Example sentences of "[adj] years [pers pn] [vb mod] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , we were relying on the vastness of the oceans to dilute and disperse whatever bacteria and viruses allowed into them ; in 30 years we might be regretting it . |
| 2 | Holiday parks in which you can camp , or stay in a chalet or caravan are now remarkably good — so much so that if you have n't tried this kind of holiday for a few years you could be in for a very pleasant surprise . |
| 3 | In a few years I 'd be just like mammy , cleaning for toffs ; and I 'd have weans and it 'd be too late then , and my man 'd be just like daddy was before he died , working a' week and getting drunk on Friday nights and a' day Saturdays . ’ |
| 4 | Britain 's first world heavyweight champion in nearly 100 years he could be stripped of his title almost immediately . |
| 5 | In 10 years we 'll be selling 20,000 . |
| 6 | The problem for the draftsman of a partnership agreement who specifies the initial ratio and provides that in future years it shall be as agreed between the partners at the beginning or end of each year is that the equal sharing required under the Partnership Act in default of agreement will always benefit at least one of the partners . |
| 7 | In fifty years I 'll be dead and you 'll be a sprightly lizard slurping yoghurt through a straw , sipping peat-bog water and wearing health sandals . |
| 8 | After all these years it 'll be a real house and home again . |
| 9 | Doubtless in later years she would be glad of that , but for now she was too embarrassed to care . |
| 10 | In later years he would be at the centre oftwo scandalous court cases … |
| 11 | Apart from that there is no strong reason for one method rather than another although as the first year has lower production than later years it would be difficult in terms of wearing out to argue for the reducing balance method . |
| 12 | The universities are also concerned that in three years they may be obliged to give any available permanent position to a WIPer instead of advertising it for open competition , thereby reducing their ability to attract the best talent . |
| 13 | ‘ If we did n't shoot them , ’ he says , ‘ then within two or three years they would be so out of hand that we 'd have to give up sheep farming . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ It is not as if we will be stuck with lorry traffic for the next three years we will be stuck with it for ever more . |
| 15 | In three years she would be sixty — and Alexandra would be twenty-four . |
| 16 | In two or three years it could be , believes Farr-Jones . |
| 17 | Over the next three years it will be helping and encouraging authorities to gather information about the needs and preferences of local carers , to use this information to work out plans for improving carer support , and to ensure that caring for carers becomes an integral component of mainstream community care services . |
| 18 | From time to time that evening she was visited by the sight of the lake with its gold fretwork of fish ; she wondered how many years it would be before she could go to that place with equanimity . |
| 19 | In the next ten years we shall be fortunate if we witness as productive a period for text research as that which has just ended . |
| 20 | And even over a period as long as 15 years we would be paying a lot less ( £184 millions ) than the £684 millions that will go next year to safeguard the Falkland Islands from the Argentinians — a matter which many ecologists see as a fight between two bald men over the possession of a comb . |
| 21 | In about two hundred years I 'd be the richest man in Luggnagg . |
| 22 | Her husband has been awarded a Research Fellowship at Queen 's College , Birmingham , so for the next two years they will be dividing their time between Birmingham and Derbyshire . |
| 23 | The current Royal Commission report indicates that this type of er , this likely to be on average twenty times the current legal limits within a year to two years we will be looking at receiving it which is ten times plant producing two hundred fold the legal limits dialysis . |
| 24 | At an absolute minimum , the worth of the company must be £100m ( in fact , within the next two years it would be worth £25Om . ) |
| 25 | ‘ Over the next two years I shall be paying particular attention to the need to stress the primary importance of manufacturing industry to this region 's future , ’ he said . |
| 26 | and that 's what I 'm gon na be aiming to do , if it , if I break even in two years I 'd be happy cos I 've made money back and then I 'll be making profit after that , and you wo n't make it back in the first year , no way |
| 27 | But this would now seem directed against the invalid so I hold back , thinking , in two years I will be at the comprehensive and only five years after that — providing I pass the scholarship exam , which I easily should — I 'll be at boarding school , and then I 'll be free , free to scratch and do whatever I like . |
| 28 | Sure , he 's made some mistakes , but after everything he 's done for us in recent years he must be allowed the odd cock-up . |
| 29 | If this is the first plan to be drawn up , this will probably be sufficient matter for one meeting ; in subsequent years it will be possible to proceed more quickly . |
| 30 | If in the year in which the benefit is given to the taxpayer the amount of the relevant income is less than the amount of the benefit then the individual is only taxed on the amount of the relevant income but in subsequent years he can be further charged if there is further relevant income but never in excess of the amount of the benefit ( s740(2) ) . |