Example sentences of "a [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 31 | During the Gulf War , hotel occupancy rates dropped to as little as 30 per cent in some areas , well under the average 60 per cent occupancy in the first two months of a normal year . |
| 32 | Using the most fundamental measure of poverty , the " breadline " , Professor Hay has estimated that over the years 1760 to 1802 in a normal year around 10 per cent of Staffordshire families would have been unable to buy sufficient bread over the year even if they had spent their whole earnings on it . |
| 33 | In a normal year ( that is , not a boom year or a slump year ) , we should expect aggregate transitory income to be zero , so that aggregate measured and permanent incomes would be equal . |
| 34 | Yeah but , no but you think how many yeah but you think how many entries go in my book during the course of a normal year . |
| 35 | For example , a 70 year old person living alone would have their income made up to £53.40 a week . |
| 36 | In McGregor v Adcock 51 TC 692 , decided in 1977 , a 70 year old farmer sold five of his 35 acres for development , and the Court held that there had been a sale of assets of the business and not part of the business , thus denying retirement relief . |
| 37 | ‘ Alan George ’ was one of a batch of locos built to toil at Penrhyn Quarries in North Wales , withdrawn in 1953 after a 70 year working life . |
| 38 | The military also opened fire on a women 's demonstration in the village of Beit Hanoun where a 70 year old woman was beaten by soldiers . |
| 39 | The magistrates were told that from Febrary this year , until early September , he 'd been caught shoplifting , he 'd attacked police , kicked a police car , stolen a handbag from a 70 year old woman who was now afraid to go out , and caused criminal damage . |
| 40 | In Lisburn , a 70 year old woman died after she was struck by a car at Queens Road shortly after noon . |
| 41 | erm Because the loggers have been , as I said earlier , logging 24 hours around the clock , and they 're supposed to be logging over a 70 year cycle , and they 're not because the companies have only got three year licenses , and basically the indigenous people have just had enough , so they started to block the logging roads . |
| 42 | Full-time students are required to pass at least 7 modules in the first year of Stage II , their second year , to satisfy the requirements of a full-time year of study . |
| 43 | AFTER a bloody year , Liberia 's mayhem shows no sign of letting up . |
| 44 | The total jobless for more than 12 months stands at 956,000 , a four-and-a-half year high . |
| 45 | Lamb , of 34A Howard Place , Edinburgh , has denied the allegations , which cover a four-and-a-half year period between 1985 and 1988 . |
| 46 | 1932 was a momentous year in Chiswick , which had found itself almost isolated and unable to expand due to the River Thames cutting it off from the County of Surrey , and the boundary of Hammersmith to the east , being also the boundary with the London County Council ; with little or no contact or matters of interest with Acton to the north , but nevertheless a narrow link with Brentford , to the west ( Chiswick High Road had been called the Brentford Road for very many years ) , which link was considerably enhanced by the construction of the Great West Road . |
| 47 | Informative , revealing , funny , they add up to a comprehensive picture of a momentous year . |
| 48 | In more ways than one 1979 was to be a momentous year for me . |
| 49 | A MOMENTOUS YEAR |
| 50 | 1992 was a momentous year for and for the Animal Feed Industry . |
| 51 | THIS has been a momentous year for CCG in London , with a number of important new contracts and expanded services with existing clients . |
| 52 | In Central Office , Patrick Gower consoled himself , ‘ It has been a strenuous year but it has been worth it and it has been fun . |
| 53 | Richard Brown , director of policy at the British Chambers of Commerce , warned conditions were still far from rosy but said 1993 looked like being a healthier year . |
| 54 | At the Raja 's insistence Tara was chained up to a 500 year old tree . |
| 55 | Behold the Mona Lisa and a 500 year old mystery solved . |
| 56 | British dealers , who have also enjoyed a profitable year , have not had to make the panic payments . |
| 57 | Copgo Wood Group enjoyed a profitable year with strong service sales to its oil company and geothermal customers . |
| 58 | Despite the tougher trading conditions I am pleased to report that Healthcare has yet again had a profitable year , and we are poised for further expansion of our business in the coming year . |
| 59 | Copgo Wood Group , with operations in France and Italy , had a profitable year with strong service sales to its oil company and public utility customers . |
| 60 | After a below-par year caused by injury and examination pressure , she is once again approaching medal-winning form . |