Example sentences of "within [adj] years [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within eight years he had fully repaid his creditors and accumulated a greater fortune than ever before . |
| 2 | The CBOE began with option contracts on only 16 blue chip shares , but within 10 years it and 3 other exchanges offered about 9500 different option contracts on 350 securities ( out of a total of about 6,000 US listed stocks ) . |
| 3 | ‘ Within 10 years I hope to be the governor of Colorado , ’ he says . |
| 4 | A year later he switched to Labour , and within six years he had won a seat on Hounslow borough council . |
| 5 | Yet , while the New Popsters produced a stream of memorable hit singles ( Culture Club 's Do You Really Want To Hurt Me , or Duran 's Hungry Like The Wolf ) , within three years they 'd all be defunct , or frantically searching for a new ‘ adult ’ audience . |
| 6 | Within three years he had emigrated to the United States . |
| 7 | Within three years he had become the most successful muslin manufacturer in Britain . |
| 8 | From then on his rise was rapid and within three years he had become the supreme influence at Edward 's court . |
| 9 | within three years you 're leaving |
| 10 | It never occurred to me that within three years I should hate the Italians with an unrelenting hatred . |
| 11 | In her case the disease had progressed rapidly with little instances of remission and her condition had deteriorated so much that within three years she was almost permanently confined to a wheelchair . |
| 12 | Dr McClure began school teaching in 1981 and within three years she became deputy headmistress at Kingswood School , Bath . |
| 13 | Within 4 years they were at the height of their achievements . |
| 14 | So in the long run , first of all we saved ourselves an initial risk outlay of a quarter of a million pounds on legal fees , the second thing is that we now have that common land back under control , and within ten years we will recoup all of that money . |
| 15 | Within ten years it was turning over £20m at a gross profit margin of 50pc . |
| 16 | Within ten years he had conquered the other tribes along the Mad Dog Pass and subjugated the Night Goblin tribes that lived around and under Thunder Mountain . |
| 17 | He decided to brew a long-lasting , high quality version of this porter and within ten years he was exporting his ‘ Guinness Extra Strong Porter ’ to London . |
| 18 | Within twenty-five years it was . |
| 19 | The fragile democratic institutions of Weimar were not able to survive the sense of defeat , the recession and Hitler 's onslaught , and within fifteen years he was elected Chancellor . |
| 20 | All in all , it was still impossible to predict that , within six years of the 1911 national transport stoppage , Wilson 's vision of a joint union-Shipping Federation board would be imposed on the industry and that within nine years it would have been accepted voluntarily by the Federation as the normal and accepted method of conducting business with Wilson and his colleagues . |
| 21 | Some small captives become pets but within five years they are potentially dangerous and have to be put behind bars . |
| 22 | Within five years they were carrying over seven million passengers a year . |
| 23 | With the loss of Gunbad and Silverspear , the Dwarfs lose their most important mines in the east and within five years they abandon the eastern fringes of the Worlds Edge Mountains altogether . |
| 24 | Within five years we should have made substantial progress towards a Herbarium database , integrated with BG-BASE software , and with software for Herbarium loans and labels . |
| 25 | Within five years we want to be close to 15 per cent . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Within five years I would think we will have a pristine reedbed here again . |
| 27 | It did n't last ; his alienation from England seems to have coincided with an alienation from Dorothy , for within five years he had a child by Olga Rudge . |
| 28 | One fundholder said that within five years he expected to see practices controlling every aspect of health care . |
| 29 | Within five years he had paid back every penny , and by 1960 his ships were making a good deal of money . |
| 30 | Some people might go for your head to begin with but within five years you 'll find that you are the most popular person around . |