Example sentences of "[adj] year time [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd just like to ask er if it 's not to start on the er phase three before the spring of ninety five , it seems a long time two and half years time before they a , they make a start ! |
| 2 | It was nothing like the transformation she would undergo in a few years time but it signalled the slow resurrection of her inner spirit . |
| 3 | That contrasts with what some policies will lead to in a few years time if we are going to have complete closure of some long stay hospitalS . |
| 4 | A source close to Saatchi insists that there is ‘ absolutely no intention of dispersing the collection ’ and is equally adamant that ‘ the collection will be greater in five or 10 years time than it is now . ’ |
| 5 | We talk to him in his language and we have tried to lift as much of the experience from his mind as we can so that it does n't fester , get covered over , then burst out in 10 years time and turn him into a disturbed child . |
| 6 | if you wanted it more for , as a gift in ten , eleven years time as you 've said |
| 7 | If you said well you ca n't apply this time , you may be able to in three years time but pragmatists they like something that they can take away and then put into practice straight away and they can try out . |
| 8 | To allow for this inflation all you have to do is calculate the value of £1 now in so many years time and use this as a correction factor . |
| 9 | So we 've got this group of people who are and just retired , they 're sixty-five and have just retired , and they 're looking forward to their pension le lo losing completely in two-and-a-half years time unless something 's done about it . |
| 10 | . In ten years time if you just give them a derisory thirty pence off people leave their children at home make it easier for them to bring them with them . . |
| 11 | At er well this week you sort of look back and say yeah but erm in about ten years time if you come and ask me the same question I would be able be in a better position to give you an answer . |
| 12 | But if you have n't got that amount of capital it takes capital out of your hands and you ca n't spend it in five years time if you need it because you 've given it away effectively forever . |
| 13 | I mean , basically building societies today are saying , well there 's your money , all we want you to say is that in twenty five years time or earlier , you 'll be able to pay us back . |
| 14 | Each year time and money is wasted by the exorbitant amount of telephoning required to gather in all this information . |
| 15 | Christie , who yesterday signed a deal with Puma worth an estimated £500,000 , said : ‘ I 'll make a clean break from athletics in two years time and I wo n't be competing anymore . |
| 16 | HEARD in a City tavern last night : ‘ I expect my husband to be just the same in 20 years time as he is now . ’ |