Example sentences of "[adj] year when a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did not , however , appear to have sole rights at Tilberthwaite for there was an annoyance this year when a small company working on the Baron 's land , encroached onto Coniston ground , and illegally mined ore rightfully allowed to Taylor & Co . |
| 2 | Newall was arrested in August this year when a Royal Navy frigate intercepted his yacht off Gibraltar — an operation that cost an estimated £250,000 . |
| 3 | He says : ‘ It 's ludicrous that we have to wait for three to five years when a foreign company can come in and pick up a UK TV company right now . ’ |
| 4 | At national level HMI customarily look back two years when an overall survey of progress is made . |
| 5 | However , the fabulous goal-kicker is now much more mobile than he was last year when a niggling groin injury affected him . |