Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] year " in BNC.

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1 And you need to choose a P E P manager per year , so if you 're already with one P E P manager , you 've either got to buy him out and give it to another P E P manager , or you can , you can erm er choose another one each year in other words , I do a different P E P each year , with a different manager , and that keeps everything moving so that you 've got a good spread .
2 The report 's recommendations include : an increase in the federal gasoline tax of 20 cents a gallon each year for five years ; a carbon tax to diminish global warming ; more US assistance for overseas development and efforts to limit population growth ; tax and other incentives for environmentally sensitive technology , and development of a national environmental strategy .
3 The levels of relocation allowances paid will change over time with employers usually reviewing their cash values each year .
4 Fifty students from each school will be granted this opportunity each year for an indefinite period .
5 And how many schools avail themselves of this opportunity each year ?
6 A SMUGGLING racket is killing thousands of exotic birds each year , say undercover investigators .
7 At the October election that year , the Sun advocated a non-Tory government for the last time .
8 The fire brigade were called in to take down the ropes that year . )
9 42,000 pupils in independent schools were assisted from public funds , amounting in all to some £11m. each year .
10 In mid-June that year he lectured in Birmingham several nights running .
11 When one considers that relatively few women were accused , and that a large proportion of the population were children , it is clear that a remarkably high number of adult males , around one in five , were brought before the courts each year .
12 Other ‘ declinists ’ helped found the British Association for the Advancement of Science in 1831 , meeting in different cities each year for lectures and discussions in various ‘ sections ’ ; but Swainson played no part in it , thus avoiding the power struggles in which gentlemen of science usually with Cambridge connections came in effect to direct the organization .
13 People spent as much time watching films on TV each week as they did in the cinema each year , the report said .
14 Studentships are allocated to institutions each year on a quota basis .
15 Second favourite , ridden by Steve Cauthen , was the Aga Khan 's Baynoun , winner that year of the Queen 's Vase at Royal Ascot and the Geoffrey Freer Stakes at Newbury .
16 To qualify , individuals will have to attend at least one refresher course each year to keep abreast of the latest developments in the industry .
17 In all , some 3,000 candidates take the course each year , of whom about one-third are full-time .
18 To maintain satisfactory progress , a part-time student has to pass at least one course each year .
19 It is likely to have a very wide readership — made up not only of the 500 or so Open University students following the course each year , but also the many women embarking one of the women 's studies courses now on offer in Britain and Europe .
20 My parents were too poor to be able to give one another a birthday present each year , though there was always a present for each of us four children , Stanley , Laura , Edith and myself .
21 Smith raised the Journal 's circulation to 100,000 copies that year , first with his short story ‘ Marianne , a Tale of the Temple ’ and then with instalments of his most ambitious novel , Stanfield Hall .
22 While our annual GOTY competition does not represent Guitarist 's opinion as to what is actually the ‘ best ’ guitar that year , we do only choose instruments whose design and construction offer no compromises .
23 How much would it cost if fair compensation were paid to the standard rate taxpayer each year if that were to be done ?
24 Its turnover has tripled in the past decade ; analysts reckon it now sells some £450-worth ( $880 ) of goods per square foot each year , against an average of £216 for all department stores .
25 Arkells have to pay around £2 million pounds in duty and taxes each year .
26 He guesstimates that the existence of different European currencies cost about 1.5 per cent of Europe 's total income each year , merely in terms of the losses incurred by traders and investors when they change currencies .
27 When the war came to an end England had spent about £40m. on it , or something like 10 per cent of the national income each year of fighting .
28 Since 1969 when the procedure was brought into effect there have only been three review boards , though AIB have conducted something like fifteen inspector 's investigations each year .
29 The small island of Iki , lying off the northern coast of Japan and near to the coast of South Korea , was until very recently the scene of some of the most terrible examples of deliberate dolphin slaughter several times each year .
30 I 've visited at least two or three times each year since then and I still hesitate to claim to know the area really well .
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