Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] in [adj] [noun pl] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm sorry , I have an urgent meeting in ten minutes time . |
| 2 | We can not clear the matter up until Stirling returns from his present party in three days time … . |
| 3 | Perhaps whoever becomes Secretary of State for Industry after the general election in four weeks time — what a mercifully short election period — should be called the Secretary of State for Industry and Technology . |
| 4 | If the present population is eighty three percent calculate the planned population in five years time . |
| 5 | You 've got I 'll give you twenty minutes and it 's got ta be ready to be handed over to the other group in twenty minutes time . |
| 6 | Teammate Rob McElnea is on course to secure second place in the Super Cup points at Mallory Park in two weeks time after fourth and fifth places today . |
| 7 | And I cut the whole roads in three weeks time with a mower . |
| 8 | We 'll do er we 'll do the traffic and trains and planes in full after the er main news in ten minutes time we 'll check the whole lot then . |
| 9 | On 3 February 1992 the justices made an order containing terms ( 1 ) that there should be no contact between the father and the girl until after the review by the local authority in six months time ; ( 2 ) that the mother should have reasonable supervised contact with the girl ; and ( 3 ) that there should be supervised contact between the girl and her older half-sister . |
| 10 | By their reasons the justices stated that the girl would continue to be liable to sexual abuse if allowed to return to her family as the mother refused to recognise the responsibility of the father for that abuse and that the mother would not protect the girl from the father on whom the mother was emotionally dependent ; that they had considered that the girl might be cared for by her half-sister but had concluded that it would be difficult to prevent contact between the girl and her father ; that they had formed the view that contact between the girl and her father would be harmful at the present time and therefore the local authority should refuse such contact until the review by the local authority in six months time ; and that there should be supervised reasonable contact between the girl and her mother and between the girl and her half-sister . |