Example sentences of "for last year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forest also announced a pre-tax loss of £7,000 for last year . |
| 2 | However , BWD Rensburg , the broker , is looking for pre-tax profits of about £1.2m in the year ending 31 March against £1.04m reported for last year . |
| 3 | This year , it 's almost uncanny how the conditions are a mirror-match for last year . |
| 4 | Road deaths increased in the UK by six percent to 1250 in the second quarter of 1990 compared to the same period for last year . |
| 5 | The latter started favourite for last year 's Champion but proved no match for Beech Road , though he is expected to become a stronger horse this season . |
| 6 | For example , income shares in River & Mercantile — largely invested British blue chips — yield 12 p.c. , adjusted for last year 's rights issue . |
| 7 | Tesco gave up 15½p to 242p on the week , even though profits for last year are expected to be £123 million up at £540 million . |
| 8 | Last month , Wimpey and John Laing both reported big losses for last year . |
| 9 | Trainer David Barons had no excuses for last year 's winner Seagram , who made no show and was pulled up before the third-last . |
| 10 | Although Psion also unveiled a bigger-than-expected £2.2m loss for last year , against a £546,000 profit in 1990 , news that Series 3 sales had grown from 4,000 units in January to 14,000 last month spurred the shares . |
| 11 | A 5 p.c. reduction in gross margins on lower-margin desk-top computer products and the weakness in the market were blamed for last year 's downturn but ICL says its share of the British computer market rose by one point to 19 p.c . |
| 12 | Supermarket giant Tesco unveiled profits up 31 p.c. at £545m on turnover of £7.6 billion for last year and chairman Sir Ian MacLaurin declared : ‘ It is a recovery . ’ |
| 13 | The number of people evicted for not paying their mortgages may still be below the estimate of 75,000 for last year , however . |
| 14 | Fahey , whose international experience goes back to the Tokyo Olympics in 1964 , when he lost the bronze medal in a jump-off , qualified for last year 's World Cup Final , but decided his horse was not then ready for it . |
| 15 | Who did Elton John team up with for last year 's chart smash Do n't Let the Sun Go Down on Me ? |
| 16 | Both productions are designed and directed by the same team responsible for last year 's successful production of IOLANTHE . |
| 17 | Over the past few weeks I have been dipping into the annual report — for last year — of the Medical Defence Union , an outfit that deals with legal claims against doctors for alleged incompetence , negligence and other failings . |
| 18 | The awards for last year 's performances were handed out at the club 's dinner/dance . |
| 19 | The child can then put the same number of candles on it as his years , perhaps putting ‘ how many for last year ? ’ , ‘ four ’ and then one more for his ‘ fifth ’ birthday . |
| 20 | Phacelia ‘ Lavender Lass ’ , a new hardy annual with large , white-eyed , lilac flowers , really stands out from T&M , as does ‘ Cherry Blossom ’ , the pink and white form of Salvia coccinea , a lovely partner for last year 's ‘ Lady in Red ’ . |
| 21 | In addition to Cardinal , Szabo , Jackart , Charron , Woods and Lougheed , the capped players in the 22-strong party are outside-half Bob Ross and lock Ian Gordon , a replacement for Charron late in the second half for last year 's famous win over Scotland . |
| 22 | He tots up the maths in his head — five units for last year 's domestic season and the World Cup , a unit each for 1992 's five domestic tests , two more for the venture to South Africa and four for the major tour of Ireland and Wales . |
| 23 | But Sunday 's win should erase those ghosts , as well as make up for last year 's defeat to France in the final in Lyon . |
| 24 | Sexual immorality is the major reason for last year 's record 184,000 abortions . |
| 25 | Our average daily sale of 532,370 from May to October was up almost 13 per cent on the same period for last year . |
| 26 | Both Guardian Royal Exchange and Willis Corroon have reported substantially improved pre-tax profits for last year . |
| 27 | Northants profit Cricket : NatWest Trophy holders Northamptonshire have announced a net profit of £19,312 for last year . |
| 28 | Yesterday president Sylvia Byham said the club had originally planned the visit for last year and was delighted it was taking place at last . |
| 29 | The last page is the one which sets out the summary of the calendars for last year and next . |
| 30 | Attendance figures were 550 , compared to 520 for last year 's event in Leeds but the high cost of the daily sessions deterred members from staying the full three days and led one disgruntled art historian to dub the conference ‘ pay and display ’ . |