Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] a year " in BNC.
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| 1 | To most , if not all , British trade union leaders it seemed to be suicide to follow Larkin 's " fiery cross " into a confrontation with the state in circumstances in which it was clear that their members would not follow them ; why should they make such a sacrifice for Larkin when they had been unwilling to do so only a year earlier for the London dockers ? |
| 2 | The Australians showed just one glimpse of the sort of electrifying back play that won them the World Cup so brilliantly just a year ago . |
| 3 | The impact will not immediately be felt by the millions of borrowers on semi-fixed mortgages , whose rates are changed only once a year . |
| 4 | The RAC will suspend your membership while you are away , but only once a year . |
| 5 | But building societies paid only once a year . |
| 6 | Imagine friends that you see only once a year , say at Christmas time . |
| 7 | As Josh Gifford also pointed out , one root of the problem is that the Mildmay course has , until now , been used only once a year . |
| 8 | The stable was mucked out properly only once a year , in winter . |
| 9 | Washing tip : clean jeans only once a year — without soap |
| 10 | The great majority of them participated in the sacrament only once a year at Easter , when they received the host ( or wafer ) but not the consecrated wine . |
| 11 | It 's great doing a picture of Mozart 's Requiem at St Paul 's , but that 's only once a year and it 's simply recording something . |
| 12 | To approach them tell them how they feel about things rather than having to ring you up and make an appointment if only once a year or once every six months use a group . |
| 13 | The large number of members involved means that a full meeting of this board would be too cumbersome for the day-to-day administration of the IMF and so it meets only once a year , mainly to ratify any new proposals . |
| 14 | Of the many drawbacks the most ludicrous is that applications can be made only once a year at a certain time . |
| 15 | In the case of credit card facilities , increases in credit limits will normally be extended only once a year and you will be given the option to reject any increase . |
| 16 | When meetings are held only once a year , or even less frequently , it is all too easy to forget why a particular provision was formulated and on what grounds one supported or opposed it . |
| 17 | The typical pattern was for the local parties to meet only once a year in 1915 and 1916 , to re-elect their officers for another year ; agents who had enlisted were kept on the books by retaining half their normal pay , to compensate them for loss of earnings in the national interest and to keep them available for a resumption of partisanship . |
| 18 | Polished pyramids of apples and pears , still-life arrangements of humble carrots and potatoes , hillocks of pale butter topped with parsley trees , cut flowers in superannuated tins green-painted — and a cast of salesmen who in England would have found employment only once a year , in pantomime . |
| 19 | ‘ Are accounts produced only once a year ? ’ |
| 20 | It 's great doing a picture of Mozart 's Requiem at St Paul 's , but that 's only once a year and it 's simply recording something . |
| 21 | Some centres may be visited every week , some only once a year . |
| 22 | ‘ From a practical point of view , they are still dependent on their company for career progression and can not have the independence an external auditor would have nor would they necessarily have the technical expertise if they conducted a statutory audit only once a year . ’ |
| 23 | The Duma discussed foreign policy only once a year , when the ministry 's budget came under scrutiny : it has been estimated that it spent less than 1 per cent of its time on foreign affairs . |
| 24 | Assemblies met only once a year but set up permanent executive boards . |
| 25 | She says it 's only once a year . |
| 26 | They came together once a year to slip back into what McQuaid said were the days of their glory . |
| 27 | Once The Stage covered all finals productions from the drama schools , but now they may write up a play perhaps once a year . |
| 28 | Occasionally , perhaps once a year , I caught sight of him at Ognisko , the Polish Hearth , in Prince 's Gate . |
| 29 | Ian and I worked together about a year ago when I did a locum in the practice where he was an assistant . ’ |
| 30 | He made all sorts of innovations during his short stay — only about a year — before moving on to King 's College , Cambridge , and starting the now famous service of nine lessons and carols at Christmas . |