Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] [prep] [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may well be a mistake for a director to restrict earnings in favour of dividends , however , if he thinks he might want to retire within 13 years . |
| 2 | Erm , the storage binder , we , we , er , anticipate that you of course , will wind up with shelves full of storage binders housing various diaries , and you 'll want to know in ten years ' time , which storage binder has your nineteen ninety-four diary , erm , that 's what that label is for . |
| 3 | Even the most generous interpretation of the figures reveals a very modest increase in funding and it most certainly does not even begin to compensate for ten years of cuts . |
| 4 | I would be happy to hear from any priest who feels he would like to volunteer for five years or from suitably qualified people who might have some skill to offer . |
| 5 | If the fundamentalist factions drop their differences to form a coalition , they could sweep the board : a prospect dreaded by many Algerians who do not want to emerge from long years of joyless socialism only to face even more joyless Islamic militancy . |
| 6 | The verdict on that one , however , may have to wait for many years yet . |
| 7 | So you may have to wait till next year when I find a job for this year 's Christmas present — but this MUST NOT stop giving me his ideas as his birthday present is long overdue . |
| 8 | Well they 'd already been to the pantomime at your school so you 'll have to wait till next year now . |
| 9 | If you live in an area that has a lot of old buildings , the council may run out of grant money very quickly and you will have to wait until next year . |
| 10 | Your financial situation can improve , but you may have to wait until next year before you are entirely out of the woods . |
| 11 | As we have seen , the establishment of NAB , with its very strong representation from the local authorities , creates a new environment for the polytechnics , and the colleges and institutes of higher education , to which they will have to adjust for some years to come . |
| 12 | Selling off the family silver , and look what we 're gon na have to do with that year You have criticised those for setting up the various units , and giving them target for . |
| 13 | These are , I hope , the last Darwin books I shall have to read for some years ( unless of course Sydney Smith produces one ) . |
| 14 | ‘ For this wedding he would have to save for many years . |
| 15 | The 35 million Christmas trees bought this year would have to rot for 30 years before decomposing in dumps that are already overflowing . |
| 16 | If both confess , then both will go to jail for five years . |
| 17 | The prosecutor tells them that if they both confess they will go to jail for ten years ; if neither confesses they will get two years ; if only one confesses he ( the confessor ) will get just one year while his fellow prisoner goes down for 20 . |
| 18 | I think part of the problem with the station youth centre , surely is that , we do n't seem to know from one year to another , what the future 's gon na be , other , you know , there does n't seem to be any forward planning whatsoever . |
| 19 | I said at the last meeting in Bungay in January that Bungay will cease to function within five years if something was n't done about it . |
| 20 | Now loan redemption is a matter for the Government to decide ( at least as to minima ) , and presumably comes down to a judgement about how much the Government thinks that local authorities as a whole can afford to redeem in any year . |
| 21 | Because of the slow diffusion rates into and through the stratosphere , even if all emissions of CFCs into the atmosphere ceased , stratospheric concentration of CFCs would continue to increase for several years . |
| 22 | But benefits from a new nationwide distribution deal should start to come through next year . |
| 23 | What we 're interested in is how Dick ( Best ) can blend in those new players who will start to come through this year ’ . |
| 24 | Existing East German laws on abortion would continue to apply for two years pending a new law to be passed by the all-German parliament ( thus resolving the issue which had caused most dispute among the parties at the end of negotiations on the treaty ) . |
| 25 | The number of 18-year-olds will continue to decline for many years to come , so it will require an unprecedented management initiative to offset the effects of staffing levels if services are to be maintained , never mind increased , to meet the aspirations of the current strategic plans . |
| 26 | John Wright , the director of the CEGB 's technology planning and research division , told the inquiry : ‘ Whilst THORP may continue to operate beyond 10 years , it is not thought prudent to plan on this basis . |