9 | However , the issue was not settled and following a rating revaluation in Scotland , which caused much unrest , a further inquiry ( the fourth in fifteen years ) began , which resulted in the 1986 Green Paper , Paying for Local Government . |
| 10 | Thus Scargill was reluctant to go for a third national ballot under his leadership , and the fourth in four years . |
| 11 | World-wide sales are dramatically up at five hundred and twenty five thousand units , the highest in ten years . |
| 12 | Police said the ferocity of the killings prompted the reward , one of the highest in 12 years . |
| 13 | The number of centenarians , which rose by 650 as of September 1 , compared with the same date last year , was the highest in 23 years , the Health and Welfare Ministry said . |
| 14 | To take a team from the Fourth to the First in six years is n't bad going whatever style of football you play . ’ |
| 15 | President Yoweri Museveni on Oct. 15 ended a three-day state visit to India , the first in 11 years . |
| 16 | Now she 's been made Head Girl ; the first in 450 years . |
| 17 | Two state-commissioned reports , described by Yeltsin in his Oct. 6 speech to the Supreme Soviet as the first in 70 years to contain " nothing but the truth " about the nation 's health and the state of the environment , were unveiled at a press conference on Oct. 7 . |
| 18 | CADW , the organisation responsible for historic monuments in Wales , is to carry out a new survey of listed buildings in Holyhead the first in 43 years . |
| 19 | The ¥70.3 trillion ( $520 billion ) budget approved during a late-night cabinet meeting on December 24th is the first in post-war years to put priority on seeking a better way of life for the Japanese rather than achieving higher economic growth or increased exports . |
| 20 | A further referendum on the compact of free association with the USA , the seventh in nine years , was held in February 1990 , but delivered a " yes " vote of only 59.8 per cent , the lowest thus far recorded [ see p. 37251 ] . |
| 21 | Erwin even questions whether there is room for the mainframe in this scenario — ‘ If the mainframe 's price-performance relationship is the same in five years as it is now , it does n't stand a chance ’ . |
| 22 | How many SSDs will be able to say the same in five years ' time ? |
| 23 | HEARD in a City tavern last night : ‘ I expect my husband to be just the same in 20 years time as he is now . ’ |
| 24 | The guide was written by Des Hannigan and there has been some friction between the two in recent years , caused to some extent by Rowland and Mark Edwards ' new-routing techniques . |
| 25 | That our strike record is the best in fifty years . |
| 26 | The astonishing pre-tax profit of sixty five million pounds is the best in ten years . |