Example sentences of "a [adj] year time " in BNC.
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1 | In a few years time the two German states could be virtually a single economic area . |
2 | It is most unlikely that a mother or father looking at a new-born child will be saying : — ‘ We have here a potential villain , who could , in a few years time be getting a living by robbery , violence or some other criminal activity . |
3 | This is the cheaper option , but it may leave you stuck with single glazing and a recurrence of your existing maintenance problems in a few years time . |
4 | It 's safe to say that in a few years time they will be playing Las Vegas . ’ |
5 | He might , in a few years time , become one but who knows . |
6 | ‘ Supplies of suitable coal in the future can not be guaranteed and unless the current experiments with oil firing are successful then it is likely that steam operation on S.M.R. may have to be abandoned in a few years time . |
7 | It was nothing like the transformation she would undergo in a few years time but it signalled the slow resurrection of her inner spirit . |
8 | In a few years time the fundholders may have very little room to manoeuvre but will still have to cope with the burden of administering their fund . |
9 | That contrasts with what some policies will lead to in a few years time if we are going to have complete closure of some long stay hospitalS . |
10 | I know it 's my fault she 's here , I suppose in a few years time I 'll wish I 'd been here , but now I want to be out enjoying myself . |
11 | Realistically , it is hard enough to speculate on how multimedia will have developed in a few years time without looking as far ahead as the beginning of the next century . |
12 | This particular defence was optional in the EC Product Liability Directive but has been adopted in the United Kingdom ; it seems sensible because standards of safety change over time and what might seem perfectly acceptable now might be considered grossly unsafe in a few years time . |
13 | He 'll be out in a few years time . |
14 | She said : ‘ We talked about marriage and Kirk said he did n't want to get married , maybe in a few years time . |
15 | In a few years time . |
16 | So all them hassles what you 're gon na get in the future when they they 're gon na fall out in a few years time . |
17 | You can see in a Trivial Pursuit question in a few years time what 's the most commonly said three words ? |
18 | See you in a few years time with fucking . |
19 | and in one of the rooms he used to have these girlie pin-ups of the dame , these portraits of all these women he used to fancy in a few years time . |
20 | In the long run I think it will be a loss to the Government , for the very simple reason we have got to meet this competition and if we do n't in a few years time the housewife possibly will be paying a lot more money for the produce . |
21 | It shall be noted that there is a special relief which applies to the granting of a lease but there is a three year time gap which must be satisfied . |
22 | Unlike the Australians , who have a ten year time frame for the implementation of community care policies ( Gregory , 1991 ) , no such explicit statement is evident in the UK . |
23 | On the assumption that they would continue to fall at the same rate as in the first half of the decade , it was estimated that the population would be only one tenth of its size in a hundred years time . |
24 | Erm but er I learnt to write a fair hand , erm without too many flourishes , which er because I was always told that somebody might be looking at this in a hundred years time , or more . |