Example sentences of "[art] [det] year [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | If it were to happen in a few year 's time when we have the lottery money , then I think the Sutherland Collection Collection is something that anybody concerned with heritage should make the highest possible priority . |
2 | The British Museum 's show was originally scheduled to coincide with the publication of its new catalogue of the drawings of Rembrandt and his School , due to appear in a few year 's time . |
3 | A few years ' work in the brothels of Bangkok can earn girls more money than their families ever dreamt of . |
4 | But any minister of even a few years ' experience of Christian leadership will be able to tell you of Godly issues which were debated in his Church with a bitterness and rancour totally out of harmony with their subject . |
5 | A few years ' experience in commerce , particularly in marketing will help even more . |
6 | She is in fact already a teacher of a few years ' experience , with one class in her own village of Strathkinness in Fife , and two more in nearby St. Andrews ; she has even more experience as a traveller , having for some time regularly made the journey to Edinburgh by bicycle and train to attend training Saturdays with Rita Quick and Monday recreational classes with Muriel Jessop , and during the last two years undertaken the long trip south to take part in Aston Clinton weekends . |
7 | He went on to a few years ' stint as assistant , ‘ doing stuff from watches to bedrooms ’ , interspersed with occasional bouts of travel abroad , a period which proved ‘ a lot of learning and finding out about me . ’ |
8 | He went on to a few years ' stint as assistant , ‘ doing stuff from watches to bedrooms ’ , interspersed with occasional bouts of travel abroad , a period which proved ‘ a lot of learning and finding out about me . ’ |
9 | New York became conditioned to skyscrapers which were torn down after a few years ' life to be replaced by newer skyscrapers . |
10 | Further , more local , threats are posed for the sake of a few years ' supply of raw materials . |
11 | In its first annual report , it pointed to the difficulties in some areas particularly in the south-east and the west midlands where the available land was limited to only a few years ' supply . |
12 | This perennial plant 's big , bold , green clumps , measuring 90cm/3ft high and the same in diameter , grow even bigger and more productive before they deteriorate after a few years ' growth , and are then best replaced . |
13 | It is particularly appropriate for young patients with diabetes of only a few years ' duration and without complications . |
14 | After a few years ' disgrace they were back living quietly but comfortably in Moscow . |
15 | So in a few years ' time mobile phones will be brought to the masses . |
16 | But I read in an article this morning ( 'Students set to pay full fees ' , 29 September ) that if I were applying in a few years ' time , I would have to ask my parents to pay the full cost of my tuition . |
17 | Production of the Japanese industry 's two principal profit earners — the F-15J fighter and the P-3C anti-submarine aircraft , both built under licence from the United States — will peter out in a few years ' time . |
18 | What in the world would the company be like in a few years ' time if such people were in the driving seat ? |
19 | Little did they guess that in a few years ' time they would be telling their friends and relatives about the superstar who used to live next door in the suburbs . |
20 | The dilemma of whether to improve ( or not ) an old building which may not be needed in a few years ' time can last for decades . |
21 | It is quite impossible to believe that he will fade from the scene on formal retirement in a few years ' time . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | Without pilots gaining experience at the lowest level , we will be shaping up for another chronic pilots shortage in a few years ' time . |
24 | In a few years ' time , it may no longer be meaningful to do so , though it 's a safe bet that the spreadsheet will always be with us as a presentation style . |
25 | In time — a few years ' time — he 'd inevitably be boss of the Spidergobs cos of his thunks . |
26 | However , what may look like a good deal now , as the UK emerges from its adjustment period of higher interest rates and recession , could look rather different in a few years ' time . |
27 | 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 . " |
28 | The result was pale and sickly , stress lines showing how much she would look like her mother in a few years ' time . |
29 | 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 ) |
30 | The motion called on the chamber to reconsider the issue in a few years ' time . |