Example sentences of "[noun sg] in nearly [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | TWICE US Open champion and former teenage sensation Tracy Austin began a comeback yesterday by winning her first match in nearly nine years . |
| 2 | In the first round Austin , the 1979 and 1981 US Open champion and former world No1 , won her first match in nearly nine years . |
| 3 | First , Sir Robin and his team had developed , and persuaded ministers to adopt , the most radical plan — the so-called Next Steps — for restructuring the Civil Service in nearly 150 years . |
| 4 | Britain 's first world heavyweight champion in nearly 100 years he could be stripped of his title almost immediately . |
| 5 | A SURGE in American exports to record levels was responsible for a dramatic improvement in February 's trade deficit to the lowest level in nearly nine years . |
| 6 | He was the first man in nearly twenty years to have a full-face mug-shot on the cover of Surfer . |
| 7 | The move came four days after the Labour Department announced that unemployment had increased to 7.5 per cent , the highest total in nearly eight years . |
| 8 | BLACKBURN 'S Kevin Moran has been through the lot in nearly 20 years as a top class defender . |
| 9 | Britain 's retail sales jumped 3.7% in March , the largest monthly increase in nearly 12 years , as shoppers rushed to beat April 's deadline for higher value-added tax . |
| 10 | For the first time in nearly four years , gross domestic product ( GDP ) fell in the last quarter of 1990 . |
| 11 | And for the first time in nearly three years she had been able to talk about Martin . |
| 12 | For the first time in nearly three years someone spoke my name . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | For the first time in nearly 40 years Bentley has a shape to call its own . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | One of Edinburgh 's most unusual houses has opened to the public , for the first time in nearly twenty years . |