Example sentences of "[det] years [noun] [modal v] " in BNC.
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1 | It is thus possible that in the course of the next few years Council will assign the headship for a period to the holder of the Halford Mackinder Professorship , who will among those carrying an obligation to serve if so requested . |
2 | It seems likely that in the next few years funding will be increased minimally and competition will also grow . |
3 | He says that in a few years gas will become expensive , and coal will be waiting in the wings as a cheap form of energy . |
4 | In a few years things may change , I ca n't promise that , but they may . |
5 | Temporarily for a few years trains could use that Thameslink line . |
6 | ‘ Margaret I hope you do n't mind my saying this , but are n't you forgetting that in a few years Dickie 'll be grown up ? |
7 | And maybe in a few years people will look back and see the things that we tried to do , and hopefully respect them . ’ |
8 | For many years caterers could obtain only dried pasta . |
9 | Over those years Eliot would visit him during what became regular trips to the United States ; he also wrote a number of letters to those in authority in order to ease his conditions : he talks about the time Pound should be allowed to spend alone , for example , and the condition of the buildings in which he was confined . |
10 | Given the long dormancy of the virus , some people now in monogamous relationships of several years standing could have become HIV positive before they met their present partner , and be completely unaware of this fact . |