Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [verb] within [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Amendment No. 3 would make it impossible for a Scottish Bus Group subsidiary to be resold within five years without the consent of its employees . |
| 2 | Although Aquino insisted that the plan had the support of at least 15 members of the 23-strong Senate , the Senate President and key opponent of a continued US presence , Jovito Salonga , remained suspicious of the plan , characterizing it as vague and ill-defined and insisting that all combat troops had to be withdrawn within one year . |
| 3 | He further stipulated that the building was to be erected within seven years of his death , otherwise the trustees were authorised to apply the money to any other charitable purpose . |
| 4 | The status of West New Guinea ( West Irian ) was left to be determined within one year : meanwhile , Dutch rule continued there . |
| 5 | It would apply to new plants almost immediately , while new licenses for existing plants would have to be sought within 10 years , and renewed at least every decade to take account of advances in pollution control technology . |
| 6 | The estimated building costs amounted to £6,800 which was to be borrowed and to be repaid within twenty-five years . |
| 7 | Such ideas were abandoned only when advocates of a third force were squarely confronted in 1948 with a precise timetable — namely that Britain 's needs were so great that ( to be of value ) such a " force " would need to be created within five years . |
| 8 | There are just three employees on the payroll now , but McQuillen expects the centre to employ 50 by the end of this year — and 200 jobs are expected to be created within three years . |
| 9 | ‘ As indicated in the November 1983 statement , the setting of the first review date under these arrangements will enable a life sentence prisoner to be released within three years of that date if the Parole Board so recommends , subject to the policy announced in reply to a question by the then Rt . |
| 10 | In a review of reconviction rates , for example , a Home Office report concluded : ‘ Those given probation orders were therefore less likely to be reconvicted within two years of being given probation than those released from custody ’ ( Home Office , 1986 , p. 5 ) . |
| 11 | It proved of little value , and had to be abandoned within twenty years . |
| 12 | As any claim under the Federal Tort Claims Act had to be filed within two years — in other words , by 21 December 1990 — he obtained leave from the court to commence a third-party action against the United States government . |
| 13 | The name of ABC and its subsidiary ABC ( Europe ) Limited are to be changed within 3 years of completion to a name which excludes reference to the ABC family . |