Example sentences of "the [noun] of a [noun sg] ago " in BNC.
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| 1 | PAY RISES for managers are averaging 11 per cent , almost double the level of a year ago , and accelerating , according to research published today . |
| 2 | He indicates that he is looking for £150m.The defence division had appeared as a ‘ blot on our copy books ’ , he said — pre-tax profits at the business plunged to £1.5m from £13.2m , and turnover slipped to £425m from the £436.5m of a year ago . |
| 3 | Rover is now owned by British Aerospace and its current output is a complete turnaround from the cars of a decade ago . |
| 4 | This year the UK will import 28,000 tonnes of raisins — that 's five times the figure of a decade ago . |
| 5 | We can not rely , as we have , on our Christian heritage and the prayers of a generation ago to see us through . |
| 6 | Neither has a sylph-like figure , and in their love-duet in Act II they resembled the engravings one sees of the singers of a century ago . |
| 7 | It has lost up to $3 billion of oil revenues in the first quarter of 1989 because a barrel of Dubai crude , the Middle-Eastern benchmark , now fetches $2.50-3.00 less than North Sea Brent — double the differential of a year ago . |
| 8 | The warmth of a moment ago that had so overwhelmed her had cooled to a more familiar glint of contempt . |
| 9 | Because of its flatter structure , the large , information-based organization will more closely resemble the businesses of a century ago than today 's big companies . |
| 10 | Ironically , with the return of Mel Sterland and David Batty from injury , Leeds fielded a cast almost identical to the marauders of a year ago . |
| 11 | Recovering slightly from the terror of a moment ago , he wondered whether he dared pick up the skull . |
| 12 | Given the average 10-year-lag between HIV and the development of AIDS , today 's AIDS figures revealed the trend of a decade ago . |
| 13 | Barbados is far from the idyll of a decade ago , with poor political leadership and direction , an economy in deep recession , and an increasingly angry people at odds with their lot . |
| 14 | Clutching the velvet bliaut to her , she waited , nervous chills replacing the heat of a moment ago . |