Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] a few years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well if it came over his house th oh of course , next to the that will have been empty for a few years so |
| 2 | However , what may look like a good deal now , as the UK emerges from its adjustment period of higher interest rates and recession , could look rather different in a few years ' time . |
| 3 | Its policy on Europe could best be described as jerking from one extreme to another within a few years , at one moment leaving the European Community altogether and in the next being willing to sign up to anything for which the EC asks ; at one moment supporting the closed shop and in the next denigrating it . |
| 4 | If I remember right , first home matches have been similar for a few years now . |
| 5 | This particular defence was optional in the EC Product Liability Directive but has been adopted in the United Kingdom ; it seems sensible because standards of safety change over time and what might seem perfectly acceptable now might be considered grossly unsafe in a few years time . |
| 6 | Such virtual reality systems are already in existence today and foreshadow far more powerful developments likely within a few years . |
| 7 | In Phillips v Grampian Health Board ( 1989 ) The Times , 9 March a widow was held entitled to recover damages even though she married the deceased when he was already suffering from a fatal disease and she knew that his death was inevitable within a few years . |
| 8 | " Dreadnought is good for a few years yet , " he insisted . |
| 9 | He will be fifty in a few years ’ time . |
| 10 | ‘ Promotion to top slot within firm possible within a few years . |
| 11 | If such a system is adopted , it may keep TV viewers happy for a few years , but it will prove a handicap to the growth of information technology and a source of discontent within a very few years . |
| 12 | In most cases the hereditary wardens and foresters of fee , or their heirs , were able within a few years to recover their bailiwicks by payment of substantial fines to the Crown . |
| 13 | N. American Star has been available for a few years here in the UK . |
| 14 | Once all the information has been incorporated , the sequence of phases will have been assigned dates at various points , although these will be of differing quality : some may be accurate to a few years , others only to the nearest couple of centuries . |
| 15 | At 2200–2400/£1 exchange rates have been fairly steady for a few years . |
| 16 | Should the soil be in need of replenishment all the vines are grubbed up and the land left to fallow for a few years before new vinestock are planted and the entire cycle begins again . |
| 17 | Although the station was non-operational for a few years following the disaster it was fully operational again by April 1979 and since 1985 has had a modern Tyne class lifeboat on station to cover the wide stretch of north-east facing coast around the port . |
| 18 | They think they can be thin for a few years and get away with it . ’ |
| 19 | Other species may not have such a long store of seed in the soil but would soon come back if left uncontrolled for a few years . |
| 20 | Sufficiently powerful accelerators will be ready in a few years , and most physicists are confident that they will confirm the Salam-Weinberg theory . |
| 21 | In what sense can a curator responsibly sign the acquisition declaration knowing full well that there is no guarantee that a floppy disc or tape will be readable in a few years even if pampered with executive class conservation treatment — acid-free packing , humidity- and temperature-controlled environment , and low ambient light levels ? |