Example sentences of "year [coord] the [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 1983 ) have argued that maps based on the European Air Chemistry Network may be misleading in several respects , such as in failing adequately to show the pattern of time variations over the years or the large degree of uncertainty attaching to individual contours , and assuming a geographical homogeneity which is not borne out by detailed calculations with data taken from adjacent sites . |
| 2 | What is interesting is that the actual deficits of 1971 and 1972 turned out to be over twice the planned deficits for those years and the actual deficit of 1975 three times the projected deficit for that year . |
| 3 | Paul Marsh , Chairman of the Property and Commercial Services Committee of the Council , said today ‘ The strategy reflects the enormous changes which have taken place in the profession over the last three years and the absolute need for firms of solicitors large or small to provide legal services to the public in the form which the public want those services supplied . ’ |
| 4 | These findings almost certainly reflect an increased awareness of coeliac disease in recent years and the greater use of fibre optic endoscopes to obtain small intestinal biopsy specimens . |
| 5 | It has a duration of 12 years and the current yield to maturity is 10 per cent . |
| 6 | The average age at first marriage is now about 23 years and the vast majority of the population , 90 per cent , has married by the age of 30 ( CSO 1990 ) . |
| 7 | The chairman of the Society of Authors , Anthony Sampson , has written to the BBC to protest about the shelving of ‘ Bookshelf ’ , broadcast for the past 15 years and the only programme on Radio 4 devoted specifically to books . |
| 8 | Speaking yesterday in Edinburgh at a press briefing Dr Graham Dalton remarked : ‘ We can see the way ahead for the next three years and the overall picture for Scottish farming is reasonably encouraging . |
| 9 | The Greek male lives on average to the age of 79.2 years and the French woman to 84.2 years of age . |
| 10 | The grants , the of the grants of course increased over the years and the main thing about erm awards of course was to assess them and this is something which erm , I always felt a bit self conscious about because , we had this erm very comprehensive form where parents and erm , oh individuals when they were the students themselves had to complete and give very precise details of income |
| 11 | I was told by new-found friends , ‘ I have known your work for years and the typographic version of Duchamp 's Green Box book you made in 1960 was my first route into an understanding of modern art ’ . |
| 12 | Fax machines have been around for many years and the obvious benefit of being able to transmit documents and graphics by telephone is by no means newly perceived . |
| 13 | Have sales of religious books matched the growth in ethnic minority groups in the UK over the last 10 years and the related interest in the religions of the Middle and Far East ? |
| 14 | The contention continued for four years and the underlying reason for it was pique . |
| 15 | There is no doubt that the customer expectations of service have grown significantly in recent years and the whole subject of quality ( what the customer requires ) has received much attention , from management gurus to front line operators . |
| 16 | Although surgery is cited as the main hope for cure , only 7% of patients treated by radical surgery survive five years and the median survival of these patients is only eight months . |
| 17 | Roffman and Purdy list a number of new film genres that developed during these years but the vast majority of individual films mentioned did not move very far from what was becoming a stock depiction of the city with its gangsters , ‘ modern ’ women , and venal politicians and lawyers . |
| 18 | The Red Lion Milford Street façade has changed little over the years but the adjoining shop at the Catherine Street corner has had a number of owners in different retail trades . |
| 19 | ( 7 ) The period of the suspension of a licence under this section shall be a fixed period not exceeding one year or the unexpired portion of the duration of the licence , whichever is the less , and the effect of the suspension is that the licence shall cease to have effect during the period of the suspension . |
| 20 | The maximum period of suspension is one year or the unexpired period of the licence whichever is the less ( subs . |
| 21 | Is it not a fact that with 560,000 people reaching the age of 65 this year and the elderly accounting for a larger proportion of the population , national health service provision is proportionately poorer , not better ? |
| 22 | Real GNP fell by only 1.1% between the third quarter of last year and the first quarter of this . |
| 23 | It was the fourth rise in German interest rates this year and the first time for several years that they have risen by a full percentage point . |
| 24 | The Grand National day attendance of 55,383 was nearly 1,000 down on last year and the total attendance over the three days , 87,859 , was also marginally down on 1991 . |
| 25 | more than last year and the best figure for 15 years ? |
| 26 | Trent regional task force has worked with exemplary commitment to achieve both the agreed deadline next year and the interim deadline of 1 April this year . |
| 27 | It was one of the hottest days of the year and the new part of the cemetery was without trees . |
| 28 | In order to qualify as a small or medium-sized company in respect of a financial year , a company must satisfy for that year and the preceding year at least two of the following conditions : |
| 29 | Even so , contract caterers are now providing nearly 55 per cent of meals served in business and industry , a 11 per cent increase over the previous year and the overall number of outlets operated by contractors also grew by one per cent . |
| 30 | Towards the end of 1989 film and TV scripts were flooding in at an unprecedented rate , spurred on by her successful debut live tour , the incredible success , even by her standards , of her second album ‘ Enjoy Yourself ’ which entered the British LP charts at number one on its first day of release in October that year and the much-anticipated release of The Delinquents . |