Example sentences of "year [conj] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you want to be able to add to them over the years or is the manufacturer likely to discontinue that particular pattern ? |
| 2 | Brilliant , so , you , this is , this year , is this scholarship going to continue in future years or is it just a one off ? |
| 3 | One indication of current priorities is that Making Belfast Work has less money committed to it in total over four years than is spent on prisons in a single year . |
| 4 | The majority will receive the ‘ Operation Enterprise ’ pack which has been used for a number of years and is known to the movement . |
| 5 | Version 1 of Rescalc has been around for some years and is today regarded as rather palaeolithic . |
| 6 | The quarry has been here 200 years and is part of the landscape , rather than a blot on it . ’ |
| 7 | Mr Scott worked alongside Mr Louis-Dreyfus for five years and is currently chief financial officer of IMS . |
| 8 | Sweeney has worked at Pentonville for almost nine years and is in charge of the general kitchen floor . |
| 9 | While the Prime Minister immediately offered the use of British military camps in West Germany to help cope with the current surge of refugees , her Foreign Secretary , Mr Douglas Hurd , promised East Germany the kind of practical help in creating a more market-orientated economy which Britain has given Poland — some £25 million of ‘ Know How ’ funds over 25 years and is pledged to give to ex-Communist Hungary . |
| 10 | She added that the faun 's condition was good although ‘ it has been outside for 35 years and is a bit green . ’ |
| 11 | Professor Eloff ( Northern Transvaal ) is representing Dr Danie Craven , who has run South African rugby for more than 30 years and is about to stand down on grouds of age and health . |
| 12 | Deric , whose back problems prevent his pivoting , prods to some purpose for his 79 years and is mustard round the greens . |
| 13 | ‘ What 's happened in the last 10 years and is accelerating very fast is the fact the women are taking less time off ’ , says Michaels . |
| 14 | Rio de Janeiro has suffered several outbreaks of dengue in the past four years and is expected to be hit hardest by the new epidemic . |
| 15 | He went on to become leading trainer in Madras for eighteen years and is set to retire to his property in Cheshire , which is fenced by the running rail from Castle Irwell , Manchester 's racecourse . |
| 16 | The carpet has been there for three years and is still in good condition — the only signs of wear are the marks left by ‘ wee Lachie ’ , the Stewarts ' three-year-old son . |
| 17 | The amount of silt that the Huanghe brings to the China Sea ( 1.6 × 10 t per year ) represents a 25 per cent increase over the last 30 years and is due mainly to the conversion of grasslands to arable fields ( Smil 1987b ) . |
| 18 | Pressure for the conversion or redevelopment of historic houses and estates in financial difficulties has grown in recent years and is causing concern to those wishing to preserve the traditional countryside . |
| 19 | In many parishes the parish magazine has been in being for a number of years and is a great repository of local information — which event was held by which organisation in which year , who won prizes at the horticultural show , etc. , etc . |
| 20 | A marked change in status has occurred in recent years and is now a regular winter visitor , although as recently as 1953 it was rarer than Whooper Swan . |
| 21 | The dependence on shellfish by the people of the Klasies River Mouth for a large part of their food continued for tens of thousands of years and is one of the most interesting of Singer and Wymer 's findings . |
| 22 | The run has been held every year since 1930 , apart from the war years and is the main event in the veteran calendar . |
| 23 | Margaret is a girl of only three years and is not of suitable age to take over this kingdom . |
| 24 | High level waste remains active for 250,000 years and is highly toxic to most life forms . |
| 25 | The harbour town of Watchet has a history going back over a thousand years and is still an active trading port . |
| 26 | The Old Mill , at the west end of the village , was still operative until the early years of the Second World War , and the New Mill at the east end , which lost its sails in a gale so severe that parts of them were found in the next village , has been restored in recent years and is now a very attractive dwelling . |
| 27 | It has flourished for well over 100 years and is always held on the first weekend in July . |
| 28 | Now 34 and divorced , she has lived with Geoff for three years and is n't contemplating marriage again . |
| 29 | Overall , however , the railways are likely to be one of the toughest state sell-offs of them all , for BR has not made a profit for 40 years and is widely perceived as demoralised and run-down . |
| 30 | It has only been opened for two years and is a nice modern hospital though not as posh as Pat 's . |