Example sentences of "[vb infin] that [prep] [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Minister will know that for some years London weighting has been frozen because the Minister 's policy is to pay just sufficient to recruit and retain civil servants . |
| 2 | Because how does Philip know that in five years ' time , I 'm not going to ring him up and say , hey you know when you recommended me to invest my money in the Japanese fund , well it 's just gone through the bottom of the market . |
| 3 | I should perhaps explain that for many years it had been a regulation in UK registered public transport aircraft that when flying below 15 000 feet hand operated microphones were prohibited . |
| 4 | correct , I would estimate that during five years of any Parliament as we see earnings increase perhaps an additional 500,000 people would be swept into this disreputable proposal from the Labour Benches . |
| 5 | But' — and he laughed — ‘ do n't forget that in five years ' time you will have changed again . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Did n't you realise that after five years it is n't possible to claim on someone 's estate ? ’ |
| 7 | Mr Major therefore made a stab at the second — though it might seem that after 11 years in office , Mrs Thatcher 's radical government should have had all the time it needed for tax reform . |