Example sentences of "[n mass] [prep] the [num ord] [num] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1991 saw total Unix systems revenue in Europe climb to $6.9bn from $6bn in 1990. 1991 's growth of 15% is two points up on 1990 's 13% — IDC predicts a mean compound annual growth rate ( CAGR ) of 14% for the next six years , by which time it believes the European market will be worth some $16.3bn . |
| 2 | ‘ We have already cut £6.5m in the last two years and lost 80 jobs last year , ’ said Coun Carr . |
| 3 | The European Communities ( EC ) announced grant aid for Ethiopia worth $387,000,000 over the next five years , to be directed towards rural development and small-scale industry and agriculture , with the emphasis on the private sector . |
| 4 | Under the plan , L&H 's 629 former partners are being asked to pay back over $40m over the next 10 years , with some partners ' personal assessments totalling as much as $400,000. 475 partners are thought to have approved the plan , but the remainder have either expressed their intention to appeal or have declared themselves personally bankrupt . |
| 5 | It is difficult to provide any comparable data over the last thirty years and though the general impression is one of slight reduction in socio-economic inequalities in GP consultation , this should not be taken for granted . |
| 6 | Mr Atkinson said the work would cost £60m over the first four years and between £11m and £15m over the next nine years . |
| 7 | Knowing my luck I 'll only be able to afford a weekend break in Bognor Regis , especially as my measly wage has only gone up by fourpence in the last two years . |
| 8 | The company has agreed to keep the average rise in domestic telephone charges to four percentage points below inflation , and to lower international rates by 12% over the next three years , starting with an 8% cut in the first year . |
| 9 | The Miniphone cellular network has gone into operation in Buenos Aires and some of its suburbs : the network is expected to have 10,000 users within a year , and is being run by Movistar — set up by Telecom Argentina SA , and controlled by STET SpA and France Telecom — and Telefonica Argentina ; initial investment in the project is $42m , but this is expected to rise to $100m over the next three years . |
| 10 | The Welsh FA have signed a sponsorship deal with Welsh Brewers Ltd which could net them more than £100,000 over the next three years . |
| 11 | It is good to report that branch membership has increased by 46% over the last four years . |
| 12 | A new town plans to increase it 's population by fifty percent during the next five years . |
| 13 | The proportion of lone-parent families has remained fairly steady at 14 percent for the last five years ( OPCS , 1988 ) . |
| 14 | I am pleased to say we 've taken the trading margin there from five percent to fourteen point two percent in the last four years . |
| 15 | This experience is reflected across the county where the number of criminal cases has fallen by ten percent in the last three years . |
| 16 | In February of this year , she signed an exclusive contract with Revlon , which will bring her an estimated $4.5m over the next three years , a deal which eclipses previous records set by Christy Turlington ( Maybelline ) and Pauline Porizhova ( Estee Lauder ) . |
| 17 | According to a report from the US Solar Energy Industries Association , sales of solar energy equipment have grown by more than 30 percent over the last two years , the vast majority being bought by developing countries . |
| 18 | ( ‘ Tempest ’ ) and some sureties , the landlord demised a factory unit on its industrial estate , known as Eley 's Estate , Eley Road , Enfield , to Tempest for a term of 20 years from 25 March 1972 at a rent of £3,850 for the first five years , with reviews at five-yearly intervals thereafter . |
| 19 | Statistics for the next fifteen years are scarce , but under the tribute system copper miners were paid according to the selling price of the ore they raised . |
| 20 | The Ayrshire Cup competition for amateur football teams throughout the county will be sponsored by Scottish Nuclear for £1500 during the next two years with the option for the sponsorship to be extended to 1995/96 . |
| 21 | The M40 currently carries about 45,000 , but that 's due to increase by 30% in the next 10 years , so councillors are pressing for the M40 to be included . |
| 22 | AST now earns 7% of its revenue from open systems business , but is hoping to expand this to 30% over the next three years . |
| 23 | C&P 's north-east distribution department has reviewed the performance of its contract hauliers and , by making improvements and efficiencies , is instigating a programme which will save the Company between £10-12m over the next three years . |
| 24 | The Income & Growth PEP allows you to invest in the Capital House Income & Growth Unit Trust which , despite one of the most difficult periods for stock market investment , has seen an investment of £100 grow to £183 over the last five years — had you been able to invest in the Income & Growth PEP over this period you would have received this return free of all personal taxes . |
| 25 | Expanding on the agreement that AT&T 's Computer Systems Division forged with Banyan Systems Inc last year , NCR Corp has now sealed a pact with the Westborough , Massachusetts-based company , said to be worth $25m over the next three years : NCR is to market and support Banyan 's Unix-based Vines network operating system — in the US and Canada initially , worldwide at a later date — whilst Banyan distributors will be able to sell NCR products . |
| 26 | Expanding on the agreement that AT&T 's Computer Systems Division forged with Banyan Systems Inc last year , NCR Corp has now sealed a pact with the Westborough , Massachusetts-based company , said to be worth $25m over the next three years : NCR is to market and support Banyan 's Unix-based Vines network operating system — in the US and Canada initially , worldwide at a later date — whilst Banyan distributors will be able to sell NCR products . |
| 27 | We now stock upwards of 300 titles , admittedly mostly between September and December , but they can generate very significant sales at a crucial time of year — and none of us can afford to ignore a product range that has increased in sales by some 300% in the last three years . |
| 28 | For instance , a man of 29 who paid £50 a month into a 25-year endowment , would fork out £1,800 in the first three years . |
| 29 | He would undoubtedly have watched with anxiety the growing troubles over finance and staff during the next ten years and , by 1722 , the abandonment of the Garden was a possibility . |
| 30 | B. Most of the spoliation of our landscapes , coastlines and rivers has been due to the activities of business people during the last 100 years or so . |