Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [adj] [noun] ['s] time " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | Not now , not next year but in the next twenty years so there are a problem with schools , there are problems , I think , with changing leisure habits er people , the way that people take their leisure has changed over the last twenty years and not always have clubs , organizations and sailing schools taken account of that in , in their programme , especially with youngsters and I have to say I also believe there is apathy in some clubs and other organizations , not every club has an active youth sailing scheme and I believe that any club that does n't either must be extremely popular because of its er prices of beer or , or some other reason or it may not exist perhaps in twenty years ' time , so I think it 's an ext extremely important topic brought about by the maybe , without being melodramatic , some of the stuff that we 're reading in the papers about youngsters these days but looking at it from a purely selfish sailing point of view if we 're to get more youngsters into the sport even if we 're to hold our ground we 've got to make a big effort over , over this year and , and it 's important make sure that it runs on for future years . |
3 | So in three year 's time we 'll back to where we are today , |
4 | If not I 've only got to put them up in the attic and bring them down in three month 's time . |
5 | The plaintiff , wishing to have monies now and not in two years ' time , prudently accepted the settlement figure . |
6 | Thus in 5 years ' time a benefit of £80,000 will have increased to £102,102.52 . |
7 | The main intention is to have the former LMS locomotive restored back to full working order , hopefully in 18 months ' time . |
8 | Unsecured creditors should agree to accept a down payment of around 35p in the pound for money due to them , and to take the balance in redeemable convertible preference shares in Prior Harwin , to be paid off in four years ' time . |
9 | Then they would n't find me , and I could plan my life and find a job and a flat and go home in six months ' time having proved I 'm adult and they 'll have to let go and let me do what I absolutely , passionately want to do with my life . |
10 | The ruling in Strasbourg yesterday that the complaints are admissible clears the way for a future hearing before the European Court of Human Rights in up to two years ' time . |
11 | They can put figures down er you know writing things off erm whatsit twenty percent per year for a machine right in five years ' time that machine is scrap . |
12 | Close your eyes and imagine yourself somewhere in five years ' time . |
13 | A review of compliance should be carried out in two years ' time . |
14 | Official viewing figures will be out in two weeks ' time . |
15 | That 's what we 'll be attempting to find out in twenty minutes ' time . |
16 | Secondly you 'll be creating a bit of inconveniencing to the person who comes back er back in two year 's time to resell . |
17 | Jasper Carrott and Hale and Pace did impromptu performances — and everyone there pledged to come back in two years ' time . |
18 | Word came back in two days ' time that Sigarup was getting better . |
19 | Everyone I met kept apologising for the shabby state of the buildings and I had the feeling that if I went back in ten years ' time it would look like the set for some grand-scale horror film , all broken banging shutters and cobwebbed windows . |
20 | Later , Mr Howie forecast that the boards would still be around in four years ' time . |
21 | I do not know the latest medical prognosis of how long he will live , but perhaps he is hoping not to be around in 30 years ' time when the papers become available . |
22 | ‘ I do n't want to be walking around in ten years ' time with people shouting ‘ Loadsamoney ’ at me ’ |
23 | ‘ I do n't want to be walking around in ten years ' time with people shouting ‘ Loadsamoney ’ at me ’ |
24 | The Rambler 's National President is so angry , he 'll be leading a mass protest here in two week 's time . |
25 | I would put pretty well everything into making sure that er that Virgin Atlantic is here in twenty years ' time . |
26 | As I said at the beginning I love a challenge and I would put pretty well everything into making sure that Virgin Atlantic is here in twenty years ' time . |
27 | That , if you spend the span of your life making sure that you 'll still be here in twenty-five years ' time , you 're wasting your life away . |
28 | Now that 's , that 's perfectly valid but if the business actually improves , it takes off , you could have this advantage to , to do it over a shorter period of time , maybe in ten years ' time when business is really |
29 | Yet in two weeks ' time , some 450 of BBC Scotland 's 1,100 employees will become ultimately answerable to a London-based controller . |
30 | And we 're always revising that picture of the past , in other words , somebody else in twenty-five years ' time will have to do a different kind of social history . |