Example sentences of "time [prep] five years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Development spending was to rise by 21 per cent to taka86,500 million , exceeding the total for recurrent expenditure ( up 8 per cent at taka85,500 million ) for the first time for five years . |
| 2 | A PARISH council clerk is to retire in three months time after five years service . |
| 3 | DARREN HALL , seemingly able to run forever , won the Oracle English National Championship for the fourth time in five years at Crawley last night . |
| 4 | DARREN HALL , seemingly able to run for ever , won the Oracle English National Championship for the fourth time in five years at Crawley last night . |
| 5 | Long-term unemployment , defined as people out of work for more than a year , is rising for the first time in five years . |
| 6 | Last season United watched Schmeichel regularly as Brondby won the Danish title for the fourth time in five years and reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup . |
| 7 | It was the fourth time in five years she had been injured in the line of duty . |
| 8 | After all , she was returning to competition for the first time in five years . |
| 9 | ROCK star Cher came face to face with ex-husband Sonny for the first time in five years … and loathed it . |
| 10 | And for the first time in five years , the average cost of building a house dropped from the year before — from £25,338 in 1991/92 , to £24,537 in 1992/ 93 . |
| 11 | It was the fourth time in five years that Gotti , whose elegant sartorial taste had earned him the nickname " Dapper Don " , had been indicted . |
| 12 | It was the third time in five years the council had considered a motion to ban hunting . |
| 13 | THE number of people who have been out of work for more than a year broke through the one million barrier today for the first time in five years . |
| 14 | I 've done it five , this is the first time in five years I 've had New Year 's Eve off . |