Example sentences of "[num] [prep] three [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | German exporter expects to receive $ 100,000 in three months ' time . |
| 2 | He attended Coleman 's lectures , and obtained his diploma on 21 January 1818 after three months ' study . |
| 3 | In the last trial of activists linked to the pro-democracy movement which ended in the massacre in Tiananmen Square in June 1989 [ see pp. 36720-22 ] , the poet and theorist Wu Jiaxing was sentenced on Aug. 25 to three years ' imprisonment for " counter-revolutionary incitement and propaganda " , and then released for time served . |
| 4 | Aim for a margin of safety by allowing for a further two to three minutes ' ‘ sudden death ’ extension after that . |
| 5 | Gudok reckoned that there would be only two to three days ' reserve for the railways as a whole . |
| 6 | The real boost for cellular radio will come in two to three years ' time with the introduction of the Europe-wide service , GSM . |
| 7 | Training is based on up to six years ' relevant job experience and includes on average two to three years ' study . |
| 8 | The goodwill in this case maybe calculated on two to three years ' purchase of so-called absolute net profit ( ie net profit after allowing for the salary of a fully-qualified manager for each shop ) . |
| 9 | Confirmed early in the year , the order came as a result of two to three years ' work . |
| 10 | ‘ This may rise to about 20 in three years ' time if we do well . |
| 11 | This would mean that a buyer would pay 99,000 and receive 99,000 plus 1,000 in three months ' time . |