Example sentences of "[adj] years ' time [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let them run down just so much every year , remember your low outgoings , and in a few years ' time have them towed away for their break-up value . " |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | But I did have to worry about whether we were going to have the cash flow in ten years ' time to make sure that the parts can be paid for so the chap on the shop floor can stick the thing together . |
| 4 | What would happen , we asked , if new information in ten years ' time showed that the people working inside Hinkley C had been in even greater danger ? |
| 5 | Changes from year to year in the number of people in each age group create difficulties for planning , especially as birth rates are notoriously difficult to predict ; estimating what the school population will be in more than five years ' time becomes increasingly speculative and uncertain . |
| 6 | To be meaningful the vision must be a detailed one , a vision of what will actually be happening in his area at 9.00 a.m. on Monday morning in two years ' time to achieve success . |
| 7 | If you were to achieve your goal in five years ' time , what would you have to be doing in four years ' time to get there ? |