Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can compare this with a similar attempt made eight years later by Stubbs ( 1983 ) , who distinguishes four main areas of language which teachers should know about if they are to be able to make informed decisions about language problems at school : |
| 2 | Most of the 2.2 billion pet-food cans sold each year are made from steel coated with tin . |
| 3 | The Princess Royal has around 10 hats made each year which means she must have at least 260 to choose from by now . |
| 4 | It replaces the present system , where appeals are dealt with by the Department , with less than 10 made each year . |
| 5 | The true theory of the Nicol prism was not clearly understood even by its inventor , but in a neglected paper by Edward Sang the mathematical theory is given completely for the first time ; this also contains a suggestion , made forty-seven years later by M. E. Bertrand in the Comptes Rendus , that a polarizer might be constructed of two glass prisms separated by a suitably placed thin layer of Iceland spar . |
| 6 | AS WE reported at the beginning of September , an increase in the fixed price agreed each year between Champagne 's growers and merchants seemed inevitable , putting further pressure on prices that are already affected by rising demand . |
| 7 | The same might be said of Redon 's frequently alluded to fragility : according to Eisenman he was ever teetering on the brink of depression and death , though this in turn does not explain why the artist lived seventy-five years of life quite satisfactorily . |
| 8 | Paris-based software and computer services company Generale de Service Informatique SA , or GSI , as it is better known , reported 1992 revenues up 8% to the equivalent of $460m , a rate of increase only half of that registered that year . |
| 9 | Three Acts passed that year put into implicit political terms the principle underlying the mid-sixties statements of ‘ public ’ androgyny : ‘ Excessively polarised personality types thrive in a culture that demands the repression of certain natural tendencies while people are developing the so-called ‘ masculine ’ and so-called ‘ feminine ’ traits which society considers to be appropriate for each sex . ’ |
| 10 | None of the old historians of this County take notice of this Chantry , not even Mr Lambarde , who lived some years in the Bishops ' Palace here . |
| 11 | In view of the United Nations resolution passed this year , it is a question of taking the matter to the highest level at the United Nations and appointing a special representative . |
| 12 | Some analysts argue that the result is deceptive because only successful beaches applied this year , while others claim that the number of winners has fallen because beaches had to meet a much stricter test on bacteria in the water . |
| 13 | Beerbaum became this year 's European League champion when winning the final qualifier in Gothenburg earlier this month . |
| 14 | John Wilson , whom I last met some years ago with his wife on a trip to the Seychelles , thanked His Grace , and paid tribute to the support and enthusiasm of his wife , Alan Smith his hardworking keeper , Peter Pask the farm manager , and his farm staff . |
| 15 | Now , in West Caulder th the charge erm amounted this year to forty pound , that 's for nineteen ninety one cos they 're always a year behind . |
| 16 | But with a lower costs base and 6 p.c. rise in advertising revenue expected this year , the company is dipping into reserves to lift the dividend total 11 p.c. to 16p , with a 13⅛p final on June 8 . |
| 17 | California 's Amgen , the jewel in the crown of American biotechnology , is set to become the industry 's first to enter the Fortune 500 list of America 's top companies , with revenue of $1 billion expected this year . |
| 18 | With further losses expected this year , strategy has been overhauled under the guidance of chairman Brian Garraway , who hands over to financial services managing director , Martin Broughton , in July . |
| 19 | Few expected this year 's spring sales at Sotheby 's and Christie 's to do much to revive spirits , or prices . |
| 20 | Boston Five Chairman Peter Blampied said his executives succeeded this year in returning the bank to profitability but it was clear that further rebuilding and expansion would require time and capital beyond Boston Five 's present means . |
| 21 | ‘ Producers were prepared to pay good money for quality stock and the number of sheep sold this year was higher than in 1990 . ’ |
| 22 | The news came on the same day that the car makers Rover announced another year of losses . |
| 23 | Presteigne ( the modern spelling ) had a railway connection , completed in 1875 but planned some years earlier ( see below ) , which lasted right up till Dr Beeching 's Axe . |
| 24 | Hall seems to endorse a proposal made some years ago by that , on the basis of this simple genetic control , ‘ Torsion , and with it the class Gastropoda , arose through a single gene mutation . ’ |
| 25 | The position would have been very different in the case of a payment made some years before which was sought to be recovered because a court in another case had ruled that the regulation under which the demand had been made had all along been ultra vires . |
| 26 | Unfortunately the statement of Balassa made some years ago still remains true , " there exists no wholly satisfactory way of measuring the effect of a customs union or free trade area on trade flows . |
| 27 | And what could be better than a guitar which is guaranteed to be one of a limited number produced this year ? |
| 28 | The Private and Executive Secretary 's Diploma produced this year 's top secretary . |
| 29 | Progress Software Corp ( no.24 ) and Sequoia Systems Inc ( no.62 ) made this year 's BusinessWeek list of the 100 Hot Growth Companies . |
| 30 | As the spend over the three years will be more than that — last year 's spend was £17 million and I expect this year 's to be £25 million , making a total of £42 million — I suppose that I could give my hon. Friend the assurance that he seeks , but even if our figures were so way out that I could be caught on that commitment , when I consider the matter next May — assuming that the burden still falls to me to do so — I would have to make the same calculation as I made this year . |