Example sentences of "in [adj] years [pron] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fifty years I 'll be dead and you 'll be a sprightly lizard slurping yoghurt through a straw , sipping peat-bog water and wearing health sandals . |
| 2 | There may be little rain for ten months of the year — and in some years there may be no rain at all . |
| 3 | Similarly , we were relying on the vastness of the oceans to dilute and disperse whatever bacteria and viruses allowed into them ; in 30 years we might be regretting it . |
| 4 | The problem for the draftsman of a partnership agreement who specifies the initial ratio and provides that in future years it shall be as agreed between the partners at the beginning or end of each year is that the equal sharing required under the Partnership Act in default of agreement will always benefit at least one of the partners . |
| 5 | Fortunately she was unaware how often in future years she would resent John 's making decisions which involved both of them without consulting her . |
| 6 | In 100 years they would regard that as pathetic . ’ |
| 7 | In 10 years we 'll be selling 20,000 . |
| 8 | Clapton , at No. 36 with It 's Probably Me , a duet with Sting for the movie Lethal Weapon 3 , adds : ‘ Maybe in 10 years I 'll have a family myself , but the pain will never be gone . ’ |
| 9 | As in previous years we shall conduct a nationwide advertising campaign in the early autumn to encourage people to complete and return the electoral registration form . |
| 10 | In later years she would hit the shins of passers-by with it if they got in her way . |
| 11 | ‘ I promise , ’ Katherine said in a small voice , not quite sure what it was she was pledging , though in later years she would have ample occasion to reflect on what he said . |
| 12 | Doubtless in later years she would be glad of that , but for now she was too embarrassed to care . |
| 13 | Charlie 's departure is the first of several , and this event is succeeded by the announcement of a further theme when the rabbi 's thunderings pass over the heads of his congregation and the writer notes : ‘ in later years I would wonder how different my life might have been if a few people , those closest to me , had been frightened — just a little . ’ |
| 14 | Was it a scene which in later years I would look at with nostalgia , even longing ? |
| 15 | When he thought of India in later years he would always see these two men and two bullocks and the leather bag flooding out its water as it settled on the ground . |
| 16 | In later years he would be at the centre oftwo scandalous court cases … |
| 17 | The universities are also concerned that in three years they may be obliged to give any available permanent position to a WIPer instead of advertising it for open competition , thereby reducing their ability to attract the best talent . |
| 18 | In three years she would be sixty — and Alexandra would be twenty-four . |
| 19 | For the first time in 11 years you can get nearly two dollars for every £ because the American dollar is so weak . |
| 20 | That in ten years she should have risen from a frightened , defiant seventeen-year-old to this . |
| 21 | As in other years there will be an exhibition of young German artists , in this instance born between 1953 and 1968 . |
| 22 | My guess is that , with a few exceptions , it wo n't but that in four years we 'll have another Mogg-Davidson book claiming that they got it right all along . |
| 23 | Looking at maths as a much wider subject , as a subject perhaps for research and for exploration , have there been any very obvious trends in mathematics in recent years which could be described ? |
| 24 | Sure , he 's made some mistakes , but after everything he 's done for us in recent years he must be allowed the odd cock-up . |
| 25 | In recent years I ca n't really think of anybody who 's got near , apart from Batty . |
| 26 | In recent years there may have been more wealth and consumer goods around but people have seemed cynical , weary , amoral … |
| 27 | Thus although a marked increase is apparent in recent years it may prove to be due entirely to three freak movements . |
| 28 | If Japan 's lending had continued to expand at the same pace as in recent years it would have overtaken Britain in 1992 . |
| 29 | But this would now seem directed against the invalid so I hold back , thinking , in two years I will be at the comprehensive and only five years after that — providing I pass the scholarship exam , which I easily should — I 'll be at boarding school , and then I 'll be free , free to scratch and do whatever I like . |
| 30 | If however you hear anything of the matter , urge it as much as you can , and believe me I will leave no unconnected links in my track — and that in two years I will leave but little to be discovered here , if it please Providence to continue to me its wonted care . |