Example sentences of "three [prep] five years " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The harmony between Europe 's big six — VW , Fiat , PSA , Renault , GM and Ford — looks more likely than ever to persuade the commission to go for a transitional period longer than three to five years . |
| 2 | Dr Wesnes said that using volunteers with ‘ fake ’ Alzheimers Disease enabled a new drug to be evaluated within three months compared with the three to five years for a full-scale trial on ‘ real ’ patients . |
| 3 | The intermediary stage was intended to last for three to five years . |
| 4 | This is because your hair goes through a growing phase which lasts from three to five years , then a resting phase which lasts for three to four month before it falls out . |
| 5 | Medium leys , down from three to five years , are rather like arable crops in that maximum yield during those years is generally the main objective . |
| 6 | Many schemes are funded for three to five years and , although some tapering mechanisms may allow continued but limited funding thereafter , in the long run local authorities may have to bear a larger proportion of total expenditure if schemes are to continue . |
| 7 | However this is a very expensive technique and a fast flowing stream or river may have to be limed continuously , and a lake every three to five years . |
| 8 | It takes three to five years for a new plantation to bear a crop , but , with care , the vines will last indefinitely — some bogs are more than 100 years old . |
| 9 | He says : ‘ It 's ludicrous that we have to wait for three to five years when a foreign company can come in and pick up a UK TV company right now . ’ |
| 10 | The Institutional Shareholders ' Committee suggested that information relating to the proportion of current sales attributable to products introduced in the last three to five years would , with other data , provide a helpful indication of the return earned on R&D . |
| 11 | So we recommend an inquiry — in three to five years ' time into the extent to which card users ( in particular , users of more than one credit card ) are using their cards to spend more than they judge prudent . |
| 12 | I 'm told that unit sales should normally yield about three times the building costs , and that he gets this back within three to five years . |
| 13 | Harris Corp 's current mix of home-grown to purchased products is around 80:20 but over the next three to five years , O'Donnell expects this ratio to be reversed . |
| 14 | A group of 15 European firms in a range of businesses have come together to create the European Software Institute to improve skills in developing computer software : the Institute , to be based in Bilbao , Spain , will work with customers on software processes and methodology , according to Compagnie des Machines Bull SA vice-president Georges Grunberg , who is the acting chairman ; the other founders are Bilbao Bizkaia Kutxa SA , GMD SA , Eritel SA , Finsiel SA and Iberdrola SA from Spain , British Aerospace Plc , the Electricity Supply Board , Lloyd 's Register and Logica Plc , Sema Group Plc , Cap Gemini Sogeti SA , Telecom Ireland , Siemens-Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG and Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA ; each of the founders will pay $118,000 a year for three to five years to fund the Institute , which will have a staff of about 50 ; it hopes to build its membership up to between 100 and 300 companies in the medium term . |
| 15 | Pacific Telesis Group Inc expects to report a net loss for full year 1993 after estimated charges of $2,000m related to accounting changes and other restructuring and disposition reserves : the accounting change on future retiree health benefits will reduce first quarter pre-tax profit by $2,600m and first quarter net by $1,600m , and an accounting change on post-employment benefits , such as long-term disability and workers ' compensation , will reduce first quarter net by $151m ; it will also establish reserves that will lower net profit by about $260m — some $210m of this is related to the recent decision to dispose of its property portfolio over the next three to five years , the balance to withdrawal from or restructuring of cable and equipment businesses , and costs following spin-off of the cellular operation ; its Pacific Bell subsidiary will recognise employee benefits liability over 20 years , consistent with a decision by the California Public Utilities Commission . |
| 16 | Nonetheless , approximately 40% of those questioned still have separate computer and telecommunications departments , although Pflug does predict that these two functions will converge rapidly over the next three to five years . |
| 17 | And the risk is high , as permits are often refused or issued only after three to five years of arduous negotiation . |
| 18 | It is looking for products with a worldwide sales potential of $30m to $100m in three to five years . |
| 19 | Sun Microsystems Inc has sent its third-generation Viking plans out to bid with the various semiconductor houses : this thing is supposed to be a very high-end piece that wo n't turn into product for another three to five years . |
| 20 | Each of the founders will pay $118,000 a year for three to five years to fund the Institute , which will have a staff of about 50 . |
| 21 | If NT hits , the Sunnyvale , California company believes it will be doing a few hundred million dollars worth of business in three to five years . |
| 22 | By three to five years after surgery the actuarial survival rate exceeded that of a control population.This enhanced survival may reflect the fact that patients referred for surgery were highly selected , and an important limitation of these data is that the selection criteria were not explicit . |
| 23 | Long time orientation ( three to five years ) . |
| 24 | The measures suggested by the report would therefore require a constitutional change , which usually takes at least three to five years to carry through . |
| 25 | Most people said I should get probation , but I was looking on the black side and thought I would get a sentence of three to five years . |
| 26 | Such important parameters as age at maturation and longevity are unknown , though it seems likely that krill breed two or three times in a lifespan of three to five years . |
| 27 | Leeds ' Permanent building society 's new range of fixed rates allows borrowers to set their rate for three to five years at 10.6% or between 20–25 years at 11.25% . |
| 28 | Addiction to drugs may progress more rapidly over three to five years . |
| 29 | Forecasting for periods of three to five years ahead is as much a part of the corporate planning activity . |
| 30 | For institutions offering a substantial programme of advanced work , it would be possible to submit estimates of expenditure through the local authorities for a programme of work three to five years ahead . |