Example sentences of "[noun pl] ' time " in BNC.
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| 31 | The speech was well received by the delegates and a motion was carried unanimously to send a fact-finding team to Zimbala in six months ' time to monitor the situation with a view to readmitting the country to the United Nations . |
| 32 | If you need it in three months ' time , buy it in three months ' time . |
| 33 | If you need it in three months ' time , buy it in three months ' time . |
| 34 | He had been Head of Modern Languages since 1920 , and was due to retire in five months ' time . |
| 35 | Lying in bed at night , she would remind herself that in only a few months ' time she would be his , and would have assumed his name and taken on the position of head of his household . |
| 36 | In two months ' time the slopes would be a vista of hazy blue . |
| 37 | 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 . |
| 38 | 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 . |
| 39 | The second complaint made by the local authority is that the justices specifically said by paragraph ( 1 ) of their contact order that there should be no contact between T. and her father until after the local authority review in six months ' time . |
| 40 | but if you if you if that 's all you do then in eve even a week 's time but definitely in a few months ' time it 's just gone . |
| 41 | In it he explained that he would leave the farm in three months ' time . |
| 42 | In the end , to please her , I promised to get a job in six months ' time . |
| 43 | ‘ In about six months ' time I 'm going to be a father . ’ |
| 44 | it up again here , so I did n't mi wish to discuss it like this so as I said it 's gon na be twelve months ' time . |
| 45 | Try leaving his nappy off again in a few months ' time . |
| 46 | So , although we are seeking approval now , for the whole total , we will in fact pay half in six months ' time er as is normal procedure on , on our water bills . |
| 47 | Er we will get on to the er the press and people , to really get out to the people , to save our , it 's no good saying , in nine months ' time , why was n't there something done , for our hospitals ? |
| 48 | This would mean that a buyer would pay 99,000 and receive 99,000 plus 1,000 in three months ' time . |
| 49 | In a few months ' time she might hardly remember his name . |
| 50 | In a few months ' time I will take my G.C.S.E. ( General Certificate of Secondary Education ) . |
| 51 | What was the use of tallies that might , perhaps , be valid in theory , and even capable of being turned into cash in six months ' time , or a year , but were so much paper now , and no use to disgruntled archers and men-at-arms whose need was for coin that could be spent at once ? |
| 52 | The principal reason is that the Government will be defeated in four or five months ' time and be replaced by a Labour Government who will take the Bill off the statute book as soon as they come to power . |
| 53 | Some of those activities will be continued whichever Government are administering the country 's affairs in six or seven months ' time . |
| 54 | The future of British Coal depends on the results of the next general election in a few months ' time , and I do not think that any hon. Member or the Minister would refute that . |
| 55 | The Minister has also criticised our lack of proposals for individual units , but when we table questions to get information on which to base proposals , which perhaps we will be implementing in six months ' time , we can not get proper answers from the Government . |
| 56 | I assure the Minister that in six months ' time , when he is in opposition , we will be kinder to him and much more open with information . |
| 57 | For the Community as a whole , the Maastricht agreement and all its areas — including the social provisions , which the others will accept outside the treaty on the basis of a separate protocol to be agreed in a few months ' time — were the significant aspect . |
| 58 | I look forward to the day , in a few months ' time , when my right hon. Friend the Member for Islwyn ( Mr. Kinnock ) will be getting back into the main stream of that debate and participating fully in the European Community for the benefit of all our citizens . |
| 59 | In his opening speech to Congress , Yeltsin put forward a six-point plan , aimed at strengthening presidential powers temporarily , at the expense of those of the legislature , until the promulgation of a new Constitution for the Russian Federation in about 18 months ' time . |
| 60 | If the Treasury economic simulation model predicts 15% inflation in 18 months ' time then people 's behaviour may well be influenced by the expectation that the model is correct in its predictions , no matter how good or objective the data on which the simulation was based . |