Example sentences of "[vb base] [adj] year " in BNC.
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1 | One image sticks in my mind from Brands Hatch that year , a race at which Ronnie , who was then lying just about level with Mario , had taken a notable pole position . |
2 | These ten men change each year . |
3 | Repeat each year . |
4 | I think the , this is quite well illustrated by the figures on employees , where the numbers employed fell by getting on for ten percent , though our spending on employees remained about the same , partly as a result of pay increases , partly also , as a result of changes in the profile of grades of the staff at the Council , and a movement towards better staff , better paid , and then finally the saving we make each year as turnover of staff occurs , and we do n't have to pay salaries during the handover period from one person to another , that saving that has reduced because the turnover of staff has reduced . |
5 | The report should have said ‘ if war permits ’ for , by October 1915 when the Annual General Meeting was reported in the Standard it was only the third press account that year and it indicated the Club was in dire straits . |
6 | The walk combines a fun day out with the important business of raising funds to help the millions of animals who suffer each year in laboratory tests . |
7 | The sponsored walk combines a fun day out for all of the family ( especially the four-legged members ! ) with the important business of raising funds to help the millions of animals who suffer each year in laboratory tests . |
8 | ( The highspot for the 600,000 fans who flock each year to the Graceland mansion shrine is the famous jungle room , where their idol used to watch three televised football games at once ) . |
9 | It looks like they 'll make 150 million pounds profit this year . |
10 | Another six families are thought to be suing the baby drinks firm this year because of its effect on their children 's teeth . |
11 | The 20 percenters , as they are colloquially known , receive benefits which more than compensate this year for their 20 per cent . |
12 | Yes , yes , I mean this year , with the formula obviously , because the number of fire calls has dropped , it impacts upon er , as I say that , I do n't know whether the actual , the cost , the differential between the number of calls that have dropped and the drop in the S S A , whether it 's comparable , and I do n't suppose they 've got a measure of the drop , in S S A terms it 's far greater than the actual marginal costs of er , not attending those er , extra , extra fire calls . |
13 | But he said they 've just I mean this year the whole orchard . |
14 | When Queenie talks about the increased expenditure on recreation from nineteen eighty to now , that 's quite right , there has been a huge increase in spending , and that 's because the Labour Council was committed to improving recreation facilities in the City , and it did n't continue the appalling record that the Conservative administration had had before of virtually no recreational facilities , it invested in recreation facilities — you listed them yourself — and of course those facilities have to be paid for and on when we have stood for election we 've always made it clear that we want to provide quality services , but of course that they have to be paid for , and so the second point that you then made was that , you know , our budget 's gone up beyond belief , well I mean this year it 's being cut by two million pounds , last year it was a standstill budget , and erm that has been done at a time when in fact Central Government has been transferring responsibilities from Central Government onto Local Government without increasing , indeed at the same time decreasing the amount of Central Government grant that 's gone to local councils . |
15 | CHRISTMAS came early at Fleetwood Branch this year ! |
16 | It was called ‘ Belfast Rocks Again ’ and , despite losing money , was successful enough to merit a repeat this year . |
17 | But if the snow-wreaths of the Ob river do n't reach Bharatpur this year , I shall feel inescapably sad . |
18 | Absent this year is the rich range of June drawings exhibitions timed to distract buyers from the major auction houses ' summer sales , leaving only Bellinger 's , and , in early July , Flavia Ormond 's . |
19 | It is tax , tax , and tax again : tax this year , tax next year , and tax even more the year after . ’ |
20 | Growers are expecting a bumper apple harvest this year , so they 'll be able to supply the extra 200 tons of apples a day Bulmers want . |
21 | They are very few compared with the many thousands of monochrome illustrations which appear each year . |
22 | organizes the games to be built and with a team of three — and — is responsible for the amazing new constructions which appear each year . |
23 | The 5th Issue index-linked certificates , also tax-exempt , pay the accumulated increase in the Retail Prices Index each year plus 4.5 p.c. if held for five years . |
24 | The fact that attendance figures grow each year is testament to Newbury 's deserved popularity . |
25 | We covered a lot of sea miles in the Bristol Channel that year , taking in most of the ports , including the long haul up the Avon to Bristol Docks which in those days were still open to commercial traffic . |
26 | Making matters worse is that many companies have not hedged themselves against a rising yen this year , expecting the currency not to trade any higher than around the ¥120 level . |
27 | Japan turns out a vast number of graduates every year , but it begins to look as if the unthinkable in Tokyo , graduate unemployment , is about to become a serious problem : Fujitsu Ltd says it plans to slash the number of new hirings next spring to less than a seventh of this year 's figure — just 300 engineers , and , for the first year since its founding in 1935 , will take on no staff in its sales and administrative departments ; it will add 2,200 new staff to its 52,000 base this year compared with 3,000 in 1992 and nearly 4,000 in 1991 . |
28 | On the livestock side Stuart Ashworth warned that beef producers should brace themselves for a cut in the Beef Special Premium ‘ the base for Scotland is 244,000 male animals but there will be at least 300,000 head this year so we can anticipate a cut of somewhere in the region of 20-25 per cent in BSP payments . |
29 | Six titles appear this year ; the first four are The Flower Garden ( 1 85029 369 4 ) , The Container Garden ( 411 9 ) , The Shady Garden ( 363 5 ) and The Glasshouse Garden ( 414 3 ) . |
30 | The problem is as they know in their heart of hearts much of what they propose this year is not sustainable in future years . |