Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [det] year " in BNC.

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1 He has winged his way across the world in pursuit of his hobby , a mission that has included Venezuela , Thailand , Africa and Israel among others — with Costa Rica planned for this year .
2 The candidate and unit enrolment data is cumulative in that , for example , the courses enrolled for in 1991–2 will include the new Batch 2 courses first validated for that year — but will also include candidates enrolling for the second cycle of Batch 1 , the third cycle of Phase 2 pilots , etc .
3 Ron Todd , general secretary of the Transport and General Workers ' Union , said they found in this year 's dock strike that some judges had changed little since the days of the Tolpuddle Martyrs or Taff Vale .
4 ‘ Lower inflation and interest rates also contributed to this year 's increase in profit .
5 What is more they appear to have done it , whether in small discussion groups , or the concerts and parties she helped to get under way to celebrate the ending of the war , which also came in that year .
6 Alan Hey , who graduated in that year and now works in Sheffield , is planning a party for students who studied for a Diploma in Ceramics or a Manager 's Diploma in Ceramics .
7 When development of supporting technology for guidance and control is counted in , these ballistic missile defence programmes accounted for about $2900 billion last year with a little over $500 million budgeted for this year .
8 None of that existed before this year .
9 At your request , ideas can re-evaluated in that year .
10 For example , in fifteen fifty seven/eight , when Queen Mary lost Calais to the French , the income of the town corporation doubled in that year from three hundred pounds to six hundred , and that 's entirely because they pulled in awful lot of French boats and then charged them all a lot of ransom money before they sent them back to France .
11 For example , in fifteen fifty-seven , eight , when Queen Mary lost Calais to the French , the income of the town corporation doubled in that year from three hundreds pounds to six hundred and that 's entirely because they pulled in an awful lot of French boats and then charged them all a lot of ransom money before they sent them back to France .
12 There seems little doubt that the prices of 1990 clarets asked in this year 's en primeur promotions will follow the same pattern as last year 's lot : 1989 wines on offer a year ago were reappearing in sales this January at prices up to 25 per cent lower .
13 ‘ The economic recovery has restored old fortunes far more significantly , ’ she admitted in this year 's State of the Nation address , ‘ than it has touched the lives of the vast majority of our people . ’
14 In Dering Street , Anthony d'Offay shows the four large abstract pictures which Elsworth Kelly exhibited at this year 's Documenta ( to 20 November ) , with an exhibition of an important new group of works by Gilbert & George opening at the end of the month ( 26 November-29 January 1993 ) .
15 Dr Mumby has been the target of investigative journalism at least three times ; the last of these , an article in Scotland on Sunday in 1991 , resulted in this year 's GMC hearing .
16 I should like to take this opportunity to thank all the employees of Johnson Matthey for the skilled and dedicated service that resulted in this year 's record performance
17 However , there continued to be successes from individual business units which resulted from another year of good effort , team work and commitment by Wimpol staff throughout the Group .
18 And that was something that went on all year
19 The mulch went on this year in March ( together with the Growmore , as ever ) , and only the keenest weeds have managed to struggle through .
20 Douglas Young reports from the Berlin Film Festival on several exciting discoveries he made among this year 's entries ( and some he wishes he had n't )
21 But I would be surprised if I did after this year , although , at this stage , I am still playing well enough and I am enjoying it enough so that if I want to play another tournament , I can . ’
22 But I would be surprised if I did after this year , although , at this stage , I am still playing well enough and I am enjoying it enough so that if I want to play another tournament , I can . ’
23 And they point out that the applications being checked are a tiny percentage of the 340,000 dealt with this year .
24 The Union of India ( comprising 25 self-governing states and seven union territories ) first became independent , as a dominion within the Commonwealth , in 1947 ; in 1950 , according to the Constitution inaugurated in that year , it became " a sovereign socialist secular democratic republic " .
25 In an interview which he gave in this year , he expressed his disappointment at the recent development of English poetry and suggested that any " creative advance " would come in prose fiction or in poetic drama : this is clearly what he himself was aiming at , as if he felt he could achieve in drama what he had already achieved in poetry .
26 In an interview which he gave in this year , the reporter noted how he seemed much " heartier , more unworried and more unafraid of the world than he did … five years ago " .
27 Angel appeared in this year .
28 Reporter MARGARET HUSSEY spoke to this year 's winners about what makes them write .
29 If this continued into this year , it would leave the Government with a £15m a month overspend .
30 But I am unable to see , however carefully I reread the 1969 Act , that Parliament had in that year taken any clear stance on it .
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