Example sentences of "in a [adj] year [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a sobering thought that in a million years or so , the Thames will break through somewhere around Poplar High Street and turn it into a proper island . |
| 2 | I also had a look at the fact that Toby might well be — or have been — the man I 'd been waiting for , though God knows I 'd never have recognized him in a million years if we had n't happened , entirely by accident , to stumble into each other 's arms . |
| 3 | A plant that may only flower once in a hundred years but grows at up to seven inches a day is catching on with gardeners . |
| 4 | One can look back in eighty seven when we had that terrible storm and they said well once in a hundred years and then we had a storm very similar I think it is essential we look |
| 5 | The additional shine will make the nameplate that much easier for your grandchildren to recognise when they see the piece on Antiques Roadshow in a hundred years or so ! |
| 6 | They can payout 15 per cent in a good year and nothing the next . |
| 7 | Debt service ratio : This ratio is calculated by combining debt principal repayments and interest payable in a single year and dividing it by the country 's exports for the equivalent period . |
| 8 | Every nation believes that its enemies were the aggressors , and may make war again in a few years unless they are utterly defeated . |
| 9 | We had tourist visitors of every age and family , and some quaint scenes were witnessed on the upgoing — many of the native children ( and one who in a few years after might be called an old man ) found it a profitable , and I doubt not , too , a pleasurable work , leading the tourists to the top . |
| 10 | If , by any chance , you have a way of passing on messages to Frank ( via the supporters club maybe ) — Im sure all of us wish him the best … and hope to see him back here at Leeds in a few years so he can be 1st choice . |
| 11 | I vote that this a good point other activities for the County Council in a few years that you that you will find er people anxious to support , thank you gentlemen |
| 12 | Given this set of circumstances , it could be that the new wave of information technology firms will never turn into a real breaker , but be seen in a few years as just a ripple on the pond . |
| 13 | Does n't he say something about there 's gon na be ten thousand small schools in a few years and erm |
| 14 | There is an enormous gap between inner London boroughs , which spent £2,745 per pupil in 1989-90 , under the old Inner London education authority , and Kent , which spent £1,570 per pupil in a comparable year and achieved much better results . |
| 15 | Incidentally , it does n't include the disposal of Smithmark We 've also er we 've also gone in for other cost reduction exercises , for instance at er Dalton with a review of warehousing and distribution er , we should save about a million pounds in a full year and we 've been ramming home to our chief executives the need for annual payroll reviews to be geared to the profitability of the company rather than t rather than to the rate of inflation er , or even , er in , even the market place . |
| 16 | Well to make that sort of revenue they will actually need to fly rather more than two million passengers a year , and in the present state of the world aviation market I reckon that 's quite a tall order , in fact if they fell short of it by five percent in a particular year that would be capable of using up the kind of capital and reserves which we 've been talking about . |
| 17 | A cohort may consist of all persons born in the same year ( a birth cohort or generation ) ; but all women married in a particular year or a random sample of all cancer sufferers diagnosed in a certain month are equally valid examples of cohorts . |
| 18 | This is partly because only a proportion of hinds conceive in a given year and individual stags rarely hold harems throughout the whole breeding season , and partly because few stags breed successfully for more than four years . |
| 19 | In fact , however , the Council 's composition was not random , as two kinds of evidence show : evidence for the high social class of individual members , and evidence that it was possible to get on to the Council in a given year if you wanted to . |