Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] the [noun sg] [num] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Economic plans for the coming five years revealed in February 1990 included increased emphasis on the processing of raw materials and on agriculture ; changes in the pricing system ; the introduction of some private ownership ; and the setting of production targets for only 10 out of 2,000 products . |
| 2 | In the UK , the institutional mechanics are broadly that a government 's intended expenditure plans for the coming four years are drawn up in the autumn of each year , with the upcoming year being the dominant period for consideration . |
| 3 | Foreign companies would be able to remit part of their profits abroad , and were promised compensation in the event of " unavoidable " nationalization ; they would be given tax concessions during the initial five years of operation if they were involved in high-technology industries , resource development or infrastructure construction . |
| 4 | It was reported as working satisfactorily in October 1900 and it must have remained so , for the final payment was made to Messrs. Gwynnes in February 1901.2 ; There are but two further important references in the Committee Minutes before the closure of the lift nine years later . |
| 5 | Supporters of the campaign two years ago to ban hunting , believe this time they will win . |
| 6 | A Danish yawl had been wrecked on the far side of the island two years before and Bonefish had rescued some of her oak timbers which he had scarfed in to Masquerade 's broken hull . |
| 7 | Pictures of the chairman ten years ago or the old plant before the renovations are only of interest for the company history and are definitely not for current use . |
| 8 | The words of the Principal , , to the graduates of 1992 , and the fundamental reasoning behind the launch two years ago of the University 's Environmental Initiative to imbue staff and students with an awareness of environmental problems and the resolve to confront them through integrated teaching , research and institutional behaviour . |
| 9 | He fought to put the pound into the ERM two years ago , defeating ex-Premier Mrs Thatcher over the issue . |
| 10 | For , so the story went , Pan Chao had decapitated Kan Ying there and then and sent his body back to Rome where it had lain out in the open in the great square , slowly rotting , waiting for the young Emperor , Ho Ti 's triumphal entry into the city three years later . |
| 11 | The way in which authorities apparently withheld information about the explosion and fire at the Zaporizha plant in central Ukraine will also generate fresh opposition to the industry seven years after the Chernobyl disaster . |
| 12 | WHEN I began practice at the Bar 25 years ago , phrases such as ‘ judicial review of administrative action ’ , ‘ public law ’ , or ‘ fundamental human rights and freedoms ’ sounded strange to English judges and lawyers . |
| 13 | Michael Pratt was accused of hitting Gary Richards twice across his back with a table leg during a mini riot at the jail two years ago . |
| 14 | WASHINGTON D.C. The National Gallery of Art is currently hosting two exhibitions as part of the Guercino four-hundred years celebrations . |
| 15 | He was given the freedom of the town two years ago . |
| 16 | McHugh , winner of the title three years ago when he was with Whitehead , will not have an easy passage . |
| 17 | The Railway Preservation Society informed the council about the anniversary two years ago . |
| 18 | To this is added a rage for acronyms which has survived the ending of the war forty-five years ago , creating a sub-Orwellian world in which words are insensibly destroyed by being absorbed in outlandish cyphers . |
| 19 | He takes over from Harry Mogford FHCIMA , who had been chairman since the formation of the committee five years ago . |
| 20 | The Committee to Protect Journalists ( CPJ ) has reported that more journalists were killed carrying out their professional duties in 1991 than in any other year since the formation of the committee ten years ago . |
| 21 | It was their much-praised BCR exhibition in 1986 that revived his own and others ' interest in the old railway and led to the process of discussion that ( in the relaxed South Shropshire way ) led to the formation of the Society three years later . |
| 22 | Of course , the present inhabitants of this new country are Slavs , the result of a great Slav migration from the north 900 years after Philip and Alexander . |
| 23 | Property : A dream among the debris Fifteen years ago , Lachie Stewart set sight on his ideal home , on the windswept Highlands . |
| 24 | He has caused a storm with his claim that their bowlers ‘ scuffed up the ball ’ during the final Test at The Oval two years ago . |
| 25 | Both those obstacles had been foreseen by the anti-Keynesians at the Treasury thirty years before . |
| 26 | ‘ Then you 'll also know that Zimbala has been a one-party state since it was granted independence by the French forty-five years ago . ’ |
| 27 | Given what seems to be an insatiable demand — with simultaneous booms in office and factory automation , fuelled by the development of new Japanese language processing systems — Mizuno expects a steady stream of new entrants into the software service business during the coming five years . |
| 28 | Now VW has made a strong comeback with its 1,588cc diesel for the Golf 40 years later . |
| 29 | He has played a leading part in developing the Viet Nam business for the bast six years , chalking up 32 visits to the country before his permanent posting . |
| 30 | Both actuaries have tried to turn the Pearl in other directions , taking advantage of the personal pensions boom , and developing the group 's general insurance business , which suffered a rough ride in the early 1970s before they took charge of the group six years ago . |