Sentence examples for a span of five years from inspiring English sources

If the deaths of over 4,000 people over a span of five years hasn't gotten Boko Haram that notoriety, then the abduction of the schoolgirls over a month ago certainly has.

In a span of five years, "he had become one of the company's star soloists," Mr. Kozinn wrote.

A span of five years is chosen to study the effect of varying solar activity on the morphology of the OI 8446 Å dayglow emission.

In a span of five years, a serious knee injury, the murder of her half-sister and other career interests (fashion and acting), sent her ranking tumbling to triple digits.

MITx grew out of a series of meetings over a span of five years, in which Rafael Reif, then the Institute's provost, consulted with faculty, administrators, and student representatives on how technology could improve the quality of on-campus education.

Mr Zhang points out that several economies have suffered financial crises after their stock of credit grew by about 30% of GDP in a span of five years or less.

McCarten published three Talk stories over a span of four years about the Lichee Tree.

Less formally, eon often refers to a span of one billion years.

The stories in the book will have been written across a span of fifteen years or so.

As of Tuesday, the Department of Transportation will have added 200 miles of new bike lanes within a span of three years — much of that stolen back from the automobile.

These letters cover a span of fifty years (1911 to Hand's death in 1961); the twenty-five folders contain close to six hundred items.