Example sentences of "[prep] [num] years ' time " in BNC.
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| 1 | They looked about ten , with long hair , both so brown and handsome I could have hugged them ; if I were a woman I would have made a date with them for ten years ' time . |
| 2 | But in fifty years ' time we could be saying well did Jane pick the right one ? |
| 3 | Japanese car company , Mazda , has produced a hydrogen-powered prototype vehicle , which it claims could go into production in eight years ' time . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The spread of owner occupation means that , in 30 years ' time , between 70% and 90% of households are likely to inherit a property . |
| 6 | Industrialists have to market their new products without knowing what will happen in 30 years ' time , although accelerated weathering or ageing tests may give some idea . |
| 7 | I do not know the latest medical prognosis of how long he will live , but perhaps he is hoping not to be around in 30 years ' time when the papers become available . |
| 8 | Sixty-five per cent of the economy will remain in state hands in six years ' time and workers will no longer elect managers . |
| 9 | In fairness none of them appeared at the Berlin show that began only two days after Paris , a show signalling a new frontier for the German manufacturers , who may just , in 10 years ' time , give the French as much to think about as the Japanese do . |
| 10 | As Western governments struggle from decision to decision , making up instant policies as they react , the need is for vision and imagination : a willingness to think the previously unthinkable , to sort out in their minds what sort of Europe they would like to have created in 10 years ' time . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | If we do the same tests in 10 years ' time , we almost certainly will not get the same set of results . ’ |
| 13 | In 10 years ' time as mainframes become more powerful , he reckons , this figure is more likely to be 500 . |
| 14 | No seat on the board in 10 years ' time ! ’ |
| 15 | My husband who earns good money , gets a pension in 10 years ' time and he says we 'll return then . |
| 16 | Work out how many woodlice you will have in 10 years ' time if they continue to multiply at this rate . |
| 17 | I do not want to know what she intends doing in a year 's time or in 10 years ' time , because she will not be in government then . |
| 18 | Using the following information about three government bonds with the same maturity date ( in 10 years ' time ) , calculate the spot yield for year 10 ( assuming annual coupon payments ) : |
| 19 | But in three years ' time Sainsbury will hit the North Sea . |
| 20 | ‘ In three years ' time we might have still been in very good shape but we must take steps to protect the UK as a manufacturing base . ’ |
| 21 | In three years ' time it is likely that everything in the country , including rugby ticket prices , will have escalated by 45 per cent . |
| 22 | But King He can expect to be freed in three years ' time but Don King is convinced the former champion 's conviction will be overturned at a forthcoming appeal . |
| 23 | In three years ' time I would be doing |
| 24 | ‘ This may rise to about 20 in three years ' time if we do well . |
| 25 | My hon. Friend is concerned about what the strength of the infantry will be in three years ' time . |
| 26 | It was also agreed to review in three years ' time the entire stock of debt to the Paris Club governments , estimated at the end of 1990 to comprise $5,700 million of the total external debt of $10,500 million . |
| 27 | This means , for example , that , given the current spot yields , the market is expecting the yield on a one-year bond maturing in three years ' time to be 11.92 per cent . |
| 28 | The farm was her prison until her inheritance from her father 's estate freed her in three years ' time . |
| 29 | Chop it up into elephant steaks , bung it into the deep freeze , and over a period of say two , three years , every Friday night have an elephant steak , but in three years ' time , I will have actually achieved my objective . |
| 30 | Thus in 5 years ' time a benefit of £80,000 will have increased to £102,102.52 . |