Example sentences of "five [prep] ten years " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If we are not successful in Berlin , then the chances of a red-green coaliion in Bonn are gone for five to ten years , ’ says Walter Momper . |
| 2 | By analysing the evidence of many hoards it has been possible to establish the dating of the annual moneyers with a fair degree of accuracy , to within about five to ten years , although the process is by no means complete and new hoards continue to suggest revisions . |
| 3 | ‘ It would be wrong for water users in the next five to ten years to be asked to finance the whole cost of projects which have been neglected in the past and which may be expected to last for 30 , 50 or even 100 years . |
| 4 | Coastal marshes , the controversial targets of environmentally destructive drainage proposals throughout the 1970s and 1980s , are also proving in many places to be simply undrainable , since , after five to ten years , soil can be subject to a process whereby the chemical bonding in the clay structure breaks down . |
| 5 | In the past five to ten years general interest in the deep structure of fold belts has led to the publication of the results of a number of seismic reflection surveys from around the world which provide useful analogues . |
| 6 | They must be held for five to ten years , ’ she says . |
| 7 | There is still no childhood vaccine although researchers at Southampton University — funded by the National Meningitis Trust — believe one may be developed in five to ten years . |
| 8 | I never say my work is going to last a long time — usually five to ten years , though obviously the smaller pieces which are kept inside last as long as people look after them . |
| 9 | If however I had to single out one particular group of teachers to whom I hope the book will appeal , it is those who have been in the profession for about five to ten years . |
| 10 | And because of the loan , a period of five to ten years is most likely . |
| 11 | I always was attacked on the grounds that the world I wrote about did n't exist and it 's only in the last five to ten years here in Ireland , that my work is seen to be actually true . |
| 12 | This can be achieved by holding sites for long periods and delaying the start of actual work on site for periods of up to , say , five to ten years . |
| 13 | A series of SBU grids , with one for each year over the next five to ten years , might provide the basis for modelling resource uses and sources in order to plan balanced development to avoid financial distress . |
| 14 | The press has shifted its emphasis from being a backlist publisher , selling books over five to ten years , to selling its frontlist within two years , reprinting when necessary , rather than having vast stocks gathering dust in a warehouse . |
| 15 | The costs will be in the region of £30,000 to £60,000 for full optical systems , but entry level systems for hypermedia , CD-ROM , WORM and videodisk technology can be obtained off-the-shelf at the moment , and built up over the next five to ten years . |
| 16 | though they might be instrumental in reducing the level of food imports in the course of the next five to ten years , they will increase Nigerian dependency on foreign-manufactured commodities and know-how … imports like fertilizers , pesticides and agricultural machinery . |
| 17 | I mean , in the parish over the erm what five to ten years , the things that have grown are in their own , the , various other support groups and so on . |
| 18 | It is the response of the supermarket business as a whole to the demand for a healthier and more natural product , freshly produced to a high standard , which has led to the advent of the in-store bakery , and in turn created the need , at any rate within Sainsbury 's , for structured , high quality management training , geared much more towards how we plan the business to grow over the next five to ten years than it is to simply manning the pumps . |
| 19 | The life expectancy of the Pegasus , for example , has been extended by an estimated five to ten years . |
| 20 | The University has reviewed with faculty boards and other admitting bodies the number of additional graduate students which on academic grounds they would wish to take ( within the limits of their predicted resources ) over the next five to ten years . |
| 21 | The study concluded that there has been no reported increase in any radiation-related illnesses , such as leukaemia , birth defects or thyroid cancer , in the villages surrounding the reactor , although it suggested that incidence of thyroid cancer might increase over the next five to ten years . |
| 22 | Over the period of action five to ten years . |
| 23 | Mr Gregory was told by his GP in early 1990 to stop drinking or his life expectancy would be no more than five to ten years . |