Example sentences of "[that] in [num] years ' time " in BNC.
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| 1 | But' — and he laughed — ‘ do n't forget that in five years ' time you will have changed again . ’ |
| 2 | If he managed economically he hoped that in five years ' time , if the public continued to buy what he wrote , he would retrieve more than he lost . |
| 3 | Mr Damant predicts that in five years ' time , if the ASB pursues unfudgeability rather than ‘ correct accounting principles ’ , it will be faced with dissatisfaction because accounts will not show a true and fair view . |
| 4 | The 40 staff execute 3,500 trades a day on average , and Vine-Lott has set himself a target of more than doubling that in five years ' time , including a considerable proportion on behalf of other institutions , such as the Halifax Building Society , for whom it is already doing work , as well as other brokers and banks . |
| 5 | Because how does Philip know that in five years ' time , I 'm not going to ring him up and say , hey you know when you recommended me to invest my money in the Japanese fund , well it 's just gone through the bottom of the market . |
| 6 | It may be the case , as some transgenics junkies are claiming , that in 25 years ' time , all chickens on the market will be transgenic but this sounds uncannily similar , in its arrogant implausibility , to the famous Fifties claim that nuclear power would make electricity so cheap it could n't be metered . |
| 7 | Mr Faith adds : ‘ I 'm thinking ahead so that in 25 years ' time my daughter will say to her children ‘ Was n't grandad clever ? |