Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [prep] [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | To be eligible , candidates should be aged 36 years or over and have worked in construction for a number of years at a senior level . |
| 2 | It also suggested that the age range should be from 8 years to 16 ( instead of 6 to 14 ) , and in 1848 the lower age was in fact raised to 7 . |
| 3 | Using his earlier experience , he felt , when he moved in , that he needed to gauge where the new school should be in five years ' time . |
| 4 | I 've only gone since er , erm you know I say Michael 'd be seventeen you know , it must be like twenty years er you know . |
| 5 | That 'll be like four years this August . |
| 6 | What will happen to me , how I 'll develop , what I 'll be in five years ' time , in ten , in thirty . |
| 7 | ‘ An initial contract may be for three years but we have to look further than that . |
| 8 | Edward could see quite clearly behind her shoulder , like the aura visible to spiritualists , the woman she would be in thirty years time . |
| 9 | Not even the same matches with the same results would have engendered anything like the same degree of atmosphere or emotion had it been staged at a neutral venue , which is what the situation would be in most years if the one or two weeks idea was adopted . |
| 10 | This , one felt , was what elections would be like 100 years from now . |
| 11 | Duration : SHALL BE FOR TWO YEARS FROM THE SIGNING OF THIS AGREEMENT . |
| 12 | The appointment , which will be for two years in the first instance , has been made possible by the University of London 's Academic Initiative Scheme . |
| 13 | The post , which is at research officer level , will be for two years in the first instance , with the possibility of extension , and the salary will be at the appropriate point on the 1A scale ( £ –£18 165 per annum ) with USS . |
| 14 | The appointment will be for two years in the first instance . |
| 15 | The Fellowship will be for three years in the first instance . |
| 16 | The period of the fixed-term appointment will be for three years dating from until |
| 17 | Sarah told me it will be in two years . |
| 18 | The hon. Gentleman is trying to guess what the market price will be in X years ' time and what proportion of the market will be accounted for by coal . |
| 19 | ‘ But he is probably safer now than he will be in 10 years ’ time . |
| 20 | My hon. Friend is concerned about what the strength of the infantry will be in three years ' time . |
| 21 | I can not envisage what the circumstances will be in 20 years ' time . |
| 22 | For example , the relative positions of the moon and earth result from gravity and we can calculate exactly where each will be in 50 years time . |
| 23 | When the time comes to settle up ( this can be after 25 years ) you may owe money or have made some . |