Example sentences of "year was the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The biggest , and most tragic , news event of the year was the 12 December Clapham disaster , discussed in detail elsewhere . |
| 2 | The price tag of almost £100m , and the fact that Fuji has agreed to a minority stake , has clearly also provided Mr Branson with reassurance — if he needed any — that taking Virgin private last year was the right thing to do . |
| 3 | Mr Lawson boasts that between 1981 and 1988 , Britain 's growth rate of 3.5 per cent a year was the highest in Europe . |
| 4 | One highlight of the year was the major extension to Sussexdown in the form of a new Therapy Wing . |
| 5 | This year was the fiftieth anniversary of his joining the British Trotskyist movement . |
| 6 | Despite a 6 per cent increase in the global cereal harvest in 1989 , the year was the third in succession in which production failed to meet demand . |
| 7 | Many felt that to be denied the use of a fishing net for 4 months each year was the removal of a fundamental human right . |
| 8 | Last year was the worst for tanker spills since 1980 . |
| 9 | Their 4-1 defeat by Australia here last year was the first time they had lost a one-day series at home . |
| 10 | The thing I learned from last year was the amazing way my body changed with such little work . |
| 11 | The new school was opened in 1927 and was called the Central School and the new road was named Staveley Road , which was lined with flowering cherry trees , a great attraction for visitors every year during blossom time — one of the more notable visitors each year was the late Queen Mary , consort to the King at that time , George V. |
| 12 | The best luck of the year was the club receiving a £3,000 windfall ( less £300 tax ) from Cuthbert Henly 's estate , a bequest indirectly made from his previously deceased brother . |
| 13 | One thing that made John happy when he went home for Christmas 1944 and the New Year was the presence in Johannesburg of his father 's new friend , Phyllis Hirsch . |
| 14 | The earlier part of the year was the crabbing season . |
| 15 | One topic that reappeared during the year was The Bomb . |
| 16 | In which year was the House of Commons first televised ? |
| 17 | Another new feature this year was the more detailed application form telling prospective entrants exactly what the judges look for and highlighting errors and omissions encountered last year . |
| 18 | Commenting on the figures , joint chairman Brian Hassell did not mince his words : ‘ Last year was the worst in many members ’ memories . |
| 19 | The climax of the sacrificial year was the Day of Atonement when the High Priest entered the Holy of Holies and offered the blood of sacrifice as atonement for all the sins of Israel . |
| 20 | The other major work from this year was the Quintet for piano and wind — ‘ the best work I have written , ’ according to Mozart 's catalogue . |
| 21 | A highlight of the year was the renaming of the Keyworth site : it is now the Kingsley Dunham Centre , as described in the Director 's introduction ( p. 1 ) . |
| 22 | By contrast , the top grossing movie of the year was the Dustin Hoffman divorce weepie Kramer Versus Kramer . |
| 23 | Right , thank you , erm , now Ross is n't , is there anything further on the thir , last year was the thirtieth anniversary of Amnesty 's foundation in nineteen sixty one and we 've had a campaign and that , and that still sort of running is there anything more on that ? |
| 24 | That year was the high point of the concentration of marital fertility on first and second births . |
| 25 | But by far the most important event of that year was the death of King Louis VII on 18 September and the accession of his son Philip II . |
| 26 | In which year was the first issue of BROWNIE published ? |
| 27 | The 1983 was the best wine of the vintage , so in a lesser year was the 1987 . |
| 28 | Last year was the first real attempt to recognise the new energy around in the visual arts . |
| 29 | According to Scott , Marshall was seventeen times lawfully married , and after his hundredth year was the avowed father of four illegitimate children . |
| 30 | The theme this year was the conflict between development for tourism and the conservation of cherished landscapes . |