Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] in five years " in BNC.
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| 1 | They can put figures down er you know writing things off erm whatsit twenty percent per year for a machine right in five years ' time that machine is scrap . |
| 2 | But erm er I I I I really feel very strongly about this that we all know that democracy does n't just consist of electing a a national parliament once in five years , we all know the strength of democracy comprises that where the complex of local institutions of local bodies made up of people serving in different ways , not necessarily elected , that is what comprises democracy and it is that which is being undermined again by this measure in this in this Bill and I do say to Your Lordships that for the reasons given by both my Noble Friends er Lord and by , by the Noble Lord , Lord Lord er that there has been no demand for this |
| 3 | ITALY 'S La Scala opera house threatened yesterday to take ‘ extreme ’ action against rowdy Milan audiences after Luciano Pavarotti , left , was heckled during his first performance there in five years . |
| 4 | A public that had seen income tax rise fivefold in five years were only too ready to believe that their money was being wasted . |
| 5 | I could imagine institutions , for example , being told to be in a different position perhaps in five years ' time or ten years ' time , and being able to do this by a variety of means , working towards it , whereas , it seems to me it 's a very much harder problem , although it 's , it 's understandable as I said in the , in the present circumstances , to actually be able to take on this properly and do a proper job of change in a time scale of perhaps one year or maybe even less than that in some cases . |
| 6 | ‘ We ca n't throw this system away in five years ’ time , like Pearl is now doing with the first general ledger it installed in the mid-eighties . ’ |