Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] in a few [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | This is the cheaper option , but it may leave you stuck with single glazing and a recurrence of your existing maintenance problems in a few years time . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | and if you can see our practice nurse in a few weeks |
4 | Yes , we 've got Maidenhead to come down here , a home game in a few weeks time , so obviously that will be quite an interesting game . |
5 | Now it merits but a few column inches in a few papers . |
6 | We like to concentrate on the pop stuff in a few tracks and indulge in the more experimental stuff with the rest . ’ |
7 | You can see in a Trivial Pursuit question in a few years time what 's the most commonly said three words ? |
8 | He 'll be in a walking plaster in a few days . |
9 | You have to be some chancer to turn down 10 million for a player that could burn out from snorting too much junk food in a few years : - ) ( mixing my puns there , I think ) . |
10 | Meals-on-Wheels ( organised by WRVS ) were available only two days a week ; the social services department had only minimal provision for day care in a few Part III homes . |
11 | We shall have Bryan Robson and Lee Sharpe mush fitter in a few weeks when they have had more games . ’ |
12 | I understand that the Secretary of State for the Environment is to develop the concept of ’ Tarzan 's folly ’ at a London Weekend Television seminar in a few weeks ' time , but the right place to develop the concept is on the Floor of the House . |
13 | She 's due to have a hip replacement operation in a few weeks time . |
14 | 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 ? " |
15 | I vote that this a good point other activities for the County Council in a few years that you that you will find er people anxious to support , thank you gentlemen |
16 | But the thing is I 've got an integration exam in a few weeks popping up |
17 | " You 'll have the application form in a few days as soon as I can get it processed . " |
18 | Slow retrieval speed has led to a partial withdrawal of relational database systems in a few organisations as well as the late appearance of commercial relational DBMS which came many years after their research counterparts . |
19 | We shall be continuing our more detailed look at factory shops in a few weeks ' time . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | Journalists can digest a story from a good press release in a few minutes , while attending a press conference is going to take an hour , not including travelling time . |
22 | My wife got scared as I went from a nice healthy rosy red colour to sheet white in a few seconds : - ( . |
23 | So , gentlemen , what I 'm really doing is to show you a bit of the background and the fact that it 's not all doom and gloom there is a hell of a light at the tunnel and in matter of fact , we got another lecture on the channel tunnel in a few days time ! |
24 | He has to leave for an important luncheon party in a few minutes . ’ |
25 | TIP : Water stored in a centrally heated room will reach a near tank temperature in a few days — which means minimal addition of water from the kettle . |
26 | ‘ He 'll be here at the family party in a few days , ’ he said gruffly . |