Example sentences of "year [conj] is [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Doug Williams , a manager in the bank 's insurance group , says the operation has been profitable for the past two years and is already seen as a significant part of Chase 's retail service . |
| 2 | Overall , however , the railways are likely to be one of the toughest state sell-offs of them all , for BR has not made a profit for 40 years and is widely perceived as demoralised and run-down . |
| 3 | Version 1 of Rescalc has been around for some years and is today regarded as rather palaeolithic . |
| 4 | Tony Farrow has been building one-off yachts for 20 years and is well known for the trimaran Colt Cars GB , Geoff Panell 's Admiral 's Cup triallist Itzanotherpurla re-named Red Stripe and more recently used by the RAF as a test bench under the name of Oracle Arrow in preparation for this year 's Admiral 's Cup . |
| 5 | Lancelot Andrewes , who was Hooker 's contemporary and friend , outlived him by twenty-five years and is usually regarded as his intellectual successor in the history of the Church of England . |
| 6 | The centre 's been running for four years and is still looked after by Andy Middleton who set it up . |
| 7 | It has flourished for well over 100 years and is always held on the first weekend in July . |
| 8 | His proud mother , Rita Coyne , said : ‘ He has struggled for two and a half years and is now determined to live life to the full . ’ |
| 9 | The allowance is paid in full for three years and is then reduced progressively by 12½ per cent per annum of the original difference over the subsequent seven years . |
| 10 | Now aged 38 , Harwood has been making things , perfecting techniques and designing for the last twenty years but is barely known outside a small group of cognoscenti . |
| 11 | The landmark structure has been out of action for two years but is now expected to be back in service in July . |
| 12 | Experts at Kent Meters , who have vast experience of conditions in different climates , reckon that metering could save more water in a year than is currently stored in northern Europe 's biggest man-made reservoir , Kielder Water in Northumbria . |
| 13 | Ronnie Whelan 's left foot will qualify for unemployment benefit ( what , he asks , goes to Wembley every year and is never used — Whelan 's left foot ) ; Emlyn Hughes will be lead singer of the Communards and the FA and Football League will be able to act with the benefit of hindsight . |