Example sentences of "year ' [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | To achieve this in four years ' time I would be doing |
| 32 | In three years ' time I would be doing |
| 33 | In two years ' time I would be doing |
| 34 | But' — and he laughed — ‘ do n't forget that in five years ' time you will have changed again . ’ |
| 35 | In ten years ' time you can choose to do the following : |
| 36 | In ten years ' time you 'll know why you were right to send off this coupon . |
| 37 | Mr Faith adds : ‘ I 'm thinking ahead so that in 25 years ' time my daughter will say to her children ‘ Was n't grandad clever ? |
| 38 | After a few years ' disgrace they were back living quietly but comfortably in Moscow . |
| 39 | 17 patients with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus of more than five years ' duration who had reported altered hypoglycaemia awareness within three months of transferring to human insulin . |
| 40 | After Franco 's death and after 38 years ' absence he returned to Spain in 1977 , at the invitation of Suárez , and was in 1978 appointed president of the Catalonian regional government . |
| 41 | Milton Keynes is about as far from the sea as it is possible to get in England , and Roger Mason 's motivation in coming to us was never quite clear to me ( perhaps it was n't to him either , for although after four intensive years ' research he produced a many-hundred page ‘ draft ’ of his thesis , far in excess of what might be required , he finally failed to submit it for examination ) . |
| 42 | In the course of two years ' research he 's discovered a great deal but admits there are gaps that he would like to fill . ‘ |