Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] a year " in BNC.
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| 1 | One way and another , it appears that the search for a new chief executive for IBM Corp is not going too well as one after another , the most fancied candidates declare that they are non-runners — so long after their names were first widely canvassed in the press that they leave the strong impression that they have considered or been considered for the job , but after having looked into it , decided that they would n't touch it with a bargepole : latest to declare his belated non-candidacy is former Hewlett-Packard Co chief executive John Young , who says he is ‘ definitely not a candidate ’ — ‘ He 's enjoying retirement , ’ said a Hewlett spokeswoman ; all attention is now focussed on the thought-to-be front runners that have n't ruled themselves out — Paul Stern , recently retired chairman and tough manager of Northern Telecom Ltd , who could be planning to repeat his double act at that company with another former IBMer , Edward Lucente , who has also just resigned from Northern Telecom ; the other two whose odds have shortened are George Fisher , chairman and chief executive of Motorola Inc , Morton Myerson , chairman of Perot Systems Corp , and Louis Gerstner , head of RJR Nabisco Co ; industry sources told Reuter that the name of Michael Armstrong keeps coming up within IBM — but he quit only a year ago , and has just taken the top job at Hughes Aircraft Co . |
| 2 | An enquiry , chaired by Mrs Justice Butler Sloss , was set up in July 1987 and reported exactly a year later ( DOH , 1988 ) . |
| 3 | I read the rest of the story ; the gist of it was I had idled away a year on full pay and what was the Government going to do about it ? |
| 4 | When they reach retirement age , most people qualify for the basic pension , which is normally uprated once a year to keep in line with price rises . |
| 5 | He says a new museum is added once a year , the size of the Convention Centre has doubled and the LA International Airport has been transformed . |
| 6 | Please remember that you can only appeal once a year . |
| 7 | It has only been met twice this year , the budget is quite small for the amount of work we can continue to do is quite small er it 's quite possible that it would only need to meet once a year in future so it would be sensible to combine it with other non-policy and traffic matters as a working party . |
| 8 | A well-constructed septic tank should need little maintenance apart from emptying once a year , but it is important that not too much disinfectant , bleach or detergent is used in the house — otherwise , the bacteriological action could be affected and the tank stop working . |
| 9 | Mr Major has about a year to display it . |
| 10 | This meeting took place under the guise of the 1987 Technology and Change Agreement whereby the Banks are to meet twice a year with the IBOA to discuss their future plans . |
| 11 | The Society plans to meet twice a year , with the possibility of matches and other events being organised , subject to demand . |
| 12 | Erm , in the past , the constitution of the West region association has allowed for it 's council to meet twice a year , one of those was an A G M , and for an executive committee to meet four times a year . |
| 13 | Thirdly , direct royal taxes were levied more frequently than ever before , often overlapping with papal dues , and sometimes occurring twice a year and at unprecedented rates , not just a fifth instead of a tenth , but in 1294 a half ! |
| 14 | It is frequently not permanent , however , and the exercise can usefully be repeated at intervals , say twice a year . |
| 15 | I have been confined almost a year by the dislocation of one of the ankle-bones of my leg , so have not been able to get as far as the Society House , but have enclosed the shilling you was so kind as to pay for a letter from Monsieur du Hamel . |
| 16 | And I say over a year now difficulty . |
| 17 | Patients in Darlington can wait over a year just to get on a hospital waiting list , Labour 's candidate said this week . |
| 18 | If I again mention Mason 's Lighthouses — in its way a score of not dissimilar scope and fascination , written only a year later by a composer a generation younger — it 's because a comparison ( which Collins Classics has now made possible ) of these two pieces helps to highlight the individual nature of Birtwistle 's achievement . |
| 19 | This year , I am being told that the test was not whether we could deliver our unprecedented number of detailed commitments , as I had thought , but whether we would do a lot more than we said we would do just a year ago . |
| 20 | Their increasing interest in the subject actually led to the pair 's first ever meeting just a year ago . |
| 21 | Plants such as shepherd 's needles , pheasant 's eye , corn gromwell , corn cockle and mousetail flourish in farmland that is lightly tilled and cut once a year . |
| 22 | That happens once a year or so . |
| 23 | All credit limits need also to be revalidated once a year . |
| 24 | The most essential thing is to prune once a year , and if you miss the summer , prune in winter . |
| 25 | Done once a year they are . |
| 26 | Violations — poaching in another household 's area — is referred to a special council of eunuchs from all over India and Pakistan which meets once a year . |
| 27 | Jerrome ( 1982 ) has explored the significance of a confidante for older women in maintaining life satisfaction , even if that person is only seen once a year . |
| 28 | What do we do once a year ? |
| 29 | ‘ The will was made about a year ago and this is what it amounts to : ‘ The shop premises and stock and all assets pertaining to the business together with the contents of my studio excepting only my tube of Winsor blue to my niece and dear friend Cathy Carne ’ . ’ |
| 30 | Dexter handed across an article dated about a year before from one of the broadsheet newspapers . |