Example sentences of "time in three years " in BNC.
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| 1 | A BURGLARY victim whose home has been raided 14 times in three years has screwed her TV to the floor . |
| 2 | Lynch successfully defended the world flyweight title three times in three years against worthy contenders , an achievement unsurpassed by British boxers before . |
| 3 | FOR THE first time in three years Steffi Graf was yesterday reminded what it feels like to leave a tournament a quarter-final loser when West Germany were beaten 2-1 by Czechoslovakia in the Federation Cup here . |
| 4 | He had just won the competitive Cambridgeshire Handicap for the second time in three years . |
| 5 | The yen fell too , pushing the total market capitalisation of the Tokyo exchange beneath that of the New York exchange for the first time in three years . |
| 6 | Mr Stringer , a most gracious loser despite experiencing the disappointment of missing out at the penultimate stage for the second time in three years , asked : ‘ What more do you have to do to prove yourself . ’ |
| 7 | JULIE BOND enjoyed an extraordinary run of serving success to guide Woolwich Brixton to the Royal Bank National League title for the second time in three years . |
| 8 | As investors and the better-paid alike give thanks for their deliverance , that most essential and intangible ingredient for economic recovery — confidence — is suddenly present for the first time in three years . |
| 9 | There was sympathy too for Floyd , who at 49 had the chance of becoming the oldest champion and now runner-up for the second time in three years . |
| 10 | The senior men's/junior ladies section was won , for the second time in three years , by Ashley Canning/Alison Parker of Grayshott ( - 12 ) . |
| 11 | In the depth of the recession , with the motor industry suffering more than most , Rover is introducing night shifts for the first time in three years . |
| 12 | The good times have returned at Rover , and yesterday the company announced it was reintroducing night-shift working at its Cowley plant in Oxford for the first time in three years . |
| 13 | Last week he walked upstairs for the first time in three years and just burst into tears . |
| 14 | He was thrilled about the prospect of seeing Candy , 37 , for the first time in three years . |
| 15 | News of her absence from Wimbledon , for the second time in three years , was greeted sympathetically from All England Club officials . |
| 16 | Clive Smott ( 59 ) was formerly with Princess Eugene Road Garage Reserves and has agreed to come out of retirement and put on his boots for the first time in three years . |
| 17 | I would wish warmly to join in congratulating the hon. Gentleman 's constituent on his 80th birthday , particularly as , next month , the income support premium for the over-80s will be raised in real terms for the second time in three years . |
| 18 | CATRIONA Lambert dominated today 's final of the Scottish Women 's Championship to take the title for the second time in three years . |
| 19 | Bates back at Roland Garros for the first time in three years opens his challenge against Ctislav Dosedel of the Czech Republic , a player ranked nine places lower on the world computer at 111 . |
| 20 | Commenting on the Khmer Rouge position at the talks , the Independent of June 27 said that for the first time in three years of diplomacy , the group appeared " unsure of themselves , and nervous of being outmanoeuvred " . |
| 21 | On March 6 Eduard Shevardnadze , the former Soviet Foreign Minister and for 13 years first secretary of the central committee of the Communist Party of Georgia , returned to his native Georgia for first time in three years . |
| 22 | Back on the grid for the first time in three years is derek warwick … he 's racing for the Milton Keynes Footwork team |
| 23 | The bells of an Oxford church are ringing again for the first time in three years . |
| 24 | The result is a bucking of current trends with the growth in spending outstripping rises in income for the first time in three years . |
| 25 | BAe has announced it wants to recruit apprentices at its Broughton factory for the first time in three years . |
| 26 | Amid all the gloom of redundancies and take-over deals , BAe has announced it wants to recruit apprentices at its Broughton factory for the first time in three years . |
| 27 | Even the bookmakers lost faith in the world champion who began the event without the status of favourite for the first time in three years . |
| 28 | CAR crime on Merseyside has dropped for the first time in three years but the rate is still one offence every 20 minutes . |
| 29 | CAR crime on Merseyside has dropped for the first time in three years but there is still one offence every 20 minutes . |