Example sentences of "to [noun] [prep] the [num] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | It expects the 78% share of desktops currently running by MS-DOS to fall to 29% by 1997 , the Apple Macintosh to retain a 10% share over the period , Windows to rise from last year 's 7% to 28% , Unix to grow from 4% to 10% , OS/2 to rise from 1% to 8% and Windows NT to grow from nowhere to 14% over the five years . |
| 2 | The Authority allocated £13.75 million pounds to PNP over the four years 1985–9 . |
| 3 | It is known that many families emigrated to Canada during the fifty years from 1818 to 1868 and a great number of them came from the crofts . |
| 4 | Now in his late 40s Mr Rees says he has seen many changes in attitude to transsexuals in the 20 years since he first asked for treatment . |
| 5 | From this age group , the level began to increase first slowly ( infant mortality at the maternal age group 30–34 was lower than in the age group 20–24 ) and from age 35 more rapidly , although the mortality of infants born to women in the 35–39 years old group was not much higher than in the age group 20–24 which is often considered as the prime time for reproduction . |
| 6 | The course is under constant review and is planned flexibly to enable tutors to respond to the needs of particular groups of students , but the following three paragraphs itemise some of the particular emphases given to language during the three years . |