Example sentences of "a year the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some years ago the teachers of one language pronounced themselves satisfied that at the end of a year the students of it had the capacity for literary reading ; the equally competent and concerned teachers of another language were convinced that their students had achieved no such capacity , and that the process was rather a waste of time . |
| 2 | We have to find means of increasing , by £400 million a year the credit side of our balance of payments . |
| 3 | Twice a year the reeves ‘ drove ’ the Forest , and removed and impounded all unbranded cattle . |
| 4 | For £30,000 a year the St Edmund 's Ladies ' College , based in a stately country home in Bury St Edmunds , will teach young women to be ‘ internationally comfortable and active ’ . |
| 5 | Such measures are thought to make it possible to eliminate through traffic from Greatham apart from a maximum of six days a year the MoD would still require the closure of Woolmer Road . |
| 6 | To avoid such an embarrassment the Department of Health is funding academics to come up with ‘ in vitro and in vivo tests ’ which can act as ‘ an early warning system to identify within a year the likely performance of a new material ’ , Allen said . |
| 7 | Once a year the up-river migration of the salmon heading for their spawning grounds provides a great feast . |
| 8 | With ponds dug on the line , or streams banked up into ‘ flashes ’ to form reflecting points on the beacon track so that it might be checked when at least once a year the beacon was fired on the traditional day . |
| 9 | A very old Russian folk tale claims that once a year the night sky is filled with the thunderous sound of hooves , as magnificent horses , once ridden by famed heroes , ride again . |
| 10 | When they took into account prices falling by 2 per cent a year the annual advantage of renting added up to £2,288 over buying . |
| 11 | In less than a year the pair have already made significant progress . |
| 12 | Though the industry has the capacity to brew about 52m bulk barrels of beer a year the consumer is only drinking about 38m . |
| 13 | It is the second time in a year the body of a baby has been found in the street . |
| 14 | The USA exploded its first thermonuclear device in 1952 , and within a year the USSR had done likewise . |
| 15 | For £180 a year the Legal Protection Group policy will pay up to £50,000 of lawyers ' bills in a single action . |
| 16 | Within a year the fundraising campaign , which included selling note cards and T-shirts , had been completed , much of the money having come from local businesses and foundations . |
| 17 | Once a year the sacred white barges of the Phoenix King and the Everqueen ply the waters to their respective shrines . |
| 18 | Twice a year the associate members ' foreign ministers meet those of the Community , and senior officials see each other more often . |
| 19 | Thus by a year the dicentric lesions have been lost from the CD45R0 subset , whereas they persist to some 10 years in the CD45RA subset . |
| 20 | In the course of a year the Sun passes through the 12 constellations of the Zodiac . |
| 21 | A dealer exists to sell and since I can only produce two or three pictures a year the flow of the commodity is n't adjusted to the pace of the market . |
| 22 | Quails ( 16:13 ) : twice a year the common quail 's migration route takes it across the region where the Israelites were at this time . |
| 23 | supervision and they 're used until the head of the femur right , the head of the femur is fixed back into the socket joint and the muscles and ligaments have tightened up so that they hold the bone in place and treatment can go on until they 're about a year the consequences of not treating this condition are quite severe , the child will grow up with a very odd gait . |
| 24 | Within a year the policy of the ECRS focused on having the sign languages of the member states officially recognised as a minority language in each of the respective countries . |
| 25 | Once a year the same letter is born from the flames . |
| 26 | Year to year there are variations ; summer may start two weeks late , or two weeks early , or tentatively … and once or twice a year the weather goes into a sulk for a few days and refuses to co-operate with us . |
| 27 | ( If ) At any time within a year the said Wm Roe by writing in his own band signified that he intended to have a 21 year lease from the date hereof " paying one-fifteenth part of the 1st 7 years and one-twelfth for the remaining 14 years such lease will be executed . " |
| 28 | Once a year the company insurance broker will " shop around " for the best deal . |
| 29 | I should be interested to hear how that will be paid for , because in addition to giving £200 million a year the Labour party is committed to regional development agencies , to investment in first-class infrastructure for the area , high-speed rail links and other exciting prospects for the region . |
| 30 | Within a year the imperial governors of Tuscany , Spoleto and Sicily had to flee . |