Example sentences of "year ['s] time [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | But King He can expect to be freed in three years ' time but Don King is convinced the former champion 's conviction will be overturned at a forthcoming appeal . |
2 | erm There are indications that in perhaps twenty years ' time that there might be some novel applications of lasers . |
3 | But we can not estimate so reliably how many of these will seek university places in 17 or 18 years ' time since this will be affected so much by changeable social and economic factors . |
4 | Sixty-five per cent of the economy will remain in state hands in six years ' time and workers will no longer elect managers . |
5 | My husband who earns good money , gets a pension in 10 years ' time and he says we 'll return then . |
6 | The debentures have a face value of £1.5 million , an annual interest rate of 10 per cent , mature in five years ' time and are currently selling at their face value . |
7 | The hon. Gentleman is trying to guess what the market price will be in X years ' time and what proportion of the market will be accounted for by coal . |
8 | But I usually arrange with a client over what 's seen in two years ' time or one year 's time , whatever . |
9 | Now , what the potential migrant will do , Harrison Todaro assumed , was to say , right what they 'll do is that they 'll , these migrants will mentally calculate the present value of receiving W A throughout their lifetime , right , and they 'll discount erm those wages by appropriate discount rate , reflecting the fact that a hundred pounds today is worth a lot more than a hundred pounds twenty years ' time or thirty years ' time . |
10 | I could imagine institutions , for example , being told to be in a different position perhaps in five years ' time or ten years ' time , and being able to do this by a variety of means , working towards it , whereas , it seems to me it 's a very much harder problem , although it 's , it 's understandable as I said in the , in the present circumstances , to actually be able to take on this properly and do a proper job of change in a time scale of perhaps one year or maybe even less than that in some cases . |
11 | According to Magnet Applications , the Berkhamsted-based Cookson subsidiary , the number of magnets used in cars has risen from a handful 20 years ago to about 80 now , rising to perhaps 200 in a couple of years ' time as automatic windows and sunroofs etc become more widespread . |
12 | I hope that he and his fellow enthusiasts of today will derive as much pleasure from looking back in 50 or 60 years ' time as I do from my battered old album . |
13 | It would be surprising if benchmarking attracts as much media attention in five years ' time as it does now . |
14 | In 10 years ' time as mainframes become more powerful , he reckons , this figure is more likely to be 500 . |
15 | What in the world would the company be like in a few years ' time if such people were in the driving seat ? |
16 | Work out how many woodlice you will have in 10 years ' time if they continue to multiply at this rate . |
17 | ‘ This may rise to about 20 in three years ' time if we do well . |
18 | But councillors are urging officials to get on with spending because the authority could go out of business in two years ' time if local government is reorganised . |
19 | As for its Alpha plans , BCO hinted that the new kit could be upgraded to Alpha technology in a year 's time but it will not commit to any definite Alpha policy . |
20 | But if you start putting down investment in new plant and equipment when interest is at 8% , and you find in a year 's time that you 're paying 15% — and so are your customers , and they 're not buying — it screws the numbers up . |
21 | I keep sending memos urging them to make a decision now regarding the next one in four year 's time and asking that BBC2 be set aside on the appointed dates for Ryder Cup coverage . |
22 | Speak to me in a year 's time and I 'll tell you . |
23 | any sub-lease would be outside the Landlord and Tenant Act and would include a rent review in one year 's time as per their own lease ; |
24 | In a year 's time or less she would land herself a good job , and a place to live . |
25 | ‘ In a year 's time or less , I shall ask you to change your mind . ’ |
26 | I do not want to know what she intends doing in a year 's time or in 10 years ' time , because she will not be in government then . |
27 | So if that management committee decides in a year 's time or two year 's time thank you when when we 've been rolling on a bit and a lot of this has died down that they want a single headed project . |