Example sentences of "in [adj] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in fifty years ' time we could be saying well did Jane pick the right one ? |
| 2 | Pressure on consultants to work faster , participate in audit and management , and accept financial responsibility for their clinical work , coupled with the reduction in junior doctors ' hours , were considered to militate against educational developments . |
| 3 | Shortly , we shall launch a further information campaign because , to achieve the changes in junior doctors ' hours , it is important that the NHS task forces in each region can work with the juniors , managers and consultants to find practical solutions at their particular places of work . |
| 4 | He was now preparing his speech to the Academy , due to meet in eight hours ' time at the behest of the military . |
| 5 | Japanese car company , Mazda , has produced a hydrogen-powered prototype vehicle , which it claims could go into production in eight years ' time . |
| 6 | It was potentially a valuable and interesting debate , but , as happened during the debate on constitutional reform on 17 May , which was also held in private Members ' time , time has become rather squeezed , mainly because the Conservatives seem keen to spin out the debate through their speeches and interventions instead of allowing a proper debate . |
| 7 | Whatever the merits of this line of reasoning , it ignores a significant development in economic agents ' behaviour . |
| 8 | Each will provide , where appropriate , services in Regional Railways ' three areas of operation — urban , inter-urban and rural . |
| 9 | The Chiefs of Staff and most senior officers on both sides of the Atlantic and Pacific knew each other , having served together on NATO , CENTO , and SEATO staffs and in exchange appointments in each others ' armed forces . |
| 10 | And of course , we spend half our lives in each others ' houses , eating . |
| 11 | in each others ' arms , kissing , mouths open , |
| 12 | Now , with both Liverpool and Everton among the also-rans the two men find themselves in the ironic position of standing in each others ' way with the Premier League championship up for grabs . |
| 13 | Once or twice when she crept down to the turn in the stairs to see if it was safe to go and get something to eat , she was scared back by the murmur of unfamiliar voices , and saw three or four bicycles parked in the hall , leaning together with their pedals tangled in each others ' spokes , forming an intricate barrier to outside . |
| 14 | The Prime Minister , Shaikh Khalifa bin Sulman al-Khalifa , and the Vice-Chairman of the Baath Revolutionary Command Council of Iraq , Izzat Ibrahim , on Dec. 12 , 1989 , signed an agreement on non-interference in each others ' domestic affairs and on the non-use of force by either side . |
| 15 | There was no Christian architecture before A.D. 200 ; believers gathered together to meet in each others ' homes and used the courtyard fountain for baptism . |
| 16 | His positioning helped Iain Dowie — the pair have tended to get in each others ' way on past occasions — and Dowie revelled in the extra space . |
| 17 | Keith Fletcher , fielding at gully , shouted in that EastEnders ' accent : ‘ Well done , Greigy , give ‘ im another . ’ |
| 18 | Details of these were given out at the April training day and included in that days ' notes . |
| 19 | In 1986 Farmers ' Weekly described the difficulties now overtaking land on the Isle of Grain in north Kent , where permanent pasture was drained and ploughed in the 1960s and early 1970s . |
| 20 | The ‘ now ’ here instead corresponds to the ‘ now ’ on & alpha Centauri in 4.5 years ' time , because that is how long it takes light to get from here to there . |
| 21 | It was not conceived to address many of the concerns uppermost in social workers ' minds . |
| 22 | That decision may be taken instead by the EC summit due to be held in Rome in 12 months ' time — although the practical effect will be to delay the start of the intergovernmental conference by only a few months to early in 1991 . |
| 23 | This nine-year-old , outpaced at a crucial stage in the race , finished strongly in ninth place , and with Party Politics , gives Mrs Thompson excellent prospects of a second Grand National triumph in 12 months ' time . |
| 24 | A staggering 52% — mostly females — said they expect rates to be higher in 12 months ' time with a consequent knock-on effect on mortgages . |
| 25 | Mr Lamont forecasts that the economy will be growing at the rate of three per cent per year in 12 months ' time ; he would have carried more conviction , if he had not made the same ‘ jam tomorrow ’ forecast a year ago . |
| 26 | Rather than saying that £100 invested today at an annual rate of 10 per cent will yield £110 in 12 months ' time , we say that £1 10 due in 12 months ' time has a present value of £100 today . |
| 27 | Rather than saying that £100 invested today at an annual rate of 10 per cent will yield £110 in 12 months ' time , we say that £1 10 due in 12 months ' time has a present value of £100 today . |
| 28 | Wheelchair Basketball This is a demonstration sport this year , with the aim of introducing competition between the boroughs in 12 months ' time . |
| 29 | But Beaumont is already confident that the eight-year-old will make a bold bid to pull off the feat in 12 months ' time . |
| 30 | Today the ‘ A ’ team take the field against county champions Essex at Lord 's , the opening fixture in a first-class season which will still be running in 22 weeks ' time . |