Example sentences of "[adj] year [noun sg] [conj] [pers pn] be " in BNC.
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1 | That contrasts with what some policies will lead to in a few years time if we are going to have complete closure of some long stay hospitalS . |
2 | A source close to Saatchi insists that there is ‘ absolutely no intention of dispersing the collection ’ and is equally adamant that ‘ the collection will be greater in five or 10 years time than it is now . ’ |
3 | Because we must remember that Iraq has already had an eight years war and they 're used to a war , they used to withstanding a war and it was the only reason that Britain survived in the last world war because it could withstand attack , and wait and wait until they were ready to counter attack . |
4 | Brian Horton says that Joey has signed a three year contract and he 's sold enough players to last him a lifetime … |
5 | The Lothian FWAG initiative is about to enter its second three year period and I am pleased that the financial support for this is virtually in place as the local authorities individually announce their commitment to the extended funding . |
6 | We 're not talking about whole groups of pupils who previously have been in top streams , we 're talking about half a dozen , ten individuals in any one year group and they are equally as difficult to deal with in the streamed situation . |
7 | The school was aware of this and specifically created a post of responsibility for the brighter child and gave this to a senior member of the staff , and that member of the staff was responsible for looking at the effects of mixed ability teaching on specifically identified brighter pupils , and I do n't think the school would say that they totally solved the problem of what to do with the brighter child , but I think it 's a problem which exists even in streamed classes , because the sort of pupils we 're talking about are pupils who are exceptions in their own right — we 're not talking about whole groups of pupils who previously have been in top streams , we 're talking about half a dozen/ten individuals in any one year group and they are equally as difficult to deal with in a streamed situation . |
8 | two years headmaster and he was up there , he 's got two kids , one of them 's a West Ham supporter and the other is a |
9 | HEARD in a City tavern last night : ‘ I expect my husband to be just the same in 20 years time as he is now . ’ |