Example sentences of "that in [adj] years [pers pn] " 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 | The problem for the draftsman of a partnership agreement who specifies the initial ratio and provides that in future years it shall be as agreed between the partners at the beginning or end of each year is that the equal sharing required under the Partnership Act in default of agreement will always benefit at least one of the partners . |
| 4 | It is not surprising that in recent years they have served interchangeably in the hands of various theorists as models of each other . |
| 5 | He is perfectly right that in recent years we have been eating into that principle , but if we continue to do so , the principle will go , and that is the civil liberties issue which the system of justice has always been anxious to maintain . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | If the extremely unlikely event transpires that in three years he has discovered nothing of his partner 's past , then why should he complain ? |