Example sentences of "about [adj] years ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If anyone out there wants a crane , makes an offer to Bristol Works Department in about three years ' time — they bought it cheap ( £16,000 ) because nobody else wanted a crane that could n't be moved about easily ! |
| 2 | In about three years ' time all GM 's new cars will have been developed this way . |
| 3 | I , I would , I would be very surprised if the communists understood how deterministic idea of erm some sort of progression , I think you ca n't really say in about ten years ' time we 're gon na be here |
| 4 | Washington , Jefferson and six other Virginians besides have led our nation ; so why should n't President Charles Sherman in about thirty-five years ' time — say round about nineteen sixty — be sitting in the White House ? |
| 5 | A clear disparity exists between the guideline in England and Wales of 20-plus years ' imprisonment and the practice in Northern Ireland of about 13 years ' imprisonment before murderers of soldiers and policemen are released . |
| 6 | This time bomb is ticking away , colleagues , and in about twenty years ' time , we 'll be back to where we were we 'll have a lot of people who 've got small pensions , based on their previous employment with a health authority or a local authority , British Gas or the electricity companies then they 've had to go out on the open market and they will be under-funded and have inadequate pension when they retire . |
| 7 | The cash was the equivalent of about two years ' salary for the education director , Frank Pignatelli . |
| 8 | It should be pointed out that even if the figures cited earlier are achieved , they are not overwhelming , since they constitute no more than about two years ' growth . |
| 9 | With a recent £150 million order from Oman , the company already had about seven years ' work worth around £700 million on their books , which meant neither factory was under threat . |
| 10 | The threat of ozone destruction should peak in about seven years ' time , according to some scientists studying the problem . |