Example sentences of "[noun] in a few years " in BNC.
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1 | Obviously we are not going to cure the blight of centuries in a few years . |
2 | How can we allow the commercial hunting of whales when they could be starved of food because of ozone depletion in a few years ' time ? " |
3 | forbidding the use of capillary fittings containing lead-based solder on pipes supplying drinking water ( see Chapter 2 ) n changing the size of flushing cisterns used with WCs ( to come into effect in a few years ' time — see Chapter 8 ) |
4 | Does n't he say something about there 's gon na be ten thousand small schools in a few years and erm |
5 | The motion called on the chamber to reconsider the issue in a few years ' time . |
6 | I vote that this a good point other activities for the County Council in a few years that you that you will find er people anxious to support , thank you gentlemen |
7 | HANS Wagenknecht , 24 , is a physics student from Germany who will be looking for work in a few years . |
8 | You can see in a Trivial Pursuit question in a few years time what 's the most commonly said three words ? |
9 | It is quite impossible to believe that he will fade from the scene on formal retirement in a few years ' time . |
10 | Now at least one top 10 society says privately that it is thinking seriously of becoming a plc in a few years . |
11 | This is the cheaper option , but it may leave you stuck with single glazing and a recurrence of your existing maintenance problems in a few years time . |
12 | There are very few of those artists of the 1980s whom I think will have any standing in a few years . |
13 | Without pilots gaining experience at the lowest level , we will be shaping up for another chronic pilots shortage in a few years ' time . |
14 | The company 's chief executive , Dr David Horrobin , said that employment could be expected to increase if progress continues and the products are licensed by the Government for clinical use in a few years ' time . |
15 | Already in Britain there are plans for putting into communication the computer-based personal information systems of DHSS , the Driving and Vehicle Licensing Centre , the Police National Computer and the Inland Revenue ; and the embossed plastic cards with unique machine-readable numerical identifiers which are now issued automatically to all school-leavers to mark their entry into the National Insurance scheme will in a few years ' time be , in effect , national identity cards . |
16 | As with the merger in 1977 between the then Institute of Bankers and the Savings Banks Institute , the latest partnership will in a few years ' time look entirely natural . |
17 | ‘ Is there a potential on the Earth now , ’ Tooley asked , ‘ for catastrophic , subglacial floods raising sea level by 23cm in a few weeks or several metres in a few years ? ’ |
18 | You have to be some chancer to turn down 10 million for a player that could burn out from snorting too much junk food in a few years : - ) ( mixing my puns there , I think ) . |
19 | But the British Fascisti were in earnest , though doomed to extinction in a few years with the creation of Oswald Mosley 's New Party . |
20 | ‘ PhD STUDENTS will flock to Sri Lanka in a few years ’ time and write learned theses on the inappropriateness of high technology aid for poor countries ’ , predicts a Sri Lankan lawyer , Gamini Iriyagolle , a specialist on the Mahaweli Programme , one of the world 's biggest development schemes under way anywhere . |
21 | Easy going and charming , he made friends easily ; adventurous and audacious , his exploits brought both fame and notoriety during his lifetime ; intelligent but irresponsible , he made and squandered a fortune in a few years ; all in all , he was an eccentric who lived life to the full . |
22 | It is easy to be put off buying a greenhouse simply because you might be moving house in a few years . |
23 | The results come hard on the heels of a forecast by the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency , who says he is confident that a series of factors will lead to a ‘ relaunch ’ of nuclear power in a few years ' time . |
24 | If , by any chance , you have a way of passing on messages to Frank ( via the supporters club maybe ) — Im sure all of us wish him the best … and hope to see him back here at Leeds in a few years so he can be 1st choice . |
25 | The result was pale and sickly , stress lines showing how much she would look like her mother in a few years ' time . |