Example sentences of "be [prep] [num] years [unc] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | C1 was to be a two-year course for 16-plus school-leavers with suitable qualifications , leading to a certificate or diploma comparable in status to an OND , while C2 would normally be of two years ' duration and would be for students not so highly qualified or well-motivated as those taking C1 courses . |
| 2 | Where do you want to be in two years ' time . |
| 3 | The hon. Gentleman is trying to guess what the market price will be in X years ' time and what proportion of the market will be accounted for by coal . |
| 4 | If you can imagine your goal , where you want to be in five years ' time , then you are already part of the way there . |
| 5 | What will happen to me , how I 'll develop , what I 'll be in five years ' time , in ten , in thirty . |
| 6 | Using his earlier experience , he felt , when he moved in , that he needed to gauge where the new school should be in five years ' time . |
| 7 | Do you see the importance of planning ? millions of things you 've got to stick down with , think about , think about your objectives , get that see who it , get that poster up , really think what you wan na be in five years ' time , three years ' time , all the rest of it , seriously think about it . |
| 8 | Right , but what you 've got the opportunity of doing now during being a life assurance sales person , with self-employed status if you like , with the benefits of being in a company like ours , is really thinking where do I want to be in five years ' time . |
| 9 | I can not envisage what the circumstances will be in 20 years ' time . |
| 10 | My hon. Friend is concerned about what the strength of the infantry will be in three years ' time . |