Example sentences of "be a year " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have to go , ’ said Lucy , as if scolding , eyes sparkling with pleasure , ‘ I 'll see you when you 're a year older . ’ |
| 2 | Because they 're a year younger than I am , two years younger and they 've been registered now for six , seven , eight , or nine years . |
| 3 | You 're a year younger than us . |
| 4 | I am a Year 10 pupil at St Patrick 's , Thornaby . |
| 5 | The Warren Beatty film which has been a year in the making and give years in the planning is this summer 's hot ticket . |
| 6 | One may however ask whether those in the action sample who said that the strain was less than it had been a year ago attributed this to the effects of the Home Support Project . |
| 7 | By an Act of 1808 ( 48 Geo III cap 123 ) , anyone who had been a year in prison for a debt of less than £20 was thought to have suffered enough and must be allowed to go home . |
| 8 | It has been a year of controversy for Brady as the club has still to decide on whether to move to a new home at Cambuslang or remain at Celtic Park . |
| 9 | Besides , Liza was no longer the stunningly attractive girl she had been a year ago . |
| 10 | It had been a year since the old Port Road to Stranraer line had closed and the London to Stranraer trains were diverted via Ayr and Girvan . |
| 11 | The fiscal year to December 31 1992 should actually have been a year of consolidation . |
| 12 | In so many ways 1990 has been a year of near-misses . |
| 13 | He had been a year older than herself , almost painfully shy , but even then passionately interested in the plight of the working classes in Dublin , and determined to do something — although even he did n't know what — for them . |
| 14 | ‘ The past year has not been a year of successful treatment or progress . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's a pity it 's just been a year . |
| 16 | The task ahead has been clearly recognised and 1992–93 has been a year in which we have continued to apply our skills and core technologies across the wider spectrum of human endeavour from healthcare to the care of the environment in which we live . |
| 17 | ‘ It would have been a year . |
| 18 | 1991 has been a year of change , adapting ourselves to what our customers want from us , and , of course how we make strong profit from that . |
| 19 | This has been a year when pensions have been very much to the fore . |
| 20 | It has been a year of continuing economic difficulty for solicitor and client alike . |
| 21 | As predicted last year , 1992 has been a year of change in the North Sea . |
| 22 | LVMH In a particularly difficult economic climate , 1992 has been a year of mixed fortunes for LVMH . |
| 23 | But this has been a year when the English selectors , with the Olympics in mind , have encouraged Julie to concentrate more on her doubles play . |
| 24 | But this has been a year when the English selectors , with the Olympics in mind , have encouraged Julie to concentrate more on her doubles play . |
| 25 | The play has been a year in the making . |
| 26 | It has been a year of change for the Mechanics Institute which has seen its crumbling headquarters re-vamped into a fashionable pub . |
| 27 | Ronald Chalmers 's term of office as vice-chairman had been a year only , he said , and he had made it know that he did not want to be considered for an office-bearer 's position . |
| 28 | The first time there 's actually been a year on year rise since the beginning of nineteen ninety one . |
| 29 | There 's one thing about it , only been a year old the heating is in good condition , you 're warm in there . |
| 30 | It 's been a year practically has n't it ? |