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In subsequent years vs In the subsequent years

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. 'In subsequent years' is more commonly used and refers to any following years without specifying a particular number. 'In the subsequent years' is less common and implies a specific set of years that are being referred to.

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In subsequent years

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to refer to any years that come after the current one without specifying a particular number.

Examples:

  • In subsequent years, the company expanded its operations.
  • The technology improved significantly in subsequent years.
  • In subsequent years the fixed amount shall be EUR 4000 for each resettled person.
  • In subsequent years the sales recovered and were close to 2008 figures during the RIP.
  • Unrealised losses taken to the profit and loss account shall not be reversed in subsequent years against unrealised gains.
  • (c) unrealised losses taken to the profit and loss account at the year-end and the corresponding unrealised gains shall be separately amortised in subsequent years.
  • Inflation peaked at 4.1% in 1992 before declining in subsequent years.
  • Its net international investment position has been negative, rising between 1996 and 1999 and stabilising at around 35 % of GDP in subsequent years.
  • In subsequent years, this proportion might be increased by up to 5 % per year.
  • In subsequent years, it plans a 2% increase to take account of inflation.
  • In subsequent years inflation in Germany has followed a downward trend, falling to just below 2 % in 1995 and thereafter (see Chart 1).
  • In subsequent years, no further grants were made for disability awareness training to Bus Éireann or Dublin Bus. Such training instead became part of the normal induction training processes in those companies.
  • In subsequent years up to 2018, the surcharge for year x will be similarly capped at 200 % of the surcharge of the year x - 2.
  • While performance varies across regions, overall, the German labour market has benefited from the years of economic growth in the EU between 1997 and 2000. In subsequent years, employment has been on the decline and unemployment has increased.
  • This severely risks that projects which have received considerable EU and national funding will fail in subsequent years.
  • Therefore, these amounts should not be recovered in subsequent years.
  • According to Commission Communication No 2012/C 72/07, the remaining amounts should be deducted from the adapted quotas available in subsequent years.
  • Furthermore, the appropriations should be increased in subsequent years to provide appropriate funding for the creation of a common inspection structure.
  • That means that one-off measures will have to be backed up by credible commitments to maintaining budgetary stability in subsequent years.
  • In 1994 and in subsequent years, very different types of activity were planned worldwide through plurilateral agreements.
  • As I said in the Committee on Transport and Tourism, however, I recommend greater compliance with the principles and rules in subsequent years.
  • We are asking the Commission to think very quickly about where the money for this campaign can come from in subsequent years.

Alternatives:

  • in the following years
  • in the years to come
  • in the coming years
  • in the future years
  • in the upcoming years

In the subsequent years

This phrase is correct but less commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to refer to a specific set of years that follow the current one.

Examples:

  • In the subsequent years of the study, the results showed a significant change.
  • The economic downturn continued in the subsequent years.
  • In the subsequent years, the programme envisages progress towards the MTO in a context of strong growth prospects, but the budgetary targets are not ambitious and there are risks to their achievement from 2008 onwards.
  • The programme is also aimed at ensuring a continuous decline in the general government deficit in the subsequent years.
  • In the subsequent years, the fiscal balance is projected to continue worsening.
  • The proposal shall also include, as appropriate, measures to allow for Member States to use the unused part of the additional usable quantity referred to in paragraph 3 in the subsequent years or transfer the unused part of that quantity to another Member State.
  • The programme also targets a continuous decline in the general government deficit in the subsequent years.
  • Parental engagement must also continue in the subsequent years.
  • The general government gross debt is foreseen to approach the 60 % of GDP reference value by 2007 and to continue declining in the subsequent years.
  • This tax reform was accompanied by an increase in the overall tax revenue in the subsequent years, despite the tax reduction involved.
  • In 2009, turnover fell by almost 21 % as compared to 2008 and the Company recorded a loss (EBT) of EUR 3,2 million. This trend continued in the subsequent years.
  • The revised version predicted higher profits in the first year but lower in the subsequent years, compared with the forecasts used in the 1997 valuation.
  • The Commission estimates the costs for its training and licensing proposal at € 1,9 million in the first year and € 1,3 million in the subsequent years (training of 10000 employees).
  • The Commission notes that the baseline scenario of the 2013 restructuring plan envisages that the Company will have a positive EBIT of EUR 0,4 million already in 2014 and increase it in the subsequent years.
  • which verifiable methods and criteria will be used to identify deforestation on those lands in the subsequent years of the accounting period;
  • Whereas the ZT was still able to cover its direct costs up until 2004, the disposal of category 3 material in the subsequent years no longer made a positive contribution to covering the costs of spare capacity.
  • Overall, the Council deems the updated programme consistent with a correction of the excessive deficit as of 2006, one year before the deadline set by the Council, and some progress towards the medium term objective will be made in the subsequent years.
  • In the subsequent years (2004-2007), when the Union was exposed to large quantities of highly dumped exports from the PRC, three Union producers had to leave the market, leading to the current duopolistic situation.
  • Can the Commission inform the European Parliament, if the Romanian Government is taking the necessary measures to prevent the country also being a net contributor to the EU budget in the subsequent years?

Alternatives:

  • in the following years
  • in the years to come
  • in the coming years
  • in the future years
  • in the upcoming years

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