Example sentences of "time [prep] [adv] [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much of the evening was taken up with reminiscences , talk of Edna 's family — particularly her fisherman brother , Bert — and the fact that Four Winds had changed hands four times in as many years . |
| 2 | Dempsey defended his title only six times in as many years and constantly snubbed black challenges , one interesting one appearing in the pages of the New York Times from a certain Prince Mohammed Ali Ibrahim of Egypt whose special weapon was a ‘ pyramid punch ’ ( 4 March 1924 , p. 14 ) . |
| 3 | This was thought to be the first time for nearly 70 years that police had fired on a white crowd in South Africa . |
| 4 | In a further sign of improving links with black Africa , it was announced that during the weekend of de Klerk 's visit to Kenya , South African Airways flights were routed over west Africa for the first time for nearly 30 years , the government having secured overflight rights with Morocco , Mauritania , Mali and Côte d'Ivoire . |
| 5 | ‘ According to the CBI , manufacturers are more optimistic now than at any time for almost five years . |
| 6 | Curiously , in their paper suggesting the constancy of the solar diameter , Parkinson and his colleagues did mention that the data from transits of Mercury show hints of a periodic variation in the Sun 's size with a cycle time of about 80 years . |
| 7 | For the first time in nearly four years , gross domestic product ( GDP ) fell in the last quarter of 1990 . |
| 8 | And for the first time in nearly three years she had been able to talk about Martin . |
| 9 | For the first time in nearly three years someone spoke my name . |
| 10 | Today , South Africa play rugby in England for the first time in nearly 23 years when a line-up containing five current internationals faces the Midlands at Leicester 's Welford Road . |
| 11 | For the first time in nearly 40 years Bentley has a shape to call its own . |
| 12 | One January 20 , he promises the front door of the White House will swing open for the first time in nearly 30 years , as Bill , wife Hilary and 12-year-old daughter Chelsea pop down to McDonald 's and do a little shopping . |
| 13 | One of Edinburgh 's most unusual houses has opened to the public , for the first time in nearly twenty years . |
| 14 | HOPES of a rapid economic recovery were dealt another blow yesterday when unemployment rose to 2.7m for the first time in almost five years . |
| 15 | New Zealand 's quarrel with France over the Rainbow Warrior incident was formally ended when a French naval ship docked at Auckland for the first time in almost six years . |
| 16 | British Steel , which yesterday broke through the 100p barrier for the first time in almost two years , lost 3p today to 100p as investors became jittery that its recovery potential might not be as great as originally anticipated . |
| 17 | As right-wing supporters , many appearing in public for the first time in almost three years , welcomed their liberators with monarchist flags and fascist salutes , many other Spaniards faced a terrifying future : so terrifying , indeed , that to some suicide was preferable . |
| 18 | UNEMPLOYMENT in Britain has fallen for the first time in almost three years . |
| 19 | Its the third time in as many years that the John Radcliffe Hospital has postponed non emergency operations … last year it was because of the Gulf War … |
| 20 | We 're coming forward in time by about 5 years this month . |