Example sentences of "[adj] be [art] [num ord] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ladybirds have done well out of the exceptional summer , as have sweet chestnut trees ; this is the first year that I can recall collecting chestnuts locally that are large enough to eat . |
| 2 | This is the first year Albert Fisher has included a comprehensive review of the financial position by the finance director . |
| 3 | Started in 1986 , this is the first year the week has included opera . |
| 4 | This is the first year I 've put Lynda into the Giants , but her recent exposure has been terrific and I 'm sure will do wonders for this twins tale spotted with sex and violence with Auschwitz roots . |
| 5 | Nicholas Harris , London ( silver dealer ) : Although this is the first year we will be exhibiting at the Grosvenor House Antiques Fair in person , we were in fact represented last year as contributors to the British Antique Dealer 's Association loan exhibition , entitled ‘ The Art and Influence of Japan ’ . |
| 6 | This is the first year since Greenpeace 's foundation 21 years ago in which contributions — all of which come from individuals — have failed to rise . |
| 7 | We 're passed that now we 're trying to give people more direction , get them involved er this is the first year we 've able to do it in a sense , properly cos it 's been the first year , with all due respect to all the work you 've done in the past , we 've got five year tutors . |
| 8 | Erm , having said that , I think lecturers tend to accumulate these things over time and this is the first year I 've run this course so I do n't have a great stock of things I can I can show you . |
| 9 | This is the first year either side has played in the London League . |
| 10 | Captain Phil Davies said : ‘ There has always been a lot of cloak and dagger about this but this is the first year clubs as a whole have indicated the presence of professionals . |
| 11 | This is the first year that Catholics or anyone else have known they could n't expand if there was a surplus in other schools nearby . ’ |
| 12 | This is the second year in a row that the Opposition leader has claimed to be too busy to talk to the boisterous crew . |
| 13 | The morning round was a matchplay between Simon Ness , financial controller at Kirkby and branch manager of Pest Control Glasgow South , John Gordon [ this is the second year that John has reached the final . ] |
| 14 | This is the second year in the life of this photo diary and all the painstaking work that went into launching the publication appears to be appreciated . |
| 15 | This is the second year that Guinness has been the chief sponsor of the event , following Murphy 's unsuccessful attempt to gain the right to the event back in 1992 . |
| 16 | This is the second year the band have won the shield . |
| 17 | ‘ This is the twentieth year we have had a tree . |
| 18 | This is the fifth year of British Gas ' involvement with BAYS Masterminds , and just one example of our interest in helping young people to develop and realise their potential . |
| 19 | This is the fourth year running she 's been asked by the Fellowship to create a cake in the shape of a folly — this one is of a pair of ornamental greenhouses nicknamed Tweedledum and Tweedledee . |
| 20 | I remind the House that this is the third year running in which , using the new pensioner premium structure introduced by the 1988 reforms , we have directed real extra support to those over pension age who are least well-off . |
| 21 | IF , despite all impediments , the Channel Tunnel opens in 1993 , then this is the last year for Channel ferries to make hay . |
| 22 | This is the last year of the real recession and people are beginning to wake up to the opportunities . ’ |
| 23 | This is the 10th year the Celebrities Guild has presented its Unsung Heroes Awards to people who help the disadvantaged for no personal reward . |
| 24 | This was the first year since he became leader of his party six years ago that Mr Kinnock was relieved of his preoccupation with an ungovernable party and was able to turn his attention properly to the government of the country . |
| 25 | This was the first year that CPRW had set targets and perhaps we were too optimistic . |
| 26 | This was the first year that CPRW had set targets and perhaps we were too optimistic . |
| 27 | This was the first year that the money was available and the warden suggested that the Humanities department at this school might apply . |
| 28 | This was the first year that Environment Achievement Awards have been made , so Johnson Matthey was particularly proud to have been included among the 12 initial companies to be granted the new honour . |
| 29 | This was the 316th year of the society , but events such as wars with Napoleon , ‘ Kaiser Bill ’ and Hitler have occasionally prevented it from taking place . |
| 30 | The conversion was for a technical reason — this was the third year of World War One and the dye for the paper was manufactured in Germany . |