Example sentences of "[num ord] year for the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the bursting of the bubble , land prices fell last year for the first time in 17 years . |
| 2 | Last year for the first time there were European dressage titles in two categories : Werth won the conventional Special , while Rothenberger took the freestyle . |
| 3 | IBM , which announced a major restructuring after plunging into the red last year for the first time in its history , made an after-tax profit of $595m in the three months ending March . |
| 4 | The under-21s are more even highly-fancied to retain the national title , which they won last year for the first time by beating Nottinghamshire in the final . |
| 5 | Rural living standards in most areas had improved significantly in the 1980s , but last year for the first time they fell back . |
| 6 | Last year for the first time , Nuclear Electric was able to operate the Dungeness B nuclear power station at over 1200MWe , largely thanks to an AEA computer-based reactor protection system . |
| 7 | Last year for the first time we were charged £10.58 for an audit certificate — something District Audit assure me takes a few minutes to complete and is provided free of charge by most banks . |
| 8 | FRENCH exports of wines and spirits fell last year for the first time in 20 years as recession caught up with one of the country 's proudest industries . |
| 9 | I read them both again erm last year for the first time for many years , and I found Herodotus much the better of the two , because Herodotus was prepared to be curious about everything . |
| 10 | Manufacturing industry was still in recession right up to the end of 1992 , and both manufacturing and total industrial output fell last year for the third year in a row , according to the Central Statistical Office 's figures yesterday . |
| 11 | He won there last year for the third time , beating Bertie Fisher , and is again likely to be the pace-setter . |
| 12 | Marine Midland , a subsidiary of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank , lost $300m last year for the same reason . |
| 13 | According to a report last year for the National Enterprise Board by PA International , a firm of consultants , Britain 's IT industry suffers from serious shortcomings . |
| 14 | Senior West German officials here last night said that the Bonn cabinet had agreed to vote with President Mitterrand and other EC leaders to fix a date before the end of next year for the special conference of EC governments to begin drawing up a new treaty . |