Example sentences of "[adv prt] in [num] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | PRESIDENT Fidel Castro has said he would like to step down in five years if Cuba 's faltering economy improves . |
| 2 | The entire stock of the nation 's glasses turns over in two years so there is no reason why this measure should result in any implementation costs or why the price of a pint should go up . |
| 3 | Unsecured creditors should agree to accept a down payment of around 35p in the pound for money due to them , and to take the balance in redeemable convertible preference shares in Prior Harwin , to be paid off in four years ' time . |
| 4 | Never never known ever to be laid off in five years . |
| 5 | we 've paid off in two years , Karen . |
| 6 | According to them I have had four weeks off in ten years . |
| 7 | The eight million square feet in the World Financial Centre went up in four years and defied all predictions . |
| 8 | Like when we 're doing geography , we do n't seem to be working , but when we started revising we ended up in two years with seven books , which is goodness knows how much compared with chemistry or a subject like that . |
| 9 | His plan would allow each country a ‘ quota ’ until the end of the next century — a quota Britain would use up in 42 years at its present rate of emissions . |
| 10 | I think it is appalling that this man could be out in 3½ years . |
| 11 | A review of compliance should be carried out in two years ' time . |
| 12 | Their contract runs out in two years . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He could be out in three years if all went well . |
| 15 | Critics claim the grant maintained initiative is losing momentum with only 309 schools , out of 24,000 , opting out in three years . |
| 16 | But they worked out in three years she 's put on seven stone because she eats . |
| 17 | He 'll be out in ten years … |
| 18 | So you know there the recoveries are very good , very welcomed by us , but basically we 're two years now since this happened erm pensioners have been suffering extreme mental turmoil for that period , quite frankly they 're , they 're utterly confused , they do n't understand what 's happening and to ask those sort of people to rely and put their s their , their whole future security on the outcomings of out of court settlements where claims are made for two hundred million and there 's a thirty two million you know they 're getting totally confused and I think that that they just do not know what 's happening , they , they want long-term security , we 're now getting an increasing number of people who 've retired since the schemes were wound up and are therefore getting a hundred per cent of their , their money from the company fund , which we 're told is going to run out in two-and-a-half years time . |
| 19 | It might come back in six months , in might come back in six years . |
| 20 | ‘ This is the first time I 've been back in eight years , ’ says Brenda , who is at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall tonight and the Playhouse , Edinburgh , tomorrow . |
| 21 | If things went well , we 'd get our investment back in five years , with a handsome profit as well , and we 'd still have effective control of a hotel which we could continue to operate as part of our group . |
| 22 | Jasper Carrott and Hale and Pace did impromptu performances — and everyone there pledged to come back in two years ' time . |
| 23 | I trust we shall be back in two years from the time we left England … |
| 24 | Everyone I met kept apologising for the shabby state of the buildings and I had the feeling that if I went back in ten years ' time it would look like the set for some grand-scale horror film , all broken banging shutters and cobwebbed windows . |
| 25 | Third , BT 's financial strength means that customers do n't have to worry about it still being around in five years time . |
| 26 | Customers of our systems division must be convinced that Olivetti really will still be around in five years ’ time . |
| 27 | Of the rest of the pack she says : ‘ I would n't want to be definite about how many of then will be around in five years ’ time . ’ |
| 28 | Later , Mr Howie forecast that the boards would still be around in four years ' time . |
| 29 | Are they going to spend it suddenly in er two years time , or are they expecting not to be around in two years time ? |
| 30 | I do not know the latest medical prognosis of how long he will live , but perhaps he is hoping not to be around in 30 years ' time when the papers become available . |