Example sentences of "[adj] year [pers pn] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After about 30 years they would support ling and heather , then gorse would become established . |
| 2 | Having been a teacher for over 30 years it might seem strange that I should begin a book on primary education by reflecting on the significance of schooling . |
| 3 | And we s we had kept on making this , maybe we , some years we would sell about ten of them . |
| 4 | We reckon in about four and a half years I should have gone up at least a grade , so , allowing for the usual increments , and assuming that the mortgage rate does n't rise above the present eleven per cent , I should think we could afford to let Juliet stop work then . ’ |
| 5 | And now what they 're saying is , well we 'll buy out those appeals , if you had your appeal running for a few years we 'll give you five hundred pound ex gratia payment . |
| 6 | I believe it is quite possible that within the next few years we might see European legislation which will not only follow that of the UK in prohibiting lead fishing weights but also outlaw the use of lead in cartridges . |
| 7 | Within a few years we will see the majority of UK companies having smoking policies . ’ |
| 8 | After a few years they may find that not enough of their nature is being fulfilled . |
| 9 | In a few years he 'll have developed a big enough ass to occupy my chair . ’ |
| 10 | Within a few years he could have looked almost as menacing as he did six months ago . |
| 11 | But once the technology becomes more refined , I definitely think that in a few years you 'll have a lot of people who do n't touch chemicals at all . |
| 12 | But once the technology becomes more refined , I definitely think that in a few years you 'll have a lot of people who do n't touch chemicals at all . |
| 13 | In fact , in about 1971 there was a sudden spate of development in this area , and both the University Library and what was then Brighton Public Library and West Sussex all were innovators in those days , using computer-based lending systems , which used little cards with lots of little holes in them and — I am sure they are familiar to lots of people — in the last few years you 'll have seen those holes replaced by sort of zebra stripes erm what are called bar codes in the trade , and those bar codes you 'll also see on your groceries all over the place . |
| 14 | In the last few years you 'll have seen those holes replaced by sort of zebra stripes — what we call bar codes in the trade , and those bar codes you 'll also see on your groceries all over the place . |
| 15 | Over the next few years you may find the following : |
| 16 | " After all , in a few years you can leave the convent . |
| 17 | I did n't think that after a few years I would end up doing both ! ’ |
| 18 | Over the last few years I can admit to having heard enough of the individual experiences of examination candidates to make me totally cynical about a system which confers , supposedly , passes and grades of equal status on students in public examinations that cover so wide-ranging a diversity of structure and subject content . |
| 19 | But I mean in terms of knitwear over the last few years I can give you one or two examples which I think you 'll readily er understand . |
| 20 | It seemed like a good idea at the time , but that time , I could feel , was running out , and I could see that in a very few years it would have run . |
| 21 | League is concerned , is the amount of money coming into the game and the danger that over a few years it could widen the division between the haves and the have-nots . |
| 22 | But in a few years it could find applications in the long-term treatment of parasitic diseases , and even as a contraceptive pill . |
| 23 | Being with the band for 12 years you might think that Marlene would get fed up with their music . |
| 24 | IN THESE violent times when all young children are at risk — more so now that the nights are dark when they are coming home from school — the Government promised last year that this year they would leave the clocks alone . |
| 25 | This year they should top £750m . |
| 26 | Last year and this year they could have upgraded it at a cost much greater than the initial expenditure and much less efficiently . |
| 27 | Wexford won the Cup last year after a titanic struggle but this year they will face very stern competition indeed , not least from Dublin and Belfast . |
| 28 | This year they will want to be champion themselves . |
| 29 | I hope the Noble Earl will be able to give me an answer in perhaps in correspondence following this , also the date upon which at they were informed , because I am sure he will realise the implications as far as the rest of the British Police Service are concerned that as from April of this year they will have to take on a heavy burden of work which is now being carried out by the British Transport Police . |
| 30 | What has happened is a swings-and-roundabouts operation , whereby last year pensioners received more than the cost of living that they had incurred , whereas this year they will receive less . |