Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] the [noun] five 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | He takes over from Harry Mogford FHCIMA , who had been chairman since the formation of the committee five years ago . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Nor can Socrates ' association with some of the Thirty Tyrants who , with Spartan support , had launched a coup against the democracy five years earlier , have been decisive . |
| 6 | Bilal Shebib and Samir Medina were smuggled out of the infamous Bourje Al Bourajnee refugee camp in the Lebanon five years ago by British doctor Pauline Cutting . |
| 7 | It was to be one of the worst times in the whole five years . |
| 8 | The number of people that I hear saying things such as I do n't remember stepping over people in the street five years ago and it 's true , in this city I do n't actually remember doing that , not with the frequency with which it happens today and your government and your party has no record to shout about , absolutely none . |
| 9 | But since his arrival at the theatre five years ago he has worked with the artistic director , Roger Redfarn , to make full use of his evident skills in business management . |