Example sentences of "five years [vb mod] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Jeffrey Sachs , a Harvard economist who has advised the Polish government , has suggested that an aid package of $30 billion a year for five years might be in order . |
| 2 | Like Graham Gooch himself , they are well aware that the England team which starts the season after the most successful overseas tour for five years may not be the one which finishes it . |
| 3 | A Recorder who has served for five years may be appointed as a Circuit judge . |
| 4 | He quoted a study of all fuels by the Henley Forecasting Centre which concluded that doubling the fuel costs over five years would simply keep energy consumption level through the 1990s . |
| 5 | Now I 'm not getting at you or Peter Underhill , both of being excellent fellows ; but this is just the sort of thing I predicted would happen twenty years ago when we , as a country , started to ‘ go metric ’ and were assured that five years would see it done . |
| 6 | The Institutional Shareholders ' Committee suggested that information relating to the proportion of current sales attributable to products introduced in the last three to five years would , with other data , provide a helpful indication of the return earned on R&D . |
| 7 | Neither likes Mr Clinton 's plan for an energy tax , assessed on the thermal content of fuels , which over five years would raise $10 billion . |
| 8 | There have been some very diverse schemes , including a wine company that after five years would offer investors a taste of the booty . |
| 9 | Anything less than five years would only encourage a " timid subserviency " of representatives to their constituents : |
| 10 | A sentence of five years would — be substituted . |
| 11 | Five years would pass before the Sits ' days would come . |
| 12 | He added that independent analysts had forecast that the annual growth rate of the Scottish economy over the next five years would be almost double the rate — around two per cent — that was currently estimated if Scotland remained within the Union . |
| 13 | In a report to go before members of the leisure committee tomorrow night , he says the plan which looks ahead from three to five years would prevent the department from running £670,000 over budget . |
| 14 | The top rate of finance , giving the whole of your mobility supplement for five years will not cover the cost of most cars , so you will have to find a substantial deposit . |
| 15 | The next five years will also see the implementation of tests for seven , 11 and 14 year olds ; a shift towards ‘ on the job ’ teacher training ; and the transformation of some grant-maintained institutions into grammar schools . |
| 16 | The next five years will be a battle — much of it fought in the Governor 's quarterly meeting with Lu Ping , head of Peking 's Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office . |
| 17 | According to the magazine ENDS , it seems likely that ‘ at least five years will elapse before further NSAs are [ then ] designated unless the government 's hand is forced by EEC legislation . ’ |
| 18 | A bold new claim , bandied about with some confidence by those in the know — those who have studied the demographics , who foresee that 80% of new jobs in the next five years will be taken by women . |
| 19 | The minimum maturity value after five years will be 100% of your premium plus bonus allocations . |
| 20 | The guarantee that you will at least receive an amount equal to your original investment at the end of five years will be unaffected by any change in the rate of tax on policyholders ' funds applicable to Life Insurance Companies . |
| 21 | It takes a diligent computer journalist with a technical education two years of intense effort just to begin to feel confident of expressing an opinion on anything material about the industry , and thereafter the next four or five years will be dogged by mistakes that are intensely embarrassing to recall . |
| 22 | Most authorities over the next five years will need to consider the provider/purchaser split . |
| 23 | The proportion of the current land supply undeveloped after five years will contribute to the next five year period . |
| 24 | No significant additions to IT are envisaged in the foreseeable future but as RBG becomes more independent and estates staff and records increase a review in five years will be essential . |
| 25 | The simplest one is the straight-line method , in which depreciation is recorded as a constant proportion of the original cost of the asset over its anticipated life ; for example , the depreciation on an asset costing 100 and expected to last five years will be 20 per year . |
| 26 | In respect of duration , the EC Commisssion has suggested that , as a general rule , five years will be a reasonable period where both goodwill and know-how are transferred but that two years is more appropriate where goodwill alone is transferred . |
| 27 | There is a guarantee the return after five years will be at least the amount of the original investment . |
| 28 | A new landing stage needed in five years will cost £10m and a new ferry boat will cost £8m to £10m the projected life of the existing three boats is five years . |
| 29 | But investors who have clung on grimly for the past five years should hang on a while longer . |
| 30 | Pesticide reduction of 50 per cent over five years should be a principal aim of the policy , the report says . |