Example sentences of "[noun sg] the year " in BNC.
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| 1 | This transfer of power is referred to as the Meiji Restoration , or the Meiji Revolution , after the reign name now adopted by the young emperor who had succeeded to the throne the year before . |
| 2 | Sheep flocks are set stocked and are dependent on pasture the year round apart from a limited provision of fodder in times of storm or supplementary food in late pregnancy while cattle are customarily fed during winter . |
| 3 | Losses for the year ended August 31 netted out to $9.5m Canadian versus $19.9m Canadian the year before . |
| 4 | At a Tuxis Boys ' camp the year before we had coined the word MELACHUSETUCK as an ‘ Indian name ’ for the camp . |
| 5 | For whatever reason , the French failed either to withdraw their forces from what were intended as border strongholds or to reinforce them sufficiently to be able to withstand attacks from Vietminh forces which could now be launched at divisional strength trained and commensurately equipped by the Chinese communist armies which had reached the frontier the year before . |
| 6 | Acting on the advice of the Greek astronomer Sosigenes , Caesar directed that to correct this anomaly the year 46 BC should be extended to 445 days . |
| 7 | There was a prospect ahead of " centuries of barbarism " which , in an interview the year before , he had already related to the coming dominance of technology . |
| 8 | World Communications Year ( WCY ) began in January , The United Nations , whose brainchild the year is , has largely failed to communicate that WCY is happening at all , let alone why it is needed . |
| 9 | And , ever since Bob Geldof , then a mere singer and nota saint , invented the celebrity charity circuit with Band Aid at Christmas 1984 , and Live Aid the year after the subject of self-promotion has reared its ugly head . |
| 10 | SNI expects to release the boxes , which run the SNI version of SVR4 Sinix , in the states in the second half the year . |
| 11 | He died in a car accident the year I left school , but I listened to his pop records all the time . |
| 12 | He had lost his father through an industrial accident the year before he went to university . |
| 13 | ‘ That 's right , ’ Travis agreed , ‘ though he 's more like another brother to me , ’ he added , and went on to explain , ‘ His parents were killed in an accident the year I was born . |
| 14 | Thailand increased its rubber exports by 31 per cent in the first half of 1985 compared with the same period the year before — yet its rubber revenues fell by eight per cent1 . |
| 15 | He was released from his duties by Conference the year after he became Secretary . |
| 16 | Naturally , the school worked in the forest the year round . |
| 17 | ‘ Your grandfather had a standard bearer of that name the year we conquered the Alan . ’ |
| 18 | Peter had won three times already and had been unlucky not to make it a fourth title the year before . |
| 19 | Britain 's non-oil exports to France were up by 12 per cent last December , compared to the same month the year before . |
| 20 | It is probable therefore that from 6d to 9d a week is as much as labourers ' wives in general , hereabout , earn on an average the year through . |
| 21 | But it was only when Susato began to publish at Antwerp in 1543 that their songs appeared in quantity and it was Susato who really launched Crecquillon with a book of 36 chansons à 4 parties in 1543 , though he had published Crecquillon 's greatest hit , ‘ Ung gay bergier ’ , in a miscellaneous collection the year before . |
| 22 | This is a great help and you may be able to find out if events intend to rotavate by asking around , or speaking to a competitor who rode at the competition the year before . |
| 23 | She had been referred to a physician the year after surgery with chest and epigastric pain . |
| 24 | The housing slump , which left millions of homeowners unable to fork out for expensive home improvements , has seen its DIY arm , Do It All , plunge £2.7 million in to the red after making a £10.4 million profit the year before . |
| 25 | John now faces another couple of years of the same routine , as Reiver in 1994 and Left Hand Man the year after . |
| 26 | In this calendar the year consisted of twelve months , each of thirty days except the eighth month , which comprised thirty-five days . |
| 27 | Celebrating in print the Year of the Chateaux — 1991 |
| 28 | There was a question , ‘ Who won the Best Actor Oscar the year of Midnight Cowboy ? ’ |
| 29 | The case for a devaluation will be stronger still if doubts continue about the Clinton administration 's ability to see the North American Free Trade Agreement ( NAFTA ) ratified by Congress before the end the year . |
| 30 | Amazingly , the Million , which is restricted to the 250 yearlings sold at the Goffs Million sale the year before , will continue to clash with the Arc weekend because the sales it is tied to take place the week after . |