Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Britain Lord Clarendon in the 1860s seems to have been the first foreign secretary to apply systematically the principle of seniority in the appointment of attachés ; and from that decade onwards heads of British missions abroad were expected to report each year on the conduct and abilites of those under their control . |
| 2 | And the trend is expected to continue this year . |
| 3 | Now , after further lobbying by the Specialist Car Manufacturers Group , the self-regulatory body which Caterham founded ( Mr Nearn is its chairman ) , a secondary legislation amendment has been drawn up , and is expected to pass this year , which will allow Caterham to manufacture up to 500 fully-built cars a year , under a low volume manufacturer classification . |
| 4 | Oil exports are expected to increase this year , but will soon fall back ; domestic consumption is soaring ( because the stuff is so cheap ) , and few new wells are being drilled in the forests . |
| 5 | Even so , the flow of new money into eastern Germany is expected to grow this year ( see box on previous page ) . |
| 6 | FIRED by a 20 per cent surge in oil production , the Scottish economy is expected to grow this year by more than three times the UK average , according to a survey published today by the Stirling-based Mackay Consultants . |
| 7 | Lloyd 's is expected to announce this year losses for 1989 of between £1 billion and £1.6 billion though some market men fear the loss could rise to £2 billion . |
| 8 | On the database side , Unify is currently waiting to see how object technology develops before it makes a move , but is already hard at work on object extensions to its tools , the first of which are expected to emerge next year . |
| 9 | The case was expected to last two years ; Honecker , who had terminal liver cancer , was considered to have only 18 months to live . |
| 10 | This RTP ( reduce to products ) contract was expected to last two-and-a-half years , and has just about come to an end after less than two . |
| 11 | The Foreign Secretary had told the Commons that 42,000 people left the colony this year , and 55,000 are expected to leave next year . |
| 12 | Britain 's biggest teaching union , the NUT , has voted to boycott this year 's new curriculum schools tests . |
| 13 | The same number are expected to arrive this year . |
| 14 | Given that the decision of the Department of the Environment and of the Scottish and Welsh Offices will have huge implications for the levels of poll tax that people will be expected to pay next year , should we not have an early statement in the Chamber on those issues ? |
| 15 | As a Scot , I was expected to take New Year 's Day as leave rather than Christmas . |
| 16 | ‘ If nitrate does , indirectly , cause cancer , it will be the long-term average that matters and the effect of any increase in cancer rates would be expected to take many years to become apparent … |
| 17 | A reconstruction programme , calculated to cost at least US$10,000 million , was expected to take several years . |
| 18 | Work is expected to take several years . |
| 19 | The inquiry , ordered by bosses at Clwyd County Council , is expected to take another year . |
| 20 | Electronic Data Systems Corp has won a 10-year contract from Southland Corp to install as many as 4,000 automated teller machines in 7-11 stores across the US : installation will begin in June and the process is expected to take three years to complete and the General Motors Corp subsidiary will manage processing , administration , fulfillment and enhancement of the kit . |
| 21 | In response , the Lord Chancellor established a review of the financial conditions for legal aid in November 1989 , which is expected to take three years to complete its work . |
| 22 | Because the Treasury wants to have the final say on all public spending , however financed , each year 's chunk of ERDF cash is merely regarded as one source of finance for the total that authorities are permitted to spend each year . |
| 23 | The European Remote Sensing Satellite , ERS-1 , cost £500 million and is expected to spend three years observing the Earth from space . |
| 24 | Construction is expected to begin next year and the first experiments could be under way as early as 1998 . |
| 25 | 3 MEMBERSHIP URGENT PLEASE encourage all new class members to join this term and any old members who have omitted to rejoin this year ; numbers are very important as we must show a steady growth in membership in order to keep our commitment in the Plan . |
| 26 | She had recognised that Jack 's jail sentence would probably — with parole — be fairly short , a year or two maybe , and she was more than prepared to sit those years out , now , in return for normal family life . |
| 27 | Local councils now have the right to issue £10 fixed penalty tickets to people caught dropping litter , and to charge supermarkets for the return of abandoned shopping trolleys , of which 140,000 are said to disappear each year . |
| 28 | Ursprung told a joint meeting of the Royal Society and the Foundation for Science and Technology in London that the Swiss federal government has decided to reverse 17 years of neglect and give basic science a hefty financial boost . |
| 29 | Malaysia has threatened to boycott next year 's UN Conference on Environment and Development ( UNCED ) in protest against " assaults " from Western environmentalists on the country 's timber trade . |
| 30 | Except I think just to emphasize one or two minor issues but the savings from last year , that was the underspendings from ninety two ninety three were , as you recall last year er used to support this year 's budget er those savings underspending are no longer available and therefore have been taken out of the consideration The staff costs for T S G schemes that are mentioned at the bottom of page five erm , the programme this year which is actually listed over the page at table two does erm indicate that erm we are now contemplating link road and bypass next year and staff available are needed to complete that work or fortunately we 've been able to secure a start on which enables some of the staff to be transferred to work on that scheme . |