Example sentences of "[noun sg] in [art] few years " in BNC.

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1 How can we allow the commercial hunting of whales when they could be starved of food because of ozone depletion in a few years ' time ? "
2 forbidding the use of capillary fittings containing lead-based solder on pipes supplying drinking water ( see Chapter 2 ) n changing the size of flushing cisterns used with WCs ( to come into effect in a few years ' time — see Chapter 8 )
3 The motion called on the chamber to reconsider the issue in a few years ' time .
4 I vote that this a good point other activities for the County Council in a few years that you that you will find er people anxious to support , thank you gentlemen
5 HANS Wagenknecht , 24 , is a physics student from Germany who will be looking for work in a few years .
6 You can see in a Trivial Pursuit question in a few years time what 's the most commonly said three words ?
7 It is quite impossible to believe that he will fade from the scene on formal retirement in a few years ' time .
8 Now at least one top 10 society says privately that it is thinking seriously of becoming a plc in a few years .
9 There are very few of those artists of the 1980s whom I think will have any standing in a few years .
10 Without pilots gaining experience at the lowest level , we will be shaping up for another chronic pilots shortage in a few years ' time .
11 The company 's chief executive , Dr David Horrobin , said that employment could be expected to increase if progress continues and the products are licensed by the Government for clinical use in a few years ' time .
12 Already in Britain there are plans for putting into communication the computer-based personal information systems of DHSS , the Driving and Vehicle Licensing Centre , the Police National Computer and the Inland Revenue ; and the embossed plastic cards with unique machine-readable numerical identifiers which are now issued automatically to all school-leavers to mark their entry into the National Insurance scheme will in a few years ' time be , in effect , national identity cards .
13 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 .
14 You have to be some chancer to turn down 10 million for a player that could burn out from snorting too much junk food in a few years : - ) ( mixing my puns there , I think ) .
15 But the British Fascisti were in earnest , though doomed to extinction in a few years with the creation of Oswald Mosley 's New Party .
16 Easy going and charming , he made friends easily ; adventurous and audacious , his exploits brought both fame and notoriety during his lifetime ; intelligent but irresponsible , he made and squandered a fortune in a few years ; all in all , he was an eccentric who lived life to the full .
17 It is easy to be put off buying a greenhouse simply because you might be moving house in a few years .
18 The results come hard on the heels of a forecast by the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency , who says he is confident that a series of factors will lead to a ‘ relaunch ’ of nuclear power in a few years ' time .
19 The result was pale and sickly , stress lines showing how much she would look like her mother in a few years ' time .
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