Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun] [unc] time [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Surely this can not be justified as an effective use of civil servants ' time or public money . ’ |
2 | The fanfare of catwalk shows , exhibitions , and the production of designs that may never be worn , take up a great deal of most designers ' time and money . |
3 | So again there 's some restatement , so just to clarify things we 're looking at primarily life insurance for yourself and your wife savings plan for your daughter PHI say in six months ' time and pension planning is the , the least of your , your main concerns today , would that be the case yeah I guess so . |
4 | Sixty-five per cent of the economy will remain in state hands in six years ' time and workers will no longer elect managers . |
5 | The winner will be announced in six weeks ' time and both the winning plumber and the nominator will receive holidays to Majorca . |
6 | Work out how many woodlice you will have in 10 years ' time if they continue to multiply at this rate . |
7 | In 10 years ' time as mainframes become more powerful , he reckons , this figure is more likely to be 500 . |
8 | My husband who earns good money , gets a pension in 10 years ' time and he says we 'll return then . |
9 | London in three day 's time and Virginia . |
10 | If it picks an insider or a retiree , then we will all be back to writing the company 's obituary in three months ' time so it has to be an outsider , and one name canvassed that should be crossed off the list at once is that of ‘ Neutron ’ Jack Welch , boss of General Electric Co — not because he does n't have the capability but because he does not have a background in the computer industry . |
11 | But King He can expect to be freed in three years ' time but Don King is convinced the former champion 's conviction will be overturned at a forthcoming appeal . |
12 | ‘ This may rise to about 20 in three years ' time if we do well . |
13 | The hon. Gentleman is trying to guess what the market price will be in X years ' time and what proportion of the market will be accounted for by coal . |
14 | It would be surprising if benchmarking attracts as much media attention in five years ' time as it does now . |
15 | I could imagine institutions , for example , being told to be in a different position perhaps in five years ' time or ten years ' time , and being able to do this by a variety of means , working towards it , whereas , it seems to me it 's a very much harder problem , although it 's , it 's understandable as I said in the , in the present circumstances , to actually be able to take on this properly and do a proper job of change in a time scale of perhaps one year or maybe even less than that in some cases . |
16 | The debentures have a face value of £1.5 million , an annual interest rate of 10 per cent , mature in five years ' time and are currently selling at their face value . |
17 | any sub-lease would be outside the Landlord and Tenant Act and would include a rent review in one year 's time as per their own lease ; |
18 | I keep sending memos urging them to make a decision now regarding the next one in four year 's time and asking that BBC2 be set aside on the appointed dates for Ryder Cup coverage . |
19 | What will its price be in four weeks ' time if interest rates remain unchanged ? |
20 | So he said erm but we ha being refurbished in four weeks ' time and we 've got to sell everything in the shop |
21 | Ag again with the , the recommendations I think you , you , you went on to say can I , can I go forward in , in getting the recommendations erm without actually explaining what you were doing , you just came back and said so I 'll go ahead and get the recommendations and come back and see you in two weeks ' time and like what recommendation ? |
22 | 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 . |
23 | But I usually arrange with a client over what 's seen in two years ' time or one year 's time , whatever . |
24 | Word came back in two days ' time that Sigarup was getting better . |
25 | And to speak silently is to speak without asking for other people 's time or sympathy ; without wounding their sensibilities or undermining their faith ; without breaching confidentiality or the Official Secrets Act . |