Example sentences of "[noun sg] nearly a year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Linda , a 38-year-old research scientist at Glaxo 's Greenford complex , says the scheme encouraged her to return to work nearly a year ago after the birth of her son . |
| 2 | From his jacket pocket Robert took out a grubby sheet of paper — the translation of the mysterious manuscript that had been given to him in the pub nearly a year ago today . |
| 3 | With neither the political crisis that Labour 's resignation from the Government would have caused , nor the industrial explosion , which — however much pacifists might fear it — would undoubtedly have created new possibilities for their politics , the momentum that had been building up since the Russian Revolution nearly a year earlier was sharply checked . |
| 4 | Dallhold Investments , Bond 's private company , went into liquidation nearly a year ago , since when the fate of Bond 's collection of Australian art ( valued in July 1991 at A$10–20 million ) has been shrouded in mystery . |
| 5 | He was given his last — and only — pair of trousers on his birthday nearly a year earlier by his father . |
| 6 | I had already been a prisoner nearly a year and had not yet escaped . |
| 7 | Mr Escovar brought corruption charges against ex-President Lusinchi nearly a year ago . |