Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the evocative first ascent photo of Joe Brown and Wilf White in 1948 , which featured in the 1978 guide , through the Hard Rock treatment , the hundreds of ascents this route receives each year indicate its lasting popularity and quality . |
| 2 | Of the 500m tonnes of industrial and domestic waste that OECD Europe produces each year , roughly a third is recovered rather than incinerated or buried . |
| 3 | The summer holidays that year saw me at my most apathetic — and my most miserable . |
| 4 | Some 40 million glossy brochures pack agents ' racks advertising holidays each year . |
| 5 | These grants equalled nearly a third of all EEC grants that year for uranium prospecting ( £416,000 ) . |
| 6 | At Dixons electrical store nearby , there have been four smash and grab raids this year . |
| 7 | DAVID BYRNE 's classical composition , ‘ The Forest ’ , launches this year 's Amnesty International Human Rights Day celebrations at The Royal Festival Hall on November 29 . |
| 8 | Malcolm became only the third Brit to gain any World Cup points this year and is definitely a name to watch for the future . |
| 9 | He said bookings for summer holidays this year were well ahead , with operators competing fiercely on price to capture their share of the market . |
| 10 | I 'm going to sacrifice maybe holidays this year , and maybe have a couple of long weekend breaks , as long as I earn enough to keep my head above water and to pay my way in life for the next twelve months , keep my family fed and watered I 'm Okay , then I 'm going to take stock in twelve months ' time . |
| 11 | The Rossi calculation on the basis that I have described produces this year an uprating index of 7 per cent . |
| 12 | ‘ If the Queen thinks this year was Annus Horribilis , then next year is going to be Annus Catastrophicus , ’ she said . |
| 13 | Local authorities will also be able to sustain their expenditure on improvement grants this year in real terms . |
| 14 | We made two grants this year totalling £150 . |
| 15 | The annual Nick Estcourt Award of £1000 , granted to small expeditions in pursuit of challenging mountain objectives , goes this year to the British Makrong Chhish expedition which will attempt the first ascent of the mountain . |
| 16 | He also saw booming business in multimedia , and forecast that Apple will sell over 1m CD-ROM drives this year and more than 2m next — it sold only 50,000 of the things last year . |
| 17 | For Lord 's to giveth each year is fine . |
| 18 | In addition to the financing of each year 's new borrowing requirement , the Bank has also to consider the refinancing , by the issue of new debt , of that part of the existing National Debt which matures each year since the way in which this is done can affect both the liquidity of financial markets and the structure of interest rates . |
| 19 | They had n't even invented traffic humps fifty years ago . |
| 20 | But that is a small fraction of the stuff which humanity discards each year . |
| 21 | As a result , while Chinese audiences were relishing every passionate embrace in 1926 , Japanese censors that year systematically snipped 800,000 feet out of imported foreign films . |
| 22 | He has eight years of GPs behind him and more crashes than he 'd care to remember . |
| 23 | BRITAIN 's first Sunday jumps meeting proved a winner with the public at Cheltenham yesterday — but the prospect of a proper on-course market still looks light years away . |
| 24 | The same logic appears to apply in relation to the housing market , where a doubling of the stamp duty threshold giveth this year what reduced mortgage tax relief next year taketh away . |
| 25 | Celebrities such as Amanda De Cadenet , whose baby has graced two covers this year , even go as far as to be pictured breastfeeding . |
| 26 | Does the Minister agree with the figure given by the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the Dispatch Box when he told us that there would be 40,000 mortgage rescues this year ? |
| 27 | The company in question — which can not be identified by order of the court — has this year been negotiating for a substantial loan . |
| 28 | Two more annuals which get hardier by the year are Playfair ( Queen Anne Press , £2.99 ) truly pocket-sized and a marvellous source of instant information , and The Cricketers Who 's Who ( Lennard Publishing , £10.95 ) which has this year restored the first-class umpires and whose unique feature is a photograph of every player . |
| 29 | To Tozer , the news that IBM UK , the industry 's barometer , has this year frozen pay and is reshuffling its employees to cut numbers must have a good side : ‘ If it means it becomes more responsive to the market and customers , I think we will benefit , ’ she says . |
| 30 | The traditional ESCA-organised Wrigley Softball Tournament has this year attracted a record 2,500 primary schools , each aiming to become one of the 16 teams to reach the National Finals . |