Example sentences of "in three [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ruby sighed , ‘ One thing has n't changed in three million years . |
| 2 | The New Society survey compared county court judges in three recent years . |
| 3 | In three hundred years , since his confinement in the Tower of London for ‘ seditious libel ’ , many myths have grown around the Cornish ‘ Squire-Bishop ’ . |
| 4 | In three hundred years only the trees had changed , growing older , dying , replaced by others of their own ancient seed . |
| 5 | Manchester 's Royal Residential Schools Wolf Cub pack were victorious in three successive years sports competitions against other Wolf Cubs in the area from 1954 to 1956 . |
| 6 | Above all else , Baker understood the essential role of compromise in executive-legislative relations and it was the LSG that prevailed upon Reagan to give ground on the tax cut by accepting reductions of 5 per cent — 10 per cent — 10 per cent in three successive years in place of the 10 per cent — 10 per cent — 10 per cent of Kemp-Roth . |
| 7 | Illingworth played birthday Tests in three successive years , 1971 , 1972 and 1973 , and May laid the foundations of a captain 's hundred in a losing cause on his birthday at the end of 1958 . |
| 8 | I 'd applied for Mastermind in three previous years but was unsuccessful and even had an audition in 1989 . ’ |
| 9 | But in three short years the following essential features of creative sound were worked out for the first time : cut-and-splice sound editing ; dubbing mute shots ( i.e. providing library sounds for completely silent bits of film ) ; quiet cameras ; ‘ talkback ’ and other intercom systems ; ‘ boom ’ microphones ( so the mike could be placed over the actor 's head and moved as necessary ) ; equalization ; track-bouncing ; replacement of dialogue ( including alternative languages ) ; filtering ( for removing traffic noise , wind noise , or for simulating telephone conversations ) ; busbars for routing controlled amounts of foldback or reverberation ; three-track recording ( music , effects , and dialogue , any of which could be changed as necessary ) ; automatic volume limiters ; and synchronous playback ( for dance or mimed shots ) . |