Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] a year " in BNC.
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| 1 | To his second , favourite son Alfonso , he gave the Kingdom of Leon and the Campos Goticos , together with the tributes from the Moorish kingdom of Toledo , whose overlord he had successfully beaten into submission only a year before . |
| 2 | This is partly because it began trying to sell to government schools only a year ago , and partly because it would prefer not to give its machines away . |
| 3 | There has been strong speculation that Pepsi Cola are putting up the money but David Murray , Rangers ' owner and chairman who bought the club exactly a year ago yesterday , is giving nothing away . |
| 4 | A Darlington jeweller has become the new chairman of the town 's business club just a year after joining it . |
| 5 | Pat , 43 , turns travel agent once a year to take a vote among neighbours where they want to go . |
| 6 | Instead of plays being acted by the city craftsmen once a year , we 've made a craft of play-acting . |
| 7 | One organisation , which faced a marked seasonal demand for its output and made substantial hirings once a year , reserved its temporary vacancies for school leavers . |
| 8 | Erm , and then I just thought I 'd finally conclude a bright , cos I think it , it 's like how I see myself at work , erm with showing you where our work comes from erm and basically you 've got all these arrows coming in and er sometimes you do have a sense of feeling quite bombarded with requests for work , but the main , I mean the main formal source of our work is the local government sub committee , which is erm , like Mary was referring to earlier , every department or unit in our in the Council have to formally report and get it 's work through by a Council committee , our committee is the local government sub committee and it formally sets our work programme once a year , and I our priorities , it also comes up with other things it would like us to do by the way , during the course of the year , so erm , that includes Mary as well . . |
| 9 | All they need to do is go up to the loft once a year and shovel them into a polythene bag ; they make excellent compost . |
| 10 | Millions of trade unionists could not simply be represented by the casting of a block vote once a year . |
| 11 | And you have an A G M once a year and every , everything is goes by the vote , you know if president 's , there 's no time limit . |
| 12 | Most of those have attended at an A G M once a year . |
| 13 | He bought the old Cherton Manor about a year ago and has set about turning himself into the local squire . ’ |
| 14 | Bulwark was commissioned in January 1960 and stationed with her Commando embarked at Singapore ; Albion followed as the second Commando Carrier about a year later ; construction of six Army-owned Landing Ships Logistic ( LSLs ) was authorised in August 1960 ; the Assault Ships Fearless and Intrepid were ordered in 1961 and 1962 ; and design work was started in December 1961 on the next generation of aircraft carriers , the first of which was code-named CVA 01 . |
| 15 | He has a snow scooter , and enough cash to hire a boat twice a year to move his reindeer on to an island . |
| 16 | But he seemed to think because you 'd had your stroke almost a year ago that I should be over it ; his exact words were that I was looking for sympathy . |
| 17 | Two weeks ago , I revisited Zagreb having previously led a parliamentary delegation there a year ago . |
| 18 | Those taking several trips abroad a year should consider special rates offered on annual cover . |
| 19 | In his letter to Mrs Paleschi over a year ago , Niazy said : ‘ Just get the embassy to come and visit me and everything will be solved , if God wishes . |
| 20 | Winning the world championship is one of the main ambitions of the season , but being No 1 is more important to me ; it shows a player for his performances over a year , as opposed to two weeks . ’ |
| 21 | They note that for a deviation Δ of 10 -11 the accumulated effect over a year would only amount to a relative velocity of 1 µm s -1 towards the Sun ! |
| 22 | She and her family had been in the States over a year now , and had moved from Boston to New York . |
| 23 | For someone who is only moderately active , that could mean a 7- or 8 lb ( 3- or 3.5-kg ) increase in weight over a year . |
| 24 | and er I 've discussed this before and I 've come to the conclusion that these children who come along with Jehovah 's Witnesses knocking on your door they 're more affected than any child once a year practising whatever you like to call it Halloween or whatever . |
| 25 | Summer 1963 saw England still a year away from its pop culture explosion which so changed fashions , music , ideas and outlooks for years to come . |
| 26 | All we have to do is report to the parents once a year it does n't say that everything has to be on the report sheet at the same time it may well be some information goes at one particular time and some at another . |
| 27 | They are into philosophical time , producing work once a year or less . |
| 28 | I was longing to say no when she rang on Sunday but simply could not — she is married to a German and only comes home to Scotland once a year because of the costs , and I know how much she likes to come through to see the shops and friends . |
| 29 | Craig Cook was playing in the back garden of his family 's council home a year ago when the brick wall of a shed collapsed on top of him . |
| 30 | A past employer of mine used to give himself a gourmet week at home once a year . |