Example sentences of "[adv] in [num] [noun pl] ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could imagine institutions , for example , being told to be in a different position perhaps in five years ' time or ten years ' time , and being able to do this by a variety of means , working towards it , whereas , it seems to me it 's a very much harder problem , although it 's , it 's understandable as I said in the , in the present circumstances , to actually be able to take on this properly and do a proper job of change in a time scale of perhaps one year or maybe even less than that in some cases . |
| 2 | Not now , not next year but in the next twenty years so there are a problem with schools , there are problems , I think , with changing leisure habits er people , the way that people take their leisure has changed over the last twenty years and not always have clubs , organizations and sailing schools taken account of that in , in their programme , especially with youngsters and I have to say I also believe there is apathy in some clubs and other organizations , not every club has an active youth sailing scheme and I believe that any club that does n't either must be extremely popular because of its er prices of beer or , or some other reason or it may not exist perhaps in twenty years ' time , so I think it 's an ext extremely important topic brought about by the maybe , without being melodramatic , some of the stuff that we 're reading in the papers about youngsters these days but looking at it from a purely selfish sailing point of view if we 're to get more youngsters into the sport even if we 're to hold our ground we 've got to make a big effort over , over this year and , and it 's important make sure that it runs on for future years . |
| 3 | The plaintiff , wishing to have monies now and not in two years ' time , prudently accepted the settlement figure . |
| 4 | Thus in 5 years ' time a benefit of £80,000 will have increased to £102,102.52 . |
| 5 | The main intention is to have the former LMS locomotive restored back to full working order , hopefully in 18 months ' time . |
| 6 | Liverpool went out in disgrace , Mike Marsh becoming their third player to be sent off in four Cup-Winners ' Cup ties this season as Spartak Moscow won a cold war at Anfield that also produced five bookings . |
| 7 | Unsecured creditors should agree to accept a down payment of around 35p in the pound for money due to them , and to take the balance in redeemable convertible preference shares in Prior Harwin , to be paid off in four years ' time . |
| 8 | Then they would n't find me , and I could plan my life and find a job and a flat and go home in six months ' time having proved I 'm adult and they 'll have to let go and let me do what I absolutely , passionately want to do with my life . |
| 9 | They can put figures down er you know writing things off erm whatsit twenty percent per year for a machine right in five years ' time that machine is scrap . |
| 10 | Close your eyes and imagine yourself somewhere in five years ' time . |
| 11 | A review of compliance should be carried out in two years ' time . |
| 12 | Official viewing figures will be out in two weeks ' time . |
| 13 | The union was also left virtually bankrupt , having paid out in five weeks ' strike pay nearly two years ' worth of subscriptions . |
| 14 | That 's what we 'll be attempting to find out in twenty minutes ' time . |
| 15 | Jasper Carrott and Hale and Pace did impromptu performances — and everyone there pledged to come back in two years ' time . |
| 16 | Word came back in two days ' time that Sigarup was getting better . |
| 17 | Everyone I met kept apologising for the shabby state of the buildings and I had the feeling that if I went back in ten years ' time it would look like the set for some grand-scale horror film , all broken banging shutters and cobwebbed windows . |
| 18 | Later , Mr Howie forecast that the boards would still be around in four years ' time . |
| 19 | I do not know the latest medical prognosis of how long he will live , but perhaps he is hoping not to be around in 30 years ' time when the papers become available . |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't want to be walking around in ten years ' time with people shouting ‘ Loadsamoney ’ at me ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't want to be walking around in ten years ' time with people shouting ‘ Loadsamoney ’ at me ’ |
| 22 | I would put pretty well everything into making sure that er that Virgin Atlantic is here in twenty years ' time . |
| 23 | As I said at the beginning I love a challenge and I would put pretty well everything into making sure that Virgin Atlantic is here in twenty years ' time . |
| 24 | That , if you spend the span of your life making sure that you 'll still be here in twenty-five years ' time , you 're wasting your life away . |
| 25 | Now that 's , that 's perfectly valid but if the business actually improves , it takes off , you could have this advantage to , to do it over a shorter period of time , maybe in ten years ' time when business is really |
| 26 | Yet in two weeks ' time , some 450 of BBC Scotland 's 1,100 employees will become ultimately answerable to a London-based controller . |
| 27 | And we 're always revising that picture of the past , in other words , somebody else in twenty-five years ' time will have to do a different kind of social history . |
| 28 | You might want it to be different again in six months ' time , or even next week — but do you love it as it is right now ? |
| 29 | Now I 'd like to go through each of them with you now and then again in two weeks ' time , and hear any suggestions you may have . |
| 30 | Airdrie 0 Hearts 0 AFTER one of the least memorable Scottish Cup semi-finals on record , Airdrie and Hearts played out a soulless , goalless draw and must meet again in 10 days ' time to decide who will challenge Rangers on May 9 . |