Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] last year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later the same morning Luke asked Merrill to list the dates of some previous meetings with a particular client , and Merrill , leafing through last year 's desk diary , came upon Elise 's name and address . |
| 2 | The artists with whom his gallery was closely involved are Andy Goldsworthy , Hamish Fulton , Roger Ackling and Ian Hamilton Finlay , whose Wild Hawthorne Press material he presented at the Fruitmarket when it briefly reopened for last year 's Edinburgh Festival . |
| 3 | For example , income shares in River & Mercantile — largely invested British blue chips — yield 12 p.c. , adjusted for last year 's rights issue . |
| 4 | Elsewhere in the capital , the Royal Lyceum claims it is recovering after last year 's £1.2 million debt crisis and ticket sales which were 10 to 15 per cent below target . |
| 5 | One of the most significant selling points which the Banks used during last year 's dispute was the fact that Extended Opening Hours would give rise to significant numbers of additional jobs in Banking . |
| 6 | A 5 p.c. reduction in gross margins on lower-margin desk-top computer products and the weakness in the market were blamed for last year 's downturn but ICL says its share of the British computer market rose by one point to 19 p.c . |
| 7 | We 've gone from strength to strength from there qualifying for last year 's UK Team Chase Championships . |
| 8 | However , BWD Rensburg , the broker , is looking for pre-tax profits of about £1.2m in the year ending 31 March against £1.04m reported for last year . |
| 9 | She lost 7–5 6–3 to Seles in the quarter-finals after disposing of last year 's finalist Jana Novotna , but she showed enough , as he has done before , to show the rest of the watching world that she is a major force waiting to erupt . |
| 10 | Phillip Hutton of Knock and Sammy Moore of Willowfield are included in the team for the first time , while dropped from last year are John Nutt ( Pickie ) , Bertie Nixon ( Willowfield ) , Roy McCune ( Ballymena ) and Stan Espie ( Willowfield ) . |
| 11 | As reported in last year 's Annual Report , the most serious factor in relation to purchasing for 1989–90 , owing to Government 's failure to meet the cost of nationally-negotiated pay awards over recent years , was the need to divert purchasing funds to pay essential salary costs during the year , thereby causing substantial reductions in the purchases of printed books of all periods , as well as manuscripts , maps and music . |
| 12 | Dr Claudine Dauphin ( Lady Carlisle Research Fellow ) met several Somervillians at her lecture in Oxford in May on Dor which she mentioned in last year 's Report . |
| 13 | The final dividend , payable on July 1 , was slashed from last year 's 1.5p to 0.9p . |
| 14 | Durie and Bates lost their mixed doubles title in the quarter-final to the pair they defeated in last year 's final , Scott Davis and Robin White . |
| 15 | Producing three pages of detailed questions relating to last year 's accounts may entitle an interviewer to draw an adverse conclusion . |
| 16 | ( They managed to come on last year 's Central Wales Line trip . ) |
| 17 | During the year , we have also reviewed the investment of our liquid funds , we have planned a ‘ Patrons ’ scheme , with an eye to support particularly from the smaller banks in the City ; we have introduced credit card payments , and resolved a major uncertainty I referred to last year over our Lombard Street offices . |
| 18 | Director of public relations , Linda Moore says : ‘ Rates are pegged at last year 's prices for most holidays , with special interests up slightly , but not as a result of the Directive . |
| 19 | Now they 're going to be pegged at last year 's level . |
| 20 | This year the grant has been frozen at last year 's level , with no uprating for inflation . |
| 21 | The Mini Master failed to appear at last year 's Oshkosh because one of the 582 engines failed at 6500 ft 30 minutes after take-off from San Marcos , Texas . |
| 22 | The friendly competition between Petersfield , Liss , Haslemere and Liphook Chambers of Trade is run annually , and this year was organised by last year 's winners Petersfield . |
| 23 | Horse racing 's decline was deepened by last year 's collapse in bloodstock values . |
| 24 | He smelled of last year 's sweat . |
| 25 | Well it might be worth looking through last year 's list in the day . |
| 26 | The necessary legislation — enabling the government to buy compulsorily at a price of its choosing — was pushed through last year . |
| 27 | Yet much of the juiciest information , collected for last year 's Bingham report , was kept secret . |
| 28 | Bus passes for last year will still be used until July 1 . |
| 29 | Profits were flattered by comparison with a poor 1991 first half and by interest saved after last year 's £22 million rights issue . |
| 30 | I 'm having a yearly detailed print done of last year , |