Example sentences of "year time " in BNC.
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1 | By this time the guitar had made its popular impact , and in just five years time it would be considered virtually the instrument of musical expression . |
2 | 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 . ’ |
3 | In a few years time the two German states could be virtually a single economic area . |
4 | The junior fisheries minister , Mr David Curry said : ‘ What we have agreed today is designed to ensure that there still are some fish left in 10 years time . ’ |
5 | Maybe in twenty or thirty years time England will take a Test series off them . |
6 | In ten years time , more than 600 million people are expected to be severely undernourished . |
7 | It is nevertheless beginning to demonstrate a willingness to fight its corner should things get tough either after the election or at the periodic review of price limits in three years time . |
8 | We 're working at things which the players might not appreciate at the moment but they will in 10 years time when they look back on what they have achieved . |
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 | With this in mind , when considering situations where there are questions about very long term service lives , I suggest that current construction methods should not make it too difficult to incorporate any presently unthought of developments that might materialise in the future — be this in 20 or even 100 years time ! |
11 | So for all you prospective parents out there help may be at hand in around two years time . |
12 | P. Five years time I will be skating about still . |
13 | But who knows what shape a business or practice will be in 10 or 20 years time ? |
14 | John is fourteen next term and would normally leave school in a couple of years time . |
15 | The recent Report of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution even goes so far as to recommend that straw burning should be banned in five years time . |
16 | In 100 years time my worries will be of no consequence . |
17 | What they did not know was that in ten years time , that beautiful picture was to be blighted by Britain 's first commercial nuclear power station . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | But my surgeon says my back should be considerably stronger in two years time so who knows , maybe I 'll be able to make a comeback after sorting my life out . |
20 | How does he see your lives in 20 years time ? |
21 | Who knows , in 40 years time some present five-year-old may be writing a similar letter ! |
22 | One visionary speaker at the British Association ( science ) meeting in 1984 spoke of the likelihood of rats the size of wolves inheriting the Earth in 50 million years time , when Man — in all probability — is no longer on the scene . |
23 | Who knows , perhaps Jim is right , every string manufacturer might be packaging strings his/our way in five years time . |
24 | Makes you wonder what 's going to happen in five years time . ’ |
25 | HEARD in a City tavern last night : ‘ I expect my husband to be just the same in 20 years time as he is now . ’ |
26 | And in three years time Ford will unveil its challenge to the Renault Espace multi-purpose vehicle . |
27 | ‘ Maybe in 10 years time the public wo n't mind a man who does n't live with his wife having such an important religious role . |
28 | Christie , who yesterday signed a deal with Puma worth an estimated £500,000 , said : ‘ I 'll make a clean break from athletics in two years time and I wo n't be competing anymore . |
29 | Christie , who yesterday signed a deal with Puma worth an estimated £500,000 , said : ‘ I 'll make a clean break from athletics in two years time . |
30 | No longer will we look at a Heidelberg printer and say it will be worth 70% of its value in five years time , because it wo n't . ’ |