Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] year [pers pn] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a valuable piece of equipment , and my hon. Friend may like to know that in the next two or three years we shall proceed with some large modifications to it which we estimate will bring about £4 million worth of work to PBN on the Isle of Wight . |
| 2 | Perhaps in two or three years we will have a convertible currency . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 4 | In two or three years it could be , believes Farr-Jones . |
| 5 | If the county championship was still there as it used to be , then I could pick only northern-based players and in two or three years I 'd have a very strong side . ’ |
| 6 | I say thirty , we 've had that either eight or nine years I ca n't re I ca n't remember which , that 's cost us thirty five quid in eight or nine years |
| 7 | The chances are that during the first eight or nine years you may appear to be treading water in the process of proving yourself . |
| 8 | Over a period of 10 or 15 years we will see our soil improving by using this technique . |
| 9 | I see things like senile dementia as being a direct result of restricted breathing over very many years — in 20 , 30 or 40 years you can do to yourself the same sort of thing that happens in an operating theatre if oxygen is withdrawn . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Many Japanese are nationalistic , so even I , when I decided to join Arthur Andersen , thought that after 18 months or two years I would leave and open my own office . |
| 11 | Cos I was talking to Lilian , she was thinking that each year she 'd be given an update it should be a five year plan . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Mm , I said to Tony if we ca n't afford to go I said do n't worry about it , we might just go back down to where we went last year for a week because , it 's like I was saying to Joanne this morning , that this year they wo n't , they 're not gon na worry whether they do n't go on holiday but next year when Charlotte 's at school and got all her school mates saying oh where did you go and |
| 14 | ‘ We hope that this year they will once again put the eggs first and bring a smile to the face of a child less fortunate . ’ |
| 15 | Let us hope that this year we shall see an increase in the butterfly population , notably that rare member of the family Lyaenidae , known as the Foinland Blue . " |
| 16 | It is possible that this year we 'll have hunt saboteurs to contend with . |
| 17 | Also , as you all know , the festive season is fast approaching and in Glasgow the Committee will be helping to sell raffle tickets to raise funds for a good cause , every year we hold a raffle on the day of the Christmas lunch and we are hoping that this year we will raise a substantial amount . |
| 18 | So I was just saying that this year it would be hopefully everybody will go through it . |
| 19 | I would like to wish you all a very Happy Christmas and lets hope that this year it wo n't start before 5.00 am ! ! ! |
| 20 | Vows that this year it will be different . |
| 21 | France has also publicly stated that this year it will introduce moderate reforms to its laws on Sunday trading . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | However , if this practice has persisted for more than twelve years it will have become what is known as a prescriptive right of way , and you will inherit it and not be able to do anything about it . |
| 24 | Even if you are working or have been away from the University for more than two years you can still have Current Vacancies mailed to you for a small charge . |
| 25 | In other cases the prisoner will know only that it is 20 years or more , although if he asks and if it is no more than 20 years he will , as I understand it , be given that information . |
| 26 | But they fear that next year it will be more difficult to take such action , when European Safety Standards , less stringent than Britain 's , come into force . |
| 27 | The current values of units are published daily in the Financial Times and each year you will be sent a statement showing the progress of your Bond . |
| 28 | And some years you 'd probably maybe get a few pounds back and sometimes you would er maybe have to pay a few pounds . |
| 29 | Last year and this year they could have upgraded it at a cost much greater than the initial expenditure and much less efficiently . |
| 30 | Last year there was also a talk on Nutrition , and this year we shall be hearing about ‘ Hellerwork ’ from a Medau Teachers who is also a Hellerwork practitioner . |