Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] for the [num ord] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am optimistic now that we 've got a stable base for the next year , and I 'm always optimistic for the year after ! |
| 2 | The Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral Concerts Society has scooped a top award for the sixth year on the run . |
| 3 | The Women Artists Slide Library is presently applying for funds to continue to develop the library , run a fuller service for its members and users and to continue with this work for the next year . |
| 4 | Well , she 's been having an affair with this bloke for the last year or so and then out of the blue he turned round and … |
| 5 | In the 600cc class which should be the best of the day , Jim Moodie is fastest on 115.90 but if McCallen gets it together he can win this race for the third year in a row . |
| 6 | Curry , from London , outshone allcomers to retain her British title for the third year running . |
| 7 | Presenting his budget this week , the finance minister , Wang Bingqian , used his favourite word for the third year running to describe the state of the public purse : ‘ grim ’ . |
| 8 | Guidelines for provisioning ( hitherto unknown in the industry ) were tightened up again this autumn for the second year in succession . |
| 9 | this autumn for the third year running . |
| 10 | 28–8–1866 Norman McLeod , an Elder , had ceased to attend public worship for the last year and two other Elders were sent to find out why , " when he assigned as reasons several charges against the Minister , that his preaching was neither law nor Gospel ; that he considered him aiming at himself personally in his preaching . " |
| 11 | XYZ Foods are well-known for their pioneering work in the field of slimming foods and they have been researching this pack for the last year . |
| 12 | Viewers also voted Terry Wogan the most overrated performer for the second year in succession and Jeremy Beadle as the person most likely to make them switch off . |
| 13 | Surbiton LTC won the men 's doubles over 45 event for the third year when they overcame Manchester Northern Club in the finals of the Eagle Star Inter Club Veterans Tournament held at Queen 's Club during November . |
| 14 | Students intending to take a joint degree join either department for the first year and since requirements of two departments must be satisfied , joint degree students normally have a restricted choice of courses in first and second years . |
| 15 | BOB Geldof has been voted the worst dressed celebrity for the second year running by youngsters between 11 and 18 in a Lloyds Bank survey . |
| 16 | Applications will be accepted from 2 March and the guaranteed rate for the first year will be 6.34 per cent gross , equivalent 4.75 per cent . |
| 17 | THE Labour Party National Executive yesterday endorsed a campaigning strategy for the next year in which the party will seek to popularise its policy review while focusing its opposition to the Government on health , the economy , the poll tax , teacher shortages , and transport . |
| 18 | THE Labour Party National Executive yesterday endorsed a campaigning strategy for the next year in which the party will seek to popularise its policy review while focusing its opposition to the Government on health , the economy , the poll tax , teacher shortages , and transport . |
| 19 | The annual survey on the Norwegian economy published in early March 1991 by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) reported that inflation , then at an annual rate of 4.5 per cent , was " below the rates prevailing in most trading partner countries " , and that there was a current-account surplus for the third year in succession after several years of difficult adjustment following the mid-1980s fall in oil prices . |
| 20 | Manchester United registered an astonishing double for the second year running as Welsh whizz-kid Ryan Giggs won the Young Player of the Year title . |
| 21 | Japan , defying international condemnation for the fourth year running , has announced it 's intention to kill 300 minke whales . |
| 22 | However , shareholders continue to suffer as the group halved its total dividend for the second year in a row . |
| 23 | The news that the ill may face an inflation-busting increase for the second year running was revealed yesterday as carefree Mr Lamont continued to holiday in Italy . |
| 24 | THE most unlikely venue in the 38-year history of the Eurovision Song Contest last night produced an Irish winner for the second year in succession . |
| 25 | Databases remain the number one concern for the second year running , whilst Unix standards are listed as the 8th most important issue , compared with their showing at 19th position last year . |
| 26 | Laura , an accountant , has just won the Ulster ladies ' individual life-saving title for the fourth year running , while Karen is in the ambulance service and plays a key role as secretary of Ireland 's No.1 club in the RLSS — Southend . |
| 27 | In-Service Training day fees are being held at the same cost for the third year running , despite inflation and a probable increase in the cost of premises for Q.T. days . |
| 28 | When it was privatised , the prospectus projected a £10.2 million loss for the first year ( which in fact was 16 months long to take its accounts to the calendar year-end ) . |
| 29 | She wished she could believe that Mother Clare in Dublin would welcome Eve and tell her that the Dublin convent would be her new home for the next year . |
| 30 | However , defending champion Lyons was in top form and went on to take the chequered flag for the second year running . |