Example sentences of "a year and a [noun] of " in BNC.
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1 | That was when Fernandez was hired from Miami for $195,000 a year and a basket of pension plans that would excite a baseball player . |
2 | The most damaging feature of the August figures , however , is that they showed no sign , after a year and a half of severe monetary tightening , that the worst was over . |
3 | In a year and a half of reading the literature on small schools , I have come across very few studies of any kind which purport to empirically test any aspect of these three assertions . |
4 | After a year and a half of desultory contacts , none of the parties to the conflict has shown itself able to give enough to elicit a useful response from the other side . |
5 | It is offering its 3,000 employees over the age of 50 a voluntary early retirement programme under which they will get full retirement benefits and a year and a half of extra pay if they leave the company and start their own companies in businesses related to IBM . |
6 | I have only just plucked up the courage to write to you after a year and a half of reading ZZAP ! |
7 | It was not so long a walk , though it led her back in twenty minutes through a year and a half of her life , and was quick with memories both sharp and sweet . |
8 | Now , under the direction of an elected , unpaid council , it has an income of £45 million a year and a workforce of more than 500 with a plush head office near Regents Park . |
9 | With a workforce of 91,802 , 10,562 outlets serving meals to the value of £763.8 million a year and a turnover of £1,580,000 , opportunities ranged across many areas , including , craft , location management , purchasing , marketing , sales , personnel , and design and planning and were available both in the UK and overseas . |