Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [noun] [adv] a year " in BNC.
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1 | He bought the old Cherton Manor about a year ago and has set about turning himself into the local squire . ’ |
2 | Bulwark was commissioned in January 1960 and stationed with her Commando embarked at Singapore ; Albion followed as the second Commando Carrier about a year later ; construction of six Army-owned Landing Ships Logistic ( LSLs ) was authorised in August 1960 ; the Assault Ships Fearless and Intrepid were ordered in 1961 and 1962 ; and design work was started in December 1961 on the next generation of aircraft carriers , the first of which was code-named CVA 01 . |
3 | They changed to a strategy-management mode in which each of the business heads met with the entire executive board once a year to define strategic objectives and once a year to establish a budget . |
4 | that was my twenty first birthday we bought that on , so that was before Gary was born and er , that had black screw on legs as well , the televisions had black screw , oh we did n't have a television we had a second hand television about a year after we were married and I remember Coronation Street starting , that started about when we got married . |
5 | Every school has its management and national curriculum provision once a year by inspectors . |
6 | COLLECTING NATIONAL INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS BY STERLING REMITTANCE IS AN EXPENSIVE PROCEDURE FOR US ; AND PAYING A LARGE LUMP SUM ONCE A YEAR MAY NOT BE CONVENIENT FOR YOU . |
7 | I ran out of printed business cards over a year ago , and I 've now run out of my stock of the blank cards ( which in view of my handwriting have a rather negative impact in any case ) . |
8 | you 're supposed to give it a good bees waxing once a year ! |
9 | When I spoke with Mike Spring , creator and master planner of this new and important Hyperion series about a year ago , he was full of enthusiasm about the music and artists which were to be recruited to perform it . |
10 | The International Federation of Chemical , Energy and General Workers Unions about a year ago revealed that a study conducted for the US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ( NIOSH ) among workers in a New Jersey Plant working with the proteolytic bacterial enzyme Esperase in producing a bleach showed they had become immunologically sensitised to the enzyme , despite very low levels of exposure . |