Example sentences of "[conj] in a [adj] [noun pl] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says that in a few years gas will become expensive , and coal will be waiting in the wings as a cheap form of energy . |
| 2 | ‘ Margaret I hope you do n't mind my saying this , but are n't you forgetting that in a few years Dickie 'll be grown up ? |
| 3 | It 's safe to say that in a few years time they will be playing Las Vegas . ’ |
| 4 | These are issues from which the sporting public is excluded other than in a weekly letters column . |
| 5 | And in a plain clothes car |
| 6 | And in a third Writers House auction , Blake sold a novel and a volume of short stories by Bruce Sterling to Deborah Beale for Orion 's Millennium imprint ; Ravi Mirchandani at Penguin was the underbidder . |
| 7 | Fixed-price contracts have been normal for production contracts but on occasion this has led to claims that excess profits have been made and in a few cases repayment of the excess has been enforced . |
| 8 | There was a tumult at the gates , and in a few moments Dunan and the Hearthwares joined them . |
| 9 | It 's time we had ministers who will listen to Social Services and in a few months time we shall have them , a Labour Government . |
| 10 | ‘ For example , in a utility company engineering will be important but in a financial services business computers play a much more vital role and so someone from the IT department will be essential . ’ |
| 11 | Heights do not usually exceed 12 metres but in a few instances heights of more than 20 metres have been involved . |
| 12 | But in a few places conditions remain unaltered and they suit the original design to perfection . |