Example sentences of "year the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As in previous years the response to the ‘ prisoners of Conscience ’ programmes shown on the BBC in November/December 1990 has been tremendous and effective , and we are still answering 10 enquiries a week about prisoners . |
| 2 | In recent years the amateur actor has had more opportunity for classes in theatre work , including voice and movement training as well as performance and directing skills . |
| 3 | But it is certainly true that in the last sixty years the various schools and academies of acting have had a significant effect on the climate of acting . |
| 4 | Had to take twenty aspirin a day for ten years the pain was so great . |
| 5 | In previous years the competition cakes had been auctioned off to benefit the Belltower Restoration Fund — and that had been the intention this year , too — but there would be no bidders , now . |
| 6 | In previous years the lecture has been given by John McGrath ( 1988 ) , Simon Frith ( 1989 ) and Judith Williamson ( 1990 ) . |
| 7 | Remember that any such feature is simply a vehicle for the plants to be grown over it , and in a few years the structure becomes incidental to the glory of the climber that smothers it . |
| 8 | In the following three years the thesis remained on my desk , unrequested by anyone else . |
| 9 | The decline was finally arrested in 1984 ; in the next four years the losses of the previous fourteen were made good ! |
| 10 | For the first time in fourteen years the peak-hour commuter figures show growth ( a modest half per cent ) but an interview with David Kirby indicated that L&SE had no inkling of what was to come . |
| 11 | Over the next five years the CJ chain grew to fourteen , including provincial cities such as Birmingham , Liverpool and Glasgow ( Central and Queen Street ) , spawning meanwhile a revolution in approach throughout the business . |
| 12 | For the next 138 years the Brick Lane brewery was to be run exclusively by members of these three families , the Hanburys , Buxtons and Pryors . |
| 13 | For 50 years the Hops Marketing Board was a governmentregulated body that laid down the price of hops and how many each grower should produce on an annual basis . |
| 14 | ‘ Within 30 years the brewing industry has gone from a cottage industry to high tech . ’ |
| 15 | Over the last five years the bothies have become something of an open invitation for exploitation . |
| 16 | In recent years the situation has become confused , because there are now exterior wood stains available , which differ from a true dye or stain , as they leave a coloured film on the surface of the wood and do not require another finish to be applied over them . |
| 17 | ‘ It depends on the demand in the trade at the time but some years the training classes are full and sometimes there 's hardly any recruits at all , ’ he explained . |
| 18 | In recent years the one English voice that has seemed to reiterate the Eliotic thesis in anything like its entirety has been the voice of C.H. Sisson : |
| 19 | For years the International Stock Exchange has been attempting to reduce the flow of paper on share transactions through the evolution of a computerised system known as Taurus . |
| 20 | For several years the market playing was limited but early in 1988 , finance officers began taking options out on a massive scheme . |
| 21 | British Business , for 103 years the official weekly organ of the Department of Trade and Industry , has not passed into history without comment . |
| 22 | Over the past 20 years the Department of the Environment , its Property Services Agency , English Heritage , the Queen 's household and , in the case of the Tower of London , the military have run the palaces together — with the success normally associated with widely-drawn committees . |
| 23 | For the past 300 years the substantial remains of one of medieval England 's most important fortresses have lain hidden beneath part of the city centre . |
| 24 | The only other black head coach in NFL history was ‘ Fritz ’ Pollard more than 60 years ago and for years the NFL has been repeatedly criticised by American civil-rights groups for its failure to name a black head coach from its ranks of qualified assistants . |
| 25 | He told Labour delegates , ‘ Over the next 10 years the water authorities are looking to pay out about five and a half billion pounds in dividends alone . |
| 26 | It is possible that within two or three years the left wing will not have a single executive member it can truly call its own in the constituency section . |
| 27 | On financial grounds alone the event was a resounding success , and after two thrilling encounters in the last two years the public appetite here is established beyond doubt . |
| 28 | In two short years the Government has seemed to lose its grip , and that disturbs financial markets . |
| 29 | And by deferring for five years the right to purchase the balance of LIN 's shares BT is protected against a downturn in cellular company prices . |
| 30 | Over the past few years the bourgeoisie has taken probably £10bn of completely untaxed , totally unearned capital profit from selling their houses . |