Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] years ' time [coord] " in BNC.
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1 | Sixty-five per cent of the economy will remain in state hands in six years ' time and workers will no longer elect managers . |
2 | My husband who earns good money , gets a pension in 10 years ' time and he says we 'll return then . |
3 | But King He can expect to be freed in three years ' time but Don King is convinced the former champion 's conviction will be overturned at a forthcoming appeal . |
4 | The hon. Gentleman is trying to guess what the market price will be in X years ' time and what proportion of the market will be accounted for by coal . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | The debentures have a face value of £1.5 million , an annual interest rate of 10 per cent , mature in five years ' time and are currently selling at their face value . |
7 | But I usually arrange with a client over what 's seen in two years ' time or one year 's time , whatever . |