Example sentences of "[adj] year [conj] has " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 31-year-old from Kenilworth slumped to 84th in the rankings this year but has regained his enthusiasm after two rounds with Woosnam . |
| 2 | IBM Corp has now shipped 700,000 copies of OS/2 2.0 since it announced the product on March 31 and claims it has exceeded its initial unit sales projection — ‘ We 're well on track to surpass many industry expectations , ’ it said , but Reuter notes that IBM has previously said its expects to sell ‘ millions ’ of copies of OS/2 this year but has never provided a specific forecast . |
| 3 | Last year , there were 215 such properties ( 1.35 pc of total stock ) , but this year that has fallen to 119 ( 0.75 pc of total stock ) . |
| 4 | Although she has again failed to earn her professional ticket , and with it the right to compete against the men , but she has defeated Mike Hallett in an exhibition match this year and has gained ample experience competing in Barry Hearn 's Matchroom League . |
| 5 | This is due to be finished this year and has cost nearly £300 million . |
| 6 | Warwick , 38 , and a veteran of 131 Grands Prix , won the world sportscar championship with Peugeot this year and has been itching for a chance to get back in the big time of Formula One . |
| 7 | The impact on our business prospects clearly goes beyond the difficult measures we have had to take this year and has demanded a thorough review of all our activities in the longer term . |
| 8 | The authority plans to overspend this year and has been told to cut ten million pounds . |
| 9 | Having just celebrated her 82nd birthday , she has filmed three television programmes this year and has written five books . |
| 10 | The New Nursery was opened on 26th August this year and has been designed to offer children opportunities to enjoy and develop all types of play and decision-making , and to gain increased independence within a safe and secure environment . |
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| 12 | The City Research project is now moving in to its second year and has already seen the publication of three reports . |
| 13 | he lives out all year and has a total sunblock applied to protect the sensitive areas . |
| 14 | Invesco French Growth which , as the name suggests , invests solely in France , was the top performer over one year and has clearly benefited from more favourable market conditions in France compared with most of the other European countries . |
| 15 | The current Formula One champion is leading in the Indy Car season competition , finding the success in his first year that has eluded Michael Andretti , the 1991 Indy-car champion , in his foray into Formula One racing . |
| 16 | PageMaker shipped 30,000 units in its first year and has now become regarded as the benchmark for today 's competitors . |
| 17 | The journal Samizdat started the same year and has followed a similar line . |
| 18 | The department has admitted to a substantial underspend in two important areas or research in the financial year that has just ended . |
| 19 | The government devalued last year but has remained under pressure for its failure to cut the budget deficit . |
| 20 | Laura 's Beau was third last year but has been in rotten form since then having been plagued by blood trouble . |
| 21 | Mowbray moved to Celtic in a £1m move last year but has been dogged by injuries since his transfer . |
| 22 | The group lost £1.368m last year and has since been radically slimmed down to three operating subsidiaries — banking , a Channel Islands fiduciary management business and NSR . |
| 23 | Jean Francois Poitevin , who finished third last year and has a best time of 1:32:22 , has pulled out in protest . |
| 24 | He had a large kidneyectomy for a slow-growing tumour in March last year and has since developed a secondary in his right lung . |
| 25 | The movement was launched in Namibia at the beginning of last year and has offered a new dimension to the lads ’ Christianity . |
| 26 | The group raised a thumping £560m through a rights issue last year and has shed more than 84,000 jobs worldwide in an effort to reduce its overheads . |
| 27 | ‘ He did brilliantly for us last year and has the ability to become a great player . |
| 28 | One big star , Billy Ray Cyrus , was invented by the marketing men last year and has been playing more or less bubblegum pop . |
| 29 | Five-year-old IXI , with 50 employees , turned over £3.5m ( $6m ) last year and has a healthy £2m in the bank . |
| 30 | The first volume of what must eventually be one of the great modern biographies , John Richardson 's book was published last year and has now appeared in paperback . |