Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [noun pl] ' time " in BNC.
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| 31 | I look forward to the day , in a few months ' time , when my right hon. Friend the Member for Islwyn ( Mr. Kinnock ) will be getting back into the main stream of that debate and participating fully in the European Community for the benefit of all our citizens . |
| 32 | I 'm gon na lift a few mint roots Stefan and er plant them in a box of compost and put them in the warm greenhouse so they give me nice sprigs of fresh mint in a few months ' time . |
| 33 | They said Labour had squandered a golden opportunity to improve part of the town centre which could be hard hit when the new Cornmill Centre opens in a few months ' time . |
| 34 | Parvis Yousefi could be ordered to leave his home in Southfield Crescent , Norton , Stockton , when he becomes eligible for parole in a few months ' time . |
| 35 | So in a few years ' time mobile phones will be brought to the masses . |
| 36 | But I read in an article this morning ( 'Students set to pay full fees ' , 29 September ) that if I were applying in a few years ' time , I would have to ask my parents to pay the full cost of my tuition . |
| 37 | Production of the Japanese industry 's two principal profit earners — the F-15J fighter and the P-3C anti-submarine aircraft , both built under licence from the United States — will peter out in a few years ' time . |
| 38 | What in the world would the company be like in a few years ' time if such people were in the driving seat ? |
| 39 | Little did they guess that in a few years ' time they would be telling their friends and relatives about the superstar who used to live next door in the suburbs . |
| 40 | The dilemma of whether to improve ( or not ) an old building which may not be needed in a few years ' time can last for decades . |
| 41 | It is quite impossible to believe that he will fade from the scene on formal retirement in a few years ' time . |
| 42 | Already in Britain there are plans for putting into communication the computer-based personal information systems of DHSS , the Driving and Vehicle Licensing Centre , the Police National Computer and the Inland Revenue ; and the embossed plastic cards with unique machine-readable numerical identifiers which are now issued automatically to all school-leavers to mark their entry into the National Insurance scheme will in a few years ' time be , in effect , national identity cards . |
| 43 | Without pilots gaining experience at the lowest level , we will be shaping up for another chronic pilots shortage in a few years ' time . |
| 44 | In a few years ' time , it may no longer be meaningful to do so , though it 's a safe bet that the spreadsheet will always be with us as a presentation style . |
| 45 | However , what may look like a good deal now , as the UK emerges from its adjustment period of higher interest rates and recession , could look rather different in a few years ' time . |
| 46 | Let them run down just so much every year , remember your low outgoings , and in a few years ' time have them towed away for their break-up value . " |
| 47 | The result was pale and sickly , stress lines showing how much she would look like her mother in a few years ' time . |
| 48 | forbidding the use of capillary fittings containing lead-based solder on pipes supplying drinking water ( see Chapter 2 ) n changing the size of flushing cisterns used with WCs ( to come into effect in a few years ' time — see Chapter 8 ) |
| 49 | The motion called on the chamber to reconsider the issue in a few years ' time . |
| 50 | The results come hard on the heels of a forecast by the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency , who says he is confident that a series of factors will lead to a ‘ relaunch ’ of nuclear power in a few years ' time . |
| 51 | As with the merger in 1977 between the then Institute of Bankers and the Savings Banks Institute , the latest partnership will in a few years ' time look entirely natural . |
| 52 | How can we allow the commercial hunting of whales when they could be starved of food because of ozone depletion in a few years ' time ? " |
| 53 | The company 's chief executive , Dr David Horrobin , said that employment could be expected to increase if progress continues and the products are licensed by the Government for clinical use in a few years ' time . |
| 54 | In a few years ' time hopefully , we might have a different situation where we have people like Helmut Cole and the right wing in France trying to block things that er , a British Labour government wants to do . |
| 55 | In a few weeks ' time , the fallen leaves will have risen from ankle to knee deep . |
| 56 | ‘ You see , Brownies , this hall is being pulled down in a few weeks ' time and new houses put up in its place , and there just does n't seem to be anywhere else for us to meet . |
| 57 | One evening at Pack Meeting Beegee , which was the name the Pack had made up for their Guider out of the initial letters B and G of Brownie Guider , told the Brownies that the County Girl Guides ' Fete was to be held in a few weeks ' time in Morley Park and that the 3rd Shortfields Pack must think what to do to help make the fete a huge success . |
| 58 | We will be reporting back in a few weeks ' time about this case and whether we have achieved a lasting and muzzle-free peace treaty between the battling Yorkies ! |
| 59 | Jonna was not slow to remind them that he and Maisie hoped to see them at their wedding , due in a few weeks ' time at Easter . |
| 60 | It was agreed with the Prince that the interview would take place at Broadlands where he would be staying with the Brabournes in a few weeks ' time . |