Example sentences of "[adj] in [adj] [noun] ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To achieve this in four years ' time I would be doing |
| 2 | So , although we are seeking approval now , for the whole total , we will in fact pay half in six months ' time er as is normal procedure on , on our water bills . |
| 3 | Now she will have to spend another three years behind bars instead of walking free in 11 months ' time . |
| 4 | That can not excuse them , however , and the FA will probably be interested in both teams ' excuses . |
| 5 | These are seen in the repetitions , checks , and expansions which are noted as so prominent in some parents ' speech by Brown ( Brown , Cazden and Bellugi , 1969 ) and Cross ( 1977 ) . |
| 6 | At five o'clock we wandered back ; after all , it might get dark in fifteen days ' time . |
| 7 | The phenomenon drew comment from nearly all the booksellers taking part in the survey , looming larger in most booksellers ' experience than the formerly familiar threat of expansion by the chains ( although the latter phenomenon has obviously not disappeared , with Jarrolds , in particular , awaiting the arrival of a 10,000 sq ft Dillons store in Norwich with a certain apprehension ) . |
| 8 | For example , knowing how may people aged between fifty and sixty are alive today , together with knowledge about the death-rate of this age group and their state of health , enables the state to plan the number of places that may be needed in residential homes for the elderly in twenty years ' time , as well as the level of home help provision that will be necessary . |
| 9 | Was strauss really so ineffectual in five years ' correspondence with Hofmannsthal about the opera ? |
| 10 | German exporter expects to receive $ 100,000 in three months ' time . |
| 11 | Rather than saying that £100 invested today at an annual rate of 10 per cent will yield £110 in 12 months ' time , we say that £1 10 due in 12 months ' time has a present value of £100 today . |
| 12 | If some of those who proposed it are proved right in several years ' time , I hope that I will admit as much , but I have grave doubts nevertheless , and they are shared by a large number of heavyweight people in the Scottish universities . |
| 13 | It could be that you 've never taken your family abroad on holiday , so you set yourself a little objective , that in two years ' time , I want to take them all , even if it 's a damn package deal on a flight to Tenerife , do it , will you feel good , will the family enjoy it ? |
| 14 | Either the afternoons are as endless as those in old folks ' homes , which prompt the matrons to pin up Reality Orientation charts ( ’ When is your birthday ? |
| 15 | However , my aim is to show that notions of ‘ masculinity ’ and ‘ femininity ’ are important in shaping students ' experiences of schooling . |
| 16 | According to criminologists I consulted , doubts remain whether the Act has entirely remedied the situation ( magistrates and police are not always meticulous in determining offenders ' ages ) , but it has certainly alleviated it considerably . |
| 17 | A staggering 52% — mostly females — said they expect rates to be higher in 12 months ' time with a consequent knock-on effect on mortgages . |
| 18 | A further interesting finding was that one in three chairmen , one in nine employers ' representatives and one in seven employees ' representatives were also justices of the peace or held similar ‘ judicial or semi-judicial office ’ such as that of coroner . |
| 19 | Training for English medium was made compulsory in all teachers ' colleges and a government decision was taken , at political level , to provide for extension of English medium teaching to all schools in Kenya where there was local demand for it . |
| 20 | It was not conceived to address many of the concerns uppermost in social workers ' minds . |
| 21 | You 're seventeen in nine weeks ' time . |
| 22 | FIRST/Fixed Interest Rate Savings Tax-paid Option Bond , launched by National Savings on 7 July 1992 , proved so successful in attracting savers ' funds that the Government cut the rate of interest in the face of a threat by the building societies to raise mortgage rates . |
| 23 | KITCHENS OF DISTINCTION , Tooting Broadway 's finest , who issue their ‘ When In Heaven ’ / ‘ Glittery Dust ’ 45 on One Little Indian in two weeks ' time , play |
| 24 | How many SSDs will be able to say the same in five years ' time ? |
| 25 | ‘ This may rise to about 20 in three years ' time if we do well . |
| 26 | This would mean that a buyer would pay 99,000 and receive 99,000 plus 1,000 in three months ' time . |