Example sentences of "the [num ord] [noun sg] this year " in BNC.
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| 1 | BRITISH Gas is to cut its charges by 2 per cent from October — the second reduction this year . |
| 2 | This can be upgraded to the Pentium chip when it becomes available in the second quarter this year . |
| 3 | Last month the company warned , for the second time this year , that profits would be disappointing . |
| 4 | Greece embarked on a fortnight of party negotiations following the failure of the two main parties to secure a clear majority in national balloting for the second time this year . |
| 5 | Wimbledon manager Joe Kinnear has been charged by the FA with misconduct for the second time this year . |
| 6 | LOVE turned sour for Lady Sarah Graham-Moon for the second time this year . |
| 7 | It is the second time this year one of his drivers has been hijacked in protests at British exports and the Gatt world trade deal . |
| 8 | It may be my wish upon them , but this is the second time this year that the two regiments in which I served , the Royal Welch Fusiliers and the Welsh Regiment , have been under pressure . |
| 9 | It 's the second time this year a plane from Upper Heyford has crashed . |
| 10 | Vanessa Weaver is the fourth person this year to be killed during horse eventing . |
| 11 | Tomorrow night in Manchester , Eubank makes the fourth defence this year of the WBO super-middleweight title when he fights Paraguayan Juan Carlos Gimenez . |
| 12 | Intel Corp has put off first deliveries of the P5 microprocessor to the first quarter of next year from the fourth quarter this year , but says that the move has not affected progress on the follow-on P6 , which it had said would start sampling as soon as the fourth quarter of next year , suggesting it will come very hot on the heels of the P5 . |
| 13 | Lyle 's par four not only gave him his most crucial win since the 1988 US Masters but relegated winless Montgomerie to runner-up for the fourth time this year . |
| 14 | Sir Hector , who was in Shetland yesterday for the fourth time this year , said monitoring of water and fish samples around the islands would continue for as long as was necessary . |
| 15 | The paper has been published since 1943 : maybe the 50th anniversary this year will see it achieve the meaning of its name — ‘ Liberation ’ . |
| 16 | However verbally reticent he was , though , there was nothing wrong with McEnroe 's play as he overwhelmed poor Kulti , who knocked the 33-year-old superstar out of the French Open in the first round this year . |
| 17 | Lendl , who won his third successive Open title in 1987 , retired against Australian qualifier Neil Borwick while trailing 4-6 6-4 3-1 and became the record fifth men 's seed to lose in the first round this year . |
| 18 | These potatoes are round and white , a new Dutch strain , being grown in Britain for the first time this year . |
| 19 | But the National Communications Union believes BT will be forced to introduce compulsory redundancies for the first time this year because it will be unable to find enough volunteers . |
| 20 | Rowledge First School is usually used as the polling station for Bucks Horn Oak voters , but the venue was changed for the first time this year to the Forestry Commission 's offices in Christmas Tree Yard . |
| 21 | The Yorkshire Car Collection opens its doors to the public for the first time this year , giving you the opportunity to see one of the most magnificent collections of cars in Europe . |
| 22 | Ricky Willison is another ex-Walker Cup player playing the Tour for the first time this year . |
| 23 | The prestigious event , at which leading scientists discuss global environment , took place for the first time this year , in Rio de Janeiro . |
| 24 | For the first time this year , ticket holders will receive a full refund if a whole day 's play is cancelled because of bad weather . |
| 25 | Not for the first time this year , Seles had been let off with a mere slap on the wrist . |
| 26 | For the first time this year , advance booking will be available from 1 January . |
| 27 | But Agnew 's , who exhibited for the first time this year and made at least one sale of ‘ around $50,000 ’ said they were ‘ pleased with the quality of the crowd and would definitely do the show next year ’ . |
| 28 | Among this year 's participants are : Richard Philp ( also exhibiting at Grosvenor House for the first time this year ) whose stand will include a portrait by Cornelis Johnson and a group of antiquities ; book dealer Nicholas Merchant of Harrogate who will have books on all aspects of European decorative and fine arts ; Brian Beet of Bond Street who has a rare Spanish-colonial gold snuff box made in Peru in the mid-eighteenth century ; numismatists A.H . |
| 29 | Plans to make this the theme of the 1993 rights meeting follows the decision of the fair organisers to allocate electronic publishing a special area of its own at Frankfurt for the first time this year . |
| 30 | With the scheduling of the 1992 Asian Classic — in Thailand for the first time this year — for January 30 , and the new World Championship for mid-December each year , the professional golf season now effectively covers 12 months , involving more travel than ever before . |