Example sentences of "few years [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We decided to draw our internal auditors from operational staff across the board so that over a few years everyone would have the opportunity to be an auditor as well as being audited themselves . |
| 2 | And now what they 're saying is , well we 'll buy out those appeals , if you had your appeal running for a few years we 'll give you five hundred pound ex gratia payment . |
| 3 | I believe it is quite possible that within the next few years we might see European legislation which will not only follow that of the UK in prohibiting lead fishing weights but also outlaw the use of lead in cartridges . |
| 4 | Certainly over the years the the major proportion of our fire fighting , in terms of secondary fires , what we term secondary fires , the bonfires , was always concentrated around this period and going back quite a few years we used to have special appliances put on standby , extra crews and so on . |
| 5 | Within a few years we will see the majority of UK companies having smoking policies . ’ |
| 6 | With the growth that seems likely over the next few years one can not help asking what the future holds . |
| 7 | After a few years they may find that not enough of their nature is being fulfilled . |
| 8 | In the next few years there will be fewer young people and these tend to make up the majority of staff in many outlets , so caterers — and particularly the large chains — will come to rely more on automation in the near future . ’ |
| 9 | It is likely that in the next few years there will be pressure to bring into production the remaining hectares of delimited land , although economics and the overall strategy of the Champagne market will also play their part . |
| 10 | Over the next few years there will be changes in the structures of Lothian and Borders Police and Regional Council Departments which will affect various elements of the delivery of the road safety function . |
| 11 | Emma is always asking when we will go back , and our only worry now is that in a few years she will probably be waking us up at dawn on icy mornings , saying : ‘ Shall we go down the black run first ? ’ |
| 12 | In a few years he 'll have developed a big enough ass to occupy my chair . ’ |
| 13 | Within a few years he could have looked almost as menacing as he did six months ago . |
| 14 | But once the technology becomes more refined , I definitely think that in a few years you 'll have a lot of people who do n't touch chemicals at all . |
| 15 | But once the technology becomes more refined , I definitely think that in a few years you 'll have a lot of people who do n't touch chemicals at all . |
| 16 | In fact , in about 1971 there was a sudden spate of development in this area , and both the University Library and what was then Brighton Public Library and West Sussex all were innovators in those days , using computer-based lending systems , which used little cards with lots of little holes in them and — I am sure they are familiar to lots of people — in the last few years you 'll have seen those holes replaced by sort of zebra stripes erm what are called bar codes in the trade , and those bar codes you 'll also see on your groceries all over the place . |
| 17 | In the last few years you 'll have seen those holes replaced by sort of zebra stripes — what we call bar codes in the trade , and those bar codes you 'll also see on your groceries all over the place . |
| 18 | Over the next few years you may find the following : |
| 19 | " After all , in a few years you can leave the convent . |
| 20 | Holiday parks in which you can camp , or stay in a chalet or caravan are now remarkably good — so much so that if you have n't tried this kind of holiday for a few years you could be in for a very pleasant surprise . |
| 21 | ‘ Perhaps in a few years I would n't have done . ’ |
| 22 | I did n't think that after a few years I would end up doing both ! ’ |
| 23 | Over the last few years I can admit to having heard enough of the individual experiences of examination candidates to make me totally cynical about a system which confers , supposedly , passes and grades of equal status on students in public examinations that cover so wide-ranging a diversity of structure and subject content . |
| 24 | But I mean in terms of knitwear over the last few years I can give you one or two examples which I think you 'll readily er understand . |
| 25 | In a few years I 'd be just like mammy , cleaning for toffs ; and I 'd have weans and it 'd be too late then , and my man 'd be just like daddy was before he died , working a' week and getting drunk on Friday nights and a' day Saturdays . ’ |
| 26 | For a few years it would undoubtedly be more expensive to cable Britain with optical-fibre links directly into the home . |
| 27 | It seemed like a good idea at the time , but that time , I could feel , was running out , and I could see that in a very few years it would have run . |
| 28 | ’ It is already possible to apply ( gene analysis ) methods for the early foetal diagnosis of these disorders ( haemophilia and other anaemias ) , and over the next few years it may even be possible to replace defective genes ’ , wrote the geneticist David Weatherall in an article on the new Institute for Molecular Medicine in Oxford . |
| 29 | But in a few years it could find applications in the long-term treatment of parasitic diseases , and even as a contraceptive pill . |
| 30 | League is concerned , is the amount of money coming into the game and the danger that over a few years it could widen the division between the haves and the have-nots . |