Example sentences of "once a year " in BNC.
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| 1 | You will also be asked to sign a Certificate of Deduction of Tax once a year confirming that you are a UK taxpayer . |
| 2 | Once The Stage covered all finals productions from the drama schools , but now they may write up a play perhaps once a year . |
| 3 | The most essential thing is to prune once a year , and if you miss the summer , prune in winter . |
| 4 | It will also need clipping or pruning to shape at least once a year , especially in the case of formal hedges . |
| 5 | You should attend for routine follow-up visits as instructed , probably at least once a year . |
| 6 | The batteries should be changed once a year . |
| 7 | It is advisable to apply three coats of oil to new wood , and as oiling does not leave a thick protective film on the surface ( as does a varnish ) , exterior wood has to be re-oiled at least once a year to keep the surface in good condition . |
| 8 | The two key protective factors are the highly competitive nature of the mortgage market and the preponderance of mortgage budget schemes which are altered just once a year to cater for interest rate fluctuations . |
| 9 | The impact will not immediately be felt by the millions of borrowers on semi-fixed mortgages , whose rates are changed only once a year . |
| 10 | Millions of trade unionists could not simply be represented by the casting of a block vote once a year . |
| 11 | But many borrowers — nearly 3 million on ‘ budget ’ repayment schemes — wo n't feel the draught immediately because their monthly repayments are adjusted just once a year . |
| 12 | Once a year I attended the school play . |
| 13 | They came together once a year to slip back into what McQuaid said were the days of their glory . |
| 14 | The RAC will suspend your membership while you are away , but only once a year . |
| 15 | A proportion of the farm — or for that matter all of it — is set aside , left fallow , mown once a year while the farmer draws a set fee per acre and manages on the rest or gets another job . |
| 16 | All state secondary schools are required by law to publish their results once a year and so now you can write or phone individual school secretaries or the LEA and ask for a copy of the exam results , ideally asking for the previous 2 or 3 years . |
| 17 | Once a year these are published in summary form : last year 's appeared in the issue of January 6th 1990 . |
| 18 | But building societies paid only once a year . |
| 19 | Christmas is not the reality of the Christian faith : it is a sign of God 's gracious invitation to celebrate his love personally by welcoming him into our hearts and lives , not just once a year but every day we live . |
| 20 | He did it once a year , on Boxing Day . |
| 21 | Once a year she went to Scarborough for a week . |
| 22 | The inner sanctuary or Holy of Holies could be entered only by the High Priest , once a year on the Day of Atonement . |
| 23 | ‘ We take them once a year to a council rubbish dump . |
| 24 | Taking you through garden planting step-by-step , Nigel starts by planting the backbone of the garden , and moves on to the star performers that take the stage just once a year . |
| 25 | Imagine friends that you see only once a year , say at Christmas time . |
| 26 | Long — well , perhaps not that long-ago , in a drowsy Melbourne suburb called Surrey Hills , where Christmas came but once a year and the rest of the time there was the telly , you could say life was dull . |
| 27 | But though the forest officers , together with four men and the reeve from each forest vill , and a jury of twelve held their ‘ Speech Court ’ once a year at Kensley in the presence of the deputy constable of St Briavels , the proceedings were largely ineffective : the violent opposition of the commoners frustrated the attempt to enclose the forest wastes . |
| 28 | As Josh Gifford also pointed out , one root of the problem is that the Mildmay course has , until now , been used only once a year . |
| 29 | He described them as ‘ associates ’ and tried to visit every store at least once a year ( always staying at budget motels ) . |
| 30 | ONCE a year in this village men open the door to let the ghosts in . |