Example sentences of "[noun] in [num] years ' time " in BNC.
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| 1 | In theory , you could see me in the Sunshine Home for Impoverished Journalists in 40 years ' time , tripping the nurses over with my Zimmer frame in the hope that they 'll let me father their child . |
| 2 | According to Mark Doran , Unix International 's technical project manager , Application Linking wo n't be a full object-oriented specification and is intended only as a stop-gap definition until the Object Group delivers object linking and embedding guidelines in two years ' time . |
| 3 | He saw no reason to add that from now on , her body would break down : she would gradually become slower in her movements , she would tire more easily and lack stamina , and she would probably have another stroke in seven years ' time — at the latest . |
| 4 | That 's a look we 'll see emerging from the dull , old chrysalis that was Renault design in the '70s and '80s , when it takes the wraps off its first really new-age car in two years ' time . |
| 5 | The Department of Energy estimates that 10 per cent of our electricity could come from hot dry rock in 125 years ' time . |
| 6 | As Tone Vine-Lott , managing director of Barclays Stockbrokers and new chairman of the Scottish Stock Exchange ( and , as an IT man , nothing like the stockbroker stereotype ) , points out in Money Talks , the stockbroking game will still have changed out of all recognition in ten years ' time . |
| 7 | We are interested in tools for the classroom in five years ' time , rather than those which can be run now . |
| 8 | But councillors are urging officials to get on with spending because the authority could go out of business in two years ' time if local government is reorganised . |
| 9 | It would be surprising if benchmarking attracts as much media attention in five years ' time as it does now . |
| 10 | I mean , we do n't stand still at this because what will seem a very good service this year will look like a lousy service in five years ' time so let's not pretend the fact that we have n't achieved everything we 've achieved this year in some previous years means that we have n't made any improvements because I think one of the key areas where in fact er improvements have been made in previous years , and to a certain extent , one could say reading this I was worried by an apparent admission of very much reference or very much expenditure on them in the provision of day centres , because I think that a key element in care in the community and the fact that today so successfully this year has been the fact that a major number of th and I do n't think there 's any disagreement over this , a number of day centres , very efficient and very effective day centres , were developed , funded , provided mainly in the conurbation areas and I think Mr is right to highlight the fact that , as so often happens in these instances , it 's people who live in conurbations who get the best deal because it 's , it 's more economical , it 's easier to provide a centre for a large number of people than it is for a small number of people . |
| 11 | No that 's erm , a hundred pounds in thirty years ' time is equivalent to receiving two pounds today , that 's right as you say . |
| 12 | Well what I want to have is erm something like twenty eight , thirty thousand pounds in ten years ' time . |
| 13 | Who will be in charge of Germany in ten years ' time ? |
| 14 | Mintel has extrapolated the figures , assuming the same level of inflation , and reckons the simplest funeral could cost a bereaved family £6,230 in 25 years ' time . |
| 15 | Undaunted by Sony 's arrival in the market , the New Zealander thinks that the electronic stills camera will be the size of a credit-card calculator in 10 years ' time . |
| 16 | No seat on the board in 10 years ' time ! ’ |
| 17 | To be meaningful the vision must be a detailed one , a vision of what will actually be happening in his area at 9.00 a.m. on Monday morning in two years ' time to achieve success . |
| 18 | A ‘ baby boom ’ now could provide a large number of teachers in 20 years ' time ; but if in 15 years ' time , the birth rate were to be low , there would be insufficient children for these teachers to teach ( unless pupil/teacher ratios were to be changed ) . |
| 19 | But I did have to worry about whether we were going to have the cash flow in ten years ' time to make sure that the parts can be paid for so the chap on the shop floor can stick the thing together . |
| 20 | Sixty-five per cent of the economy will remain in state hands in six years ' time and workers will no longer elect managers . |
| 21 | My husband who earns good money , gets a pension in 10 years ' time and he says we 'll return then . |
| 22 | If I were to rewrite this book in ten years ' time , in the light of further research and experience , my own views might well have changed somewhat . |
| 23 | If we do the same tests in 10 years ' time , we almost certainly will not get the same set of results . ’ |
| 24 | What would happen , we asked , if new information in ten years ' time showed that the people working inside Hinkley C had been in even greater danger ? |
| 25 | Mr Hewitt is a member of Bishop Auckland Rotary Club and is north regional president of the YMCA , which is planning to open a residential centre in Darlington in two years ' time . |
| 26 | IMAX , the large screen format used by THE ROLLING STONES for their At the Max live concert film will open a 500 seater venue on London 's South Bank in two years ' time . |
| 27 | Wraith Grant , who spent £26,000 to win £18,000 before losing his tour status in 1991 , summed it up : ‘ If someone said you could be a millionaire in two years ' time , what would you do ? |
| 28 | If you were to achieve your goal in five years ' time , what would you have to be doing in four years ' time to get there ? |
| 29 | My goal in five years ' time would be |
| 30 | He was due to oversee Italy 's entry into the European single market next year and to the single currency in five years ' time . |