Example sentences of "[noun] in [adj] [noun] ' [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I 'm going to sacrifice maybe holidays this year , and maybe have a couple of long weekend breaks , as long as I earn enough to keep my head above water and to pay my way in life for the next twelve months , keep my family fed and watered I 'm Okay , then I 'm going to take stock in twelve months ' time . |
2 | In theory , you could see me in the Sunshine Home for Impoverished Journalists in 40 years ' time , tripping the nurses over with my Zimmer frame in the hope that they 'll let me father their child . |
3 | The Welsh ace bagged four goals in this Cup-Winners ' Cup romp to eclipse Sixties ' idol Roger Hunt . |
4 | According to Mark Doran , Unix International 's technical project manager , Application Linking wo n't be a full object-oriented specification and is intended only as a stop-gap definition until the Object Group delivers object linking and embedding guidelines in two years ' time . |
5 | If we add to that the distinct empires which units and special schools often constitute and whose border crossings have indeterminate customs regulations , then there is scope for duplication and confusion in most LEAs ' provision . |
6 | The machining capacity at Wolverton was heavily engaged in the early days of production , not only on its own work , but in assisting to relieve bottle neck in other firms ' production and much light and heavy machining was undertaken , as was Iron and Brass founding and forging of gun parts for ordnance factories . |
7 | He saw no reason to add that from now on , her body would break down : she would gradually become slower in her movements , she would tire more easily and lack stamina , and she would probably have another stroke in seven years ' time — at the latest . |
8 | There was great jubilation in the family when he returned home to tell them that he was to start in the Despatch Department in two weeks ' time , in the huge new office in Edge Lane where Eileen worked . |
9 | These reports are a valuable aid to our Information Department in answering Members ' enquiries about resorts , and to the guide 's editor , Chris Gill , in compiling the new edition . |
10 | That 's a look we 'll see emerging from the dull , old chrysalis that was Renault design in the '70s and '80s , when it takes the wraps off its first really new-age car in two years ' time . |
11 | The second complaint made by the local authority is that the justices specifically said by paragraph ( 1 ) of their contact order that there should be no contact between T. and her father until after the local authority review in six months ' time . |
12 | But despite the ‘ scariest moment ’ of his life , James said he would be back in action in four weeks ' time at the Dundrod 150 . |
13 | The Department of Energy estimates that 10 per cent of our electricity could come from hot dry rock in 125 years ' time . |
14 | As Tone Vine-Lott , managing director of Barclays Stockbrokers and new chairman of the Scottish Stock Exchange ( and , as an IT man , nothing like the stockbroker stereotype ) , points out in Money Talks , the stockbroking game will still have changed out of all recognition in ten years ' time . |
15 | She 'd be dreadful when they came to Der Zarewitsch in three weeks ' time ; like playing Arsena again . |
16 | A central problem remains the small role assigned to administrators in liberal corporatists ' accounts ( Nordlinger , 1981 , pp. 171 — 2 ; Diamant 1981 , p. 120 ) . |
17 | As these colleges became overcrowded , the large monasteries set up their own academic halls , including Sempringham Hall and Durham Hall in St. Peter 's Street , Peterborough Hall in All Saints ' Street and Vaudey Hall ( owned by Vallis Dei Abbey near Grimsthorpe ) in St. Mary 's Street . |
18 | But his claim the government had increased the provision for the Children Act in local authorities ' budgets by 14 per cent was greeted with derision from the floor . |
19 | This provoked a warning from the Russian Supreme Soviet on July 17 that inclusion in Baltic states ' legislation " of articles which make discrimination on grounds of nationality the norm " could lead to temporary economic sanctions against Estonia , which had a 33.3 per cent Russian minority . |
20 | Taligent Inc , the Apple Computer Inc-IBM Corp venture devoted to building an object-oriented operating environment , is aiming to provide chunks of its technology for inclusion in other companies ' systems . |
21 | The firm is also aiming to make available chunks of its technology for inclusion in other companies ' operating systems as the various components of its object environment are completed . |
22 | The firm is also aiming to make available chunks of its technology for inclusion in other companies ' operating systems as the various components of its object environment are completed . |
23 | Chocolate magnate endows yet another museum in Teutonic Knights ' stronghold on the Rhein |
24 | Exporter 's $10m receipt in three months ' time under a forward contract will be worth DM40.4m . |
25 | And of course , we spend half our lives in each others ' houses , eating . |
26 | In the end , to please her , I promised to get a job in six months ' time . |
27 | We are interested in tools for the classroom in five years ' time , rather than those which can be run now . |
28 | But councillors are urging officials to get on with spending because the authority could go out of business in two years ' time if local government is reorganised . |
29 | NEW YORK ( Reuter ) — El Salvador 's President , Alfredo Cristiani , announced in a speech to the UN that he would make a proposal for a ceasefire in his country 's 10-year-old civil war at a meeting with FMLN rebels in two weeks ' time . |
30 | So it was decided that Oliver would help Sikes with the robbery in two days ' time . |