Sentence examples for years during the second from inspiring English sources

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.

The agency said the number of bad loans at banks ballooned to its highest level in 15 years during the second quarter.

France's economy expanded at the weakest pace in more than four years during the second quarter of this year as the faltering in world growth weighed on exports.

My grandfather, who fought under the British Empire, was a prisoner of war in Japan for five years during the second world war.

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

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

The euro gained after a report showed Europe's economy expanded at the fastest pace in nearly two years during the fourth quarter of 1999.

Why, then, did it remain closed to world trade for 60 years during the twentieth century?

Laws prohibiting the teaching of human evolution were in effect in some states for over 40 years during the twentieth century.