Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] a year " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Instead of plays being acted by the city craftsmen once a year , we 've made a craft of play-acting . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Those taking several trips abroad a year should consider special rates offered on annual cover . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | By law a company like British Gas has to hold a meeting of its shareholders once a year . |
| 8 | The man was responsible for two rapes and at least five other sexual assaults over a year ago . |
| 9 | It may lead us to compare the relative increase in costs over a year , believing that we were comparing like with like . |
| 10 | No I was actually getting at a certain person that works for Trident that does n't think it 's worth extra hassle for a hundred and eighty pounds more a year . |
| 11 | ‘ I only wear them when I really need to see , ’ said Capriati , who first used lenses about a year ago . |
| 12 | Christie 's hold similar auctions twice a year ; the first in January — also to mark Crufts — while their most recent , ‘ Man 's Best Friend ’ , was held in July . |
| 13 | Channel 7 , the telephone and Viewdata listing company which angered accountants over a year ago ( see ACCOUNTANCY , November 1990 , p 13 and March 1991 , p 11 ) is still in operation and , according to a recent complaint , is using the names of the Institute and major firms to persuade other accountants to sign up . |
| 14 | Moderators will normally visit centres once a year in order to agree final student grades for assessed areas of study . |
| 15 | now what gave the reason for that so we can all follow it quite clearly see if I 've got this right , was the reason for the updating of the service charges once a year in the brochure , the fact that if you did n't update the brochure might mislead a prospective purchaser ? |
| 16 | I wonder if we can get to the point of my question , it may be my fault but I will try again , the reason I am suggesting to you was the decision was made to update the service charges once a year was because if you did n't update the , the existing brochure might mislead , is that right or not ? |
| 17 | I 'm not irresponsible , thirty twelve-year-olds over a year … |
| 18 | Although Mr Salmon had already told me that we had declared war against the Germans almost a year ago — none of us having heard of Archduke Franz Ferdinand — we only found out how serious it was when a lot of young lads who had worked in the market began to disappear off to ‘ the front ’ to be replaced by their younger brothers — and sometimes even sisters . |
| 19 | Xishe 's wife is allowed to see him for 45 minutes twice a year . |
| 20 | Suppose that a firm pays dividends once a year . |
| 21 | All state secondary schools are required by law to publish their results once a year and so now you can write or phone individual school secretaries or the LEA and ask for a copy of the exam results , ideally asking for the previous 2 or 3 years . |
| 22 | Present guidelines advise that you stick with breast or formula milk until at least six months , although some nutritionists feel that , because cow 's milk is low in iron and vitamin D , it should n't be given to babies under a year . |
| 23 | Bill the and John started holding hands about a year ago and it 's already resulted in their engagement and it 's clear that they 're planning their big day for the summer of next year ! |
| 24 | Tapestry specialists Jacqueline Boccara from Paris and Bernard Blondeel from Antwerp , who hold joint exhibitions twice a year , will have separate stands but will coincidentally show ‘ Mois Lucas ’ tapestries late sixteenth-century March and April from Brussels and eighteenth-century Gobelins July and September , respectively . |
| 25 | We visit all our major overseas markets twice a year — Australia , New Zealand , South Africa and Canada . |
| 26 | PRICELESS antique Chinese government seals were discovered by police almost a year after they were stolen . |
| 27 | This is hard to quantify in the abstract and will depend on the demands and the receptiveness of the individual schools , but it could add up to hundreds of hours and dozens of activities over a year . |
| 28 | This is hard to quantify in the abstract and will depend on the demands and the receptiveness of the individual schools , but it could add up to hundreds of hours and dozens of activities over a year . |
| 29 | It is quite possible for a company to show a trading profit on its normal operations over a year and to cap this by receiving an enquiry for its most profitable product many times greater than any previous order . |
| 30 | It is quite possible for a company to show a trading profit on its normal operations over a year and to cap this by receiving an enquiry for its most profitable product many times greater than any previous order . |