Example sentences of "on a year " in BNC.
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| 1 | near on a year . ’ |
| 2 | Page 25 Car sales down : Some 171,730 cars were sold in September , a 10 per cent decline on a year ago and the first fall since April 1987 . |
| 3 | However , in volume terms , exports were up seven per cent in the last three months compared with the previous three months and was up 13 per cent on a year ago . |
| 4 | Britain 's real GDP fell in the first quarter , the third drop in a row , leaving it 2.5% down on a year ago . |
| 5 | Inflation remains 5% a month , a big improvement on a year ago but still worrying . |
| 6 | Bankruptcies are 75 per cent up on a year ago . |
| 7 | Just on a year ago , as I was to be in London at the time of the World Cup , I made enquiries about obtaining tickets to attend some of the Cup matches in the United Kingdom . |
| 8 | The Government 's preferred three-month measure shows output was unchanged compared with the previous three months , and only 0.5 pc up on a year earlier . |
| 9 | As a Golf Plus Club Member you can enjoy up to a 20% discount on a year 's subscription to Britain 's best golf magazines bringing you the best pictures and best coverage of your favourite game . |
| 10 | And bookseller Pentos saw sales SOAR 16 per cent on a year ago . |
| 11 | Mr Bernard Staite , boss of the consortium who operate the loco , commented : ‘ From November No 4472 will embark on a year long tour of private railways after which she will have a major overhaul . |
| 12 | Each year the ‘ hockey stick ’ moves on a year , or sometimes two years , and the only certainty is the constant conviction that five years out everything is going to be all right . |
| 13 | The appeal committee dismissed the applicant 's appeals , stating that to put any more pressure on a year intake that was up to its capacity would be beyond the school 's resources and detrimental to its ability to provide an efficient education , and that the girls did not meet the admission criteria . |
| 14 | After giving the case careful consideration , the panel decided that , as is stated in section 6(3) ( a ) of the Education Act 1980 , that to put any more pressure on a year intake that was up to its capacity would be beyond the school 's resources and detrimental to its ability to provide an efficient education . |
| 15 | To my mind such a variation on a year by year basis by reference to an extraneous factor would be a most anomalous result , and would involve great difficulties in quantifying the cost to the employer in each case . |
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| 17 | Despite the brisk sales reported in the last few days before Christmas , December saw a small decline in retail trade compared with the previous year , according to the Confederation of British Industry 's distributive trades panel , said on Tuesday that many retailers had reported a disappointing Christmas , although the results were an improvement on recent months and sales in January were expected to be up on a year ago . |
| 18 | The 29 booksellers and stationers responding to the CBI survey were among the disappointed retailers , with 59% reporting sales volume down on a year ago and 57% describing the volume of sales as poor for the time of year . |
| 19 | ‘ You 've been sitting in that damned cottage for nigh on a year and you 've become a coward . |
| 20 | down on a year ago , and is only 6 per cent . |
| 21 | The overall unemployment level stands at 22.4pc , three per cent up on a year ago . |
| 22 | Together , we can look back on a year of consider- able success , and forward to a new year of challenge . |
| 23 | Er , we 've flattened the one hand by the inclusion of Thames ' own cash of twenty seven million , but on a year and year comparison the erm , the dollar , the sterling value of our dollar debt was fifty two million pounds higher , so in fact we have reduced net debt on , at an operating level year on year . |
| 24 | it matures on a year by year basis which may be of interest . |
| 25 | This is all a far cry from the halcyon days of the mid 80s when investors almost felt they had a vested right to 20 per cent per annum plus returns on a year by year basis . |
| 26 | Sales volumes in May were up on a year ago for the fifth month in a row but they remained well below normal for the time of year , he said . |
| 27 | ‘ The commitment to fund a rolling programme in County Durham is also very good news as this will enable us to plan ahead over a three-year period rather than on a year to year basis as has been the case . |
| 28 | FORMER Middlesbrough rider Daz Sumner is to return to Cleveland Park on a year 's loan from Belle Vue . |
| 29 | The theory behind the cuts was that there was no point in having maximum OB resources available on a year round basis . |
| 30 | Exports declined to $27.97 billion , 0.5 per cent down on a year previously , but imports fell 2.8 per cent to $17.41 billion , the ministry said . |