Example sentences of "year and a [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | This reduction in the gap between supply and demand had been achieved despite a consistent forward under-estimation of the peak demand in every year and a consequential under-ordering of plant . |
| 2 | Twenty-six-year-old Yasmin says it took about a year and a great deal of hard work to get her figure back into shape , so she knows she 'll have a hard task in front of her after the birth of her second baby . |
| 3 | Fr Paul Addison will celebrate his Silver Jubilee as a priest this year and a celebratory Mass of thanksgiving is arranged at St Mary 's , Fulham Road on Saturday April 21st ( Easter Sunday ) . |
| 4 | Further analysis of the data now available led to a more practical objective of 10 per cent for the following year and a new list of suggestions for improvement , this time with more relevance to the problem . |
| 5 | Losses per share of 3.2p in 1991 were transformed into earnings of 18.3p last year and a final dividend of 6.6p lifts the total from 10p to 10.6p . |
| 6 | We had Su Friedrich , who 's a lesbian experimental film maker from New York here last year and a whole section of the documentary programme was devoted to her work and it was hugely successful , really stimulating and had a huge audience . ’ |
| 7 | But the figures can fluctuate sharply , with a negative balance of 5 per cent reporting an improvement in March last year and a positive balance of 20 per cent again in April . |
| 8 | Morale on the shop floor was higher than it had been for a long year and an unhealthy atmosphere of optimism and hope pervaded the plant . |