Example sentences of "it [modal v] [be] a year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , I 'm absolutely sure it is , as , as I say there will be a few months of real suffering in , in eastern Germany and it may be a year and a half to two years before East Germany begans to , begins to show up plus figures , er on , instead of minus figures on the national statistics . |
| 2 | It must be a year since she was this way . ’ |
| 3 | No it must be a year old or something |
| 4 | It might be a day or it might be a year . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ My darling Madeleine , you are n't yet twenty , so it 'll be a year before you come of age . |
| 6 | He is unsure of the ‘ philosophical ’ position that Novell will take and figures it could be a year before the industry knows for sure . |
| 7 | ‘ Going out to America saved me a lot of time — an English surgeon had told me it would be a year before I kicked a ball again but I was back playing within six months . ’ |
| 8 | Saying that it would be a year of difficulties , with China entering the peak repayment period of domestic and foreign debt , he further stated that people would have to " live an austere life for a few years " . |
| 9 | When I left home that baby was n't even thought about and by the time I get home it will be a year old ! ’ |
| 10 | Two very significant products , Adobe Illustrator and Aldus FreeHand , looks set to change that for line artwork at least but it will be a year or two yet before scanned photographs become a reality . |
| 11 | ‘ It will be a year or two before we are comfortable with the Directive , ’ he says . |
| 12 | It will be a year or two before set aside begins to bite but even then 15 per cent may not be enough to achieve the aims of the CAP reforms . ’ |
| 13 | It can be a year from signing the deal that the first single is released . |