Example sentences of "[noun sg] [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | A Darlington jeweller has become the new chairman of the town 's business club just a year after joining it . |
| 4 | Pat , 43 , turns travel agent once a year to take a vote among neighbours where they want to go . |
| 5 | 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 . . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Millions of trade unionists could not simply be represented by the casting of a block vote once a year . |
| 8 | He bought the old Cherton Manor about a year ago and has set about turning himself into the local squire . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He has a snow scooter , and enough cash to hire a boat twice a year to move his reindeer on to an island . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Two weeks ago , I revisited Zagreb having previously led a parliamentary delegation there a year ago . |
| 13 | 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 ! |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | They are into philosophical time , producing work once a year or less . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | A past employer of mine used to give himself a gourmet week at home once a year . |
| 19 | Linda , a 38-year-old research scientist at Glaxo 's Greenford complex , says the scheme encouraged her to return to work nearly a year ago after the birth of her son . |
| 20 | From his jacket pocket Robert took out a grubby sheet of paper — the translation of the mysterious manuscript that had been given to him in the pub nearly a year ago today . |
| 21 | The House debated the issue about a year ago and reached the conclusion , on a free vote , that that issue was not the highest priority call on the NHS budget . |
| 22 | This was also the case with the housekeeper , Elizabeth Hinson , who had looked after the Vicarage and who died in a nursing home about a year before these lines were written . |
| 23 | To the people of his little island , two miles long and three-quarters of a mile wide , ‘ Isle of Muck ’ fetched a tailor from the mainland twice a year and a blacksmith from the Isle of Eigg ( Johnson has not so far reflected upon the name of the laird of Eigg ) . |
| 24 | The series was inaugurated by Richard Long in 1990 , and Anthony Caro showed new and recent work there a year ago . |
| 25 | He had been moved from the Royal Alexandria Hospital , Paisley , to the private Alexandra Nursing Home almost a year earlier having suffered brain damage after a stabbing incident . |
| 26 | It is one of the aromatic alternatives to grass for a lawn , being mown twice a year only , and will also grow from cracks in paving . |
| 27 | Continuing on the subject of getting involved , the committee are always delighted to hear from anyone wishing to help in any way ( half an hour once a year on a stall or helping at an open coffee morning would be tremendous ) . |
| 28 | They changed to a strategy-management mode in which each of the business heads met with the entire executive board once a year to define strategic objectives and once a year to establish a budget . |
| 29 | Every school has its management and national curriculum provision once a year by inspectors . |
| 30 | HAVING disposed of their pubs and disco estate in Scotland to Scottish & Newcastle Breweries , Stakis are now looking to sell off the 14-strong Firkin pub chain bought from European Leisure only a year ago . |