Example sentences of "in just [adv] [adj] years " in BNC.

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1 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 ?
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 Yes , the world is losing its precious rainforest : in Central America , for example , the decline has been 38% in just over 30 years .
6 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 .
7 Hodder 's example is shown in table 6.1 : the project hypothesized recovers imputed interest and capital outlay in just over seven years .
8 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 .
9 Cooper Oils are phasing the shutdown … the site will be emptied in just under two years .
10 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 .
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