Example sentences of "in [adv] [adv] [adj] years " in BNC.
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1 | In much more recent years chronic maladies have taken over from acute ones . |
2 | As the way is now open , with the agreement of the House , for us to join a single currency in just over five years , will my right hon. Friend spell out clearly to the House and to the people of this country what benefits will or may derive to them from a single currency ? |
3 | This missions , chaplaincies and institutions of the diocese all combined generously to provide the necessary money , grants were secured from SPG and from SPCK , and in just over two years the new building was raised , waiting for the foundation stone to be laid during the opportune visit of the Metropolitan of Calcutta , the Most Reverend Foss Westcott , son of the famous biblical scholar and bishop of Durham . |
4 | That 's certainly what the routine has given Josh and his 32 year wife Laura in just over four years the couple have had five children . |
5 | It is astounding to find that the Gilberts Californian real-estate and property magnates have managed to acquire a collection of this importance in just over thirty years . |
6 | Yes , the world is losing its precious rainforest : in Central America , for example , the decline has been 38% in just over 30 years . |
7 | In all , the forced loan of 1542 , the benevolences of 1544 and 1545 , the parliamentary taxes of 1540 , 1543 , and 1545 , together with clerical subsidies and lesser taxes , brought in about £1 m. in just over seven years . |
8 | Hodder 's example is shown in table 6.1 : the project hypothesized recovers imputed interest and capital outlay in just over seven years . |
9 | For the third time in just over twenty years Giovanni Bellini 's ‘ Madonna and Child ’ has been stolen from the church of the Madonna dell'Orto in Venice . |
10 | Cooper Oils are phasing the shutdown … the site will be emptied in just under two years . |
11 | He reached the milestone in just under three years — but his 109 matches were five more than it took Lewis Jones , of Leeds , to hit the same target in the 1950s . |
12 | In order to give businesses time to adjust to their new rate liability , the change in the amount of rates to be paid by a business will be phased in probably over 5 years . |
13 | I was in there nearly three years , or two and a half years anyway and , of course , I when I passed to go to the Q M of course , I , I used to do the Headmaster 's and all that but they , they could n't teach me any more because you , you can only have the same lessons as them that have been taught you know . |
14 | She 's been in there about three years . |