Example sentences of "or [adj] years [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their bosses , sitting on the senior loan committee , are pragmatic , nuts-and-bolts bankers whose grasp of local banking is often profound , the product of 20 or 30 years experience . |
| 2 | He said : ‘ We always knew we would have to deal with this at some stage — maybe in 20 or 30 years time — but the damage caused over a couple of nights during January and February was much worse than we ever anticipated . ’ |
| 3 | A source close to Saatchi insists that there is ‘ absolutely no intention of dispersing the collection ’ and is equally adamant that ‘ the collection will be greater in five or 10 years time than it is now . ’ |
| 4 | There will be two or three years work before this phase is complete . |
| 5 | Are you a sensory analyst , with a first degree qualification , who has two or three years experience of sensory analysis and is interested in developing a career in the food industry ? |
| 6 | people do n't stay out long , so you do n't get many people getting up to two or three years experience , the one 's that stay on that long stay |
| 7 | I regard this as an appropriate position for a man whose cool temperament and disdain for most of humanity I found chilling after two or three years study . |
| 8 | Each of the three levels of training ( First , National and Higher National ) can be taken as a Certificate ( usually two years part-time alongside employment ) or as a Diploma ( normally two years full-time or three years sandwich ) . |
| 9 | That may look fancy but RMC is well-led and in two or three years time should make decent money in Britain again . |
| 10 | What happens in two or three years time when the ANC 's political aspirations have not been met. ? |
| 11 | I happened to believe that it was important that they protected this week in the international calendar for Britain , especially as in two or three years time , there is the possibility of it being moved to a time when , in theory at least , it ought to be easier to attract top players . |
| 12 | Finally panel , the county council considers that the issues raised in this alteration require early decision and not in two or three years time . |
| 13 | The big issue for Scotland is the real fear that we will be subject to savage cuts in two or three years time . ’ |
| 14 | And do n't forget , in two or three years time your son would be leaving home anyway , so his decision would seem to be a practical one . |
| 15 | The size of the epidemic in five or ten years time has not been estimated with confidence ; the epidemic will be determined by the number of people with HIV infection who develop AIDS over time . |
| 16 | I mean you ca n't claw the money the back if you get a bit short in five or ten years time . |
| 17 | His successors of whatever party will not be bound by anything the Noble Earl may say this afternoon , it is inconceivable that a Home Secretary in five or ten years time , also what Lord say in February nineteen ninety four , I really must n't do whatever er I thought of doing in er that given the fact that the Noble Earl Lord gave certain assurances , he will do whatever he considers on that occasion to be right |
| 18 | In a recent survey for the Glenpatrick News , it showed that twenty percent of the Elderslie workforce have twenty five or more years service . |
| 19 | All of these students were full time or sandwich undergraduates aiming for a first degree and enrolled on a course of three or more years duration . |
| 20 | It is now a certainty that 60163 Tornado will see service in four or five years time . |
| 21 | Every Thursday is given over to a drop-in day , which is open to the previous year 's group to come back or to any girl on home-teaching , and sometimes girls from three or four years back may also drop in for a chat or advice . |
| 22 | I believe in er three or four years time I will need a a table er twice the size of that for examples of the of of the material . |
| 23 | Probably because they had n't re-used they got there by two or three or four years time when they came on to the next level of management the junior management erm we did this with them again and you would begin to find certain skills had evolved and certain certain team strengths had arisen because they do change over the years . |
| 24 | Times was hard , and he had the advantage over the insurance company of knowing that his profits might be tapering off in the near future , and he thinks , ah , I 'll get , er , I 'll take out a Permanent Health Insurance , based on my present income to protect seventy-five , because I know in about three or four years time , my income would have gone down to about sixty per cent of what it is , so . |
| 25 | So , I mean , say in about three or four years time you you 'd have the same level of cover |
| 26 | A spokeswoman from London Road Development Agency said : ‘ In three or four years time London Road should be a thriving shopping area with a new student population . |
| 27 | Maybe in twenty or thirty years time England will take a Test series off them . |
| 28 | Stiffer penalties for the principal offence embodied in the 1974 Act were awaiting implementation during fieldwork : these allow for a fine of £400 or three months imprisonment , or both , on summary conviction , and for ‘ a fine ’ ( without maximum ) or two years imprisonment , or both , on conviction on indictment . |
| 29 | But who knows what shape a business or practice will be in 10 or 20 years time ? |