Example sentences of "in [num] years [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ask them in fifty years or so , |
| 2 | Will we object in 75 years if our ancestor 's medical records become publicly accessible ? |
| 3 | These blades are horribly sharp , so sharp in fact that one form has not needed sharpening in eight years and has cut around 200,000 straps ! |
| 4 | We have moved house five times in 12 years and although moving itself is stressful , I think what 's more difficult to cope with is the first month when all the foibles of the new house are discovered . |
| 5 | Commentator Tom Tyrell said : ‘ This is the first time in 22 years that this station has been shut out in this way . |
| 6 | He is determined to lead his injury-stricken outfit to victory in France for the first time in 22 years and last night insisted : ‘ I 've had to fight for respect in rugby league . |
| 7 | ‘ It is the first time in 30 years that an international financial institution has been created , and we are not simply a bank , but also a political endeavour . |
| 8 | Now I said to Ken that 'll be your christmas present to me in nineteen years and that 'll do me a treat cos that 's really worth it . |
| 9 | The assault on Panama marks the second time in six years that the US has employed its military forces against a country in the hemisphere . |
| 10 | This was the Finaghy lads first fight at home in six years and you could almost feel seismic waves of anticipation as he came to the ringside . |
| 11 | ‘ The wettest August in six years and a record for rain in September have not diminished the chances of the finest crop to date . ’ |
| 12 | As for the flowers , the Dutch delegation will be calling for a total ban on trade in some rare slipper orchids , which they say face extinction in 10 years unless something drastic is done . |
| 13 | Barriers on textiles would be eliminated in 10 years but , to be eligible for preferential trade , most garments , under a " country of origin " clause , had to be produced from yarn made inside NAFTA . |
| 14 | The below-strength Americans became the first defending champions to bow out of the cup 's first round in 10 years as Australia 's singles hero Mark Woodforde took his brilliant form into the doubles against Jim Grabb and Richey Reneberg . |
| 15 | It 's also the first major re-design of the spreadsheet in 10 years and it 's a vast improvement . |
| 16 | in 10 years and a great deal of that is due to higher productivity . |
| 17 | It recommends that all planning permissions for quarrying in national parks should expire in 10 years and that permission for dormant sites be removed , or at least reviewed — even though this would require compensation for the owners . |
| 18 | A big advantage of the mainframe , though , is that applications written now will still be viable in 10 years because , Graham 's logic goes , applications written 10 years ago are still in use now . |
| 19 | ‘ He will be out of prison in three years but I have to live with this , ’ she said . |
| 20 | CAR crime on Merseyside has dropped for the first time in three years but the rate is still one offence every 20 minutes . |
| 21 | CAR crime on Merseyside has dropped for the first time in three years but there is still one offence every 20 minutes . |
| 22 | He could be out in three years if all went well . |
| 23 | Your August issue was the first of your magazines I have read in three years or so and what an improvement ! |
| 24 | Thus between 1966 and 1974 there were breeding season records from another 11 sites , of which three held birds in three years and four in two , making a grand total of 42 sites for which there were breeding season records between 1962 and 1975 . |
| 25 | Last week he walked upstairs for the first time in three years and just burst into tears . |
| 26 | It forecasts moving volumes in the low thousands in three years and wants to represent 10% of Opus ’ business . |
| 27 | I would like to avoid defeat partly as it would avoid the first league double against us in three years and to keep the unbeaten run together . |
| 28 | It was the first time in fourteen years that he was travelling alone , his best friend having died of pneumonia only weeks before . |
| 29 | Austen Chamberlain was equally enthusiastic at the time , but later put the occasion into somewhat more critical perspective by saying that it was the only time in fourteen years that he had ever known Baldwin to influence a Cabinet decision . |
| 30 | Until then , Cambridge had looked set to record only their second win in 17 years and to take the trophy for the first time since its introduction by the present sponsors in 1987 . |