Example sentences of "in [adv] [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the mid 1970s there was an abortive attempt to develop a new way of managing the industry in the Territories Plan ( which would have given a structure very similar to that developed in Germany in much earlier years and still in use both on DB and DR ) , but this failed largely on account of union opposition . |
| 2 | In years of high prices 20 per cent would have been in this situation , while in extremely hard years , such as 1801 , the proportion would have exceeded 40 per cent . |
| 3 | Large companies in particular , have received extensive support when markets were expanding but they can also rely on financial support in less prosperous years . |
| 4 | Why should we worry when spacefarers have not suffered any serious harm in so many years of space travel ? |
| 5 | This was a strange rare way of conserving a Corps : perhaps it was a Pickle , as for Beefe , whose Saltness in so many years the Lead might sweeten and render insipid . |
| 6 | To allow for this inflation all you have to do is calculate the value of £1 now in so many years time and use this as a correction factor . |
| 7 | Beneath her curled fist she could feel his heart pounding , feel the heavy rhythm of his life ticking away in so many years , so many days , so many hours . |
| 8 | Man Utd today celebrated yet another championship triumph , their second in only 26 years , to continue their ‘ domination ’ of English football . |
| 9 | The US parent then hiked turnover at one of the subsidiaries from £6.7 million to £24.2 million in only six years . |
| 10 | In only six years it has become a significant nature reserve in its own right . |
| 11 | In only five years the Catholic population of the diocese of Dili has increased from 280,000 to 540,000 . |
| 12 | In fact , these videos are successful — we estimate our market share at 8 per cent , achieved in only five years . |
| 13 | With over eighty pits closed down , a work-force more than halved in only four years from 171,000 to just 80,000 , the emergence of a second , more conciliatory union , and above all , after the defeat of the National Union of Mineworkers in an historically lengthy strike , it just was n't an argument that held water . |
| 14 | In the year to June 1992 , 11-year-old Sun made a net profit of $173m on sales of $1.6 billion — a threefold increase in revenues in only four years . |
| 15 | in only four years ? |
| 16 | A study by US scientist Stephen Leatherwood in 1984 suggested that between 2600 and 3000 black dolphins had been taken for crab bait in only two years . |
| 17 | Levels of recorded crime certainly did shoot up in the years following the implementation of the 1933 Act , and the crime rate for boys under 14 years of age found guilty of indictable offences almost doubled in only three years . |
| 18 | After a period of very stable numbers between 1985–89 , the PCC will thus have seen its workload increase by 66 per cent in only three years , a trend which shows little sign of ending . |
| 19 | In only 12 years , Alan Campbell has developed a super-efficient , highly reputable , Internationally-acclaimed business affiliated ( as Trading Members ) to the British Institute of Freight Forwarders ' Association providing exporters with the knowledge that the company has indemnity insurance and operates with properly and highly qualified staff . |
| 20 | This is not a very remote county , but some districts still lost up to one-fifth of their population in only 20 years , roughly equivalent to the 17.6 per cent decrease that occurred in the population of the Scottish Islands during the same period ( Dunn et al . |
| 21 | erm There are indications that in perhaps twenty years ' time that there might be some novel applications of lasers . |
| 22 | According to the United Nations Fund for Population Activities ( UNFPA ) , the world 's population will stabilise at around ten billion in approximately 60 years from now . |
| 23 | why this week … well in exactly three years time the Olympic flame will be lit in Atlanta for the next games … and one of the new sports will be laser sailing … and all the boats are being built by the company in Banbury |
| 24 | In just two years Opren captured well over half the market for drugs to treat arthritis . |
| 25 | A STORE boss was sacked for taking 60 weeks sick leave in just two years . |
| 26 | Unemployment among 16 and 17-year-olds has DOUBLED in just two years to one in six , says a report today . |
| 27 | Unemployment among 16 and 17-year-olds has DOUBLED in just two years to one in six , says a report today . |
| 28 | Overall complaints about car boot sales have risen from virtually nil to around ten a week in just two years . |
| 29 | In just four years , Hutchins ' company has grown to become one of the major marketing and promotion companies in British tennis . |
| 30 | It is submitted that in just four years the Commissioner and her team have succeeded , to a great extent , in ironing out many of the initial difficulties which were encountered . |