Sentence examples for years during the first from inspiring English sources

The growth of house prices has slowed sharply, rising by the smallest amount in five years during the first three months of 2003.

The sector, which includes restaurants, bars and hotels, experienced the weakest quarter in three years during the first three months of the year, according to the Markit/Cips PMI index.

C1 Housing Boom Cools Off The growth of house prices has slowed sharply over the last year, increasing by the smallest amount in five years during the first three months of 2003, according to a grovernment report.

The strategic position of Ypres, which held back the German Army for four years during the first world war, meant that it was immediately rebuilt despite being 99% in ruins at the end of the war.

Possibly, these views became amplified over the years — during the First World War and afterward — for another, more selfish reason: England never really went for Hamsun's books, while the German reading public adored him from the start.

He was imprisoned over seven years, during the first four of which he endured torture and isolation by drawing on lessons learned from his studies of ancient Greek philosophy.

French companies shed the most jobs in 40 years during the fourth quarter of last year.

Japan seized it for about two and a half years during the second world war.

Nevertheless, stocks around the world still managed to achieve one of the best quarters in years during the second quarter.

For five years during the Second World War, the Allies launched a trial and error bombing campaign against Germany's historical city landscape.

She displayed composure beyond her years during the second run, the fastest of the evening (1 minute 2.47 seconds), and won by an overall margin of 1.19 seconds.