Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the [noun prp] [num ord] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Loudspeakers will be lowered into the water from a pilot boat , and the whales will be played recordings made off the Azores last year by a Bangor University marine biologist , John Goold . |
| 2 | No less than three UIA work groups met in the UK last year — the Public Health group met in London at the time of the International Hospital Federation conference ; the Region 1 Habitat group met in Birmingham ; and the Architecture in Primary Schools group 2 as associated with the successful BET event in Cambridge . |
| 3 | After-hours computerised futures trading will be operating in the US next year , possibly through a combination of systems being developed by the world 's two largest futures exchanges , the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the LIFFE . |
| 4 | 14.2 million pigs were slaughtered in the UK last year . |
| 5 | Trucks , buses and most taxis use them , and 40 per cent of vehicle fuel sold in the UK last year was diesel . |
| 6 | We estimate that four million pounds worth of fake Adidas clothing was probably sold in the UK last year . |
| 7 | Cycling is cheap , it 's green , and it 's healthy … but despite the fact that over two million new bicycles were sold in the UK last year , less than three per cent of journeys are made by bike . |
| 8 | Gervase Jackson-Stops has also come to the aid of Stowe , with An English Arcadia 1600 – 1990 , an exhibition of designs and watercolours of gardens in the care of the National Trust which opens in the USA next year . |
| 9 | IT TOOK an average of 106 months to build the six nuclear power stations that were completed in the US last year . |
| 10 | It 's the first four , maybe five , new cars that Mitsubishi will launch in the UK next year , including new Spacewagons and Shoguns . |
| 11 | An estimated £51m was spent in the UK last year on nail products ; for many people , it seems , a well-turned hand is still incomplete without a coat of lacquer . |
| 12 | The report says that the government allowed 37 035 tonnes of waste to be imported into the UK last year . |
| 13 | Ballooning was one of the five crucial issues identified by the NII last year in its initial comments on the board 's Pre-Construction Safety Report ( RSR ) . |
| 14 | But although Paul has been a guest on television shows such as the Hot Chefs and Master Chef , ‘ Gourmet Ireland ’ — a 15 part series due to be screened throughout the UK next year — offered the husband and wife team a new presenters ' role . |
| 15 | For opera lovers , Erato 's ‘ Libretto ’ series launched in the UK last year , aims to provide ‘ affordable opera ’ . |
| 16 | Frank obviously want to travel to the US next year and to be in contention he — has — to play first team football — Frank was cited today as not beeing to impressed with Deano : ’ 2 goals in 12 matches in England is not at all impressive ; the chances keep coming all the time in games over here ’ . |
| 17 | This follows close on the heels of a report published by the RSPB last year , Death by Design , which outlined just how serious the problem had become . |