Example sentences of "[noun sg] for the [adj] year [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A further cause for concern was Recommendation 6 , with its proposal to base grant for the coming year to each Responsible Body not only on the standards of its own work but also on the needs of the area it served and on the provision made by others . |
| 2 | At the rate things were going Meredith could swallow up the budget for the entire year before the season was a quarter way through . |
| 3 | The net adjustment of L11,750,000 million was expected to restrict the deficit for the full year to L135,600,000 million , representing 10.7 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) , slightly higher than the original budget figure . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The hotel has targeted its occupancy for the first year at 55 per cent , which , Mr Nitschke says , is realistic . |
| 6 | The Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral Concerts Society has scooped a top award for the sixth year on the run . |
| 7 | No-one was more anti-populist than Charles Leslie , admittedly a rather extreme Tory , but whose Rehearsal was nevertheless a powerful vehicle for the propagation of Tory ideology for the middle years of Anne 's reign . |
| 8 | Moreover , the economic outlook for the company hardly warranted no dividend payments , as Sir Humphrey made clear in his chairman 's statement last November : ‘ There is a degree of optimism for the 1991 year in the expectation that the negative effects of the economy may be offset and minimised by the advancements being implemented in many areas of our business ’ . |
| 9 | A Japanese example is the surimono , a friendly greeting for the New Year through a drawing and a message which complement each other . |
| 10 | And of course in a scheme like that many details have to be worked out especially in negotiations with the bus company for the figure we have put in is I think a realistic figure for the first year of the scheme . |
| 11 | This is of course very much smaller than the comparative figure for the previous year of £321,715 , but it should also be looked at in the context of the budget for 1991–92 which had predicted a loss of £117,000 . |
| 12 | Skipper Michael , leading the side for the fourth year on the trot , is joined in the team by brothers John , Mark and Peter . |
| 13 | Nevin , out in the cold for the last year at Goodison , said : ‘ I 'm aiming to create as many goals as possible for Aldo and help take Tranmere into the Premier League . |
| 14 | Signs of improvement in some international markets , as well as sterling 's devaluation , could provide some help for the full year in which analysts are looking for profits of around £45m . |
| 15 | On Feb 28 , 1990 , the SPC approved a draft law for the last year of the five-year plan , and agreed new terms under which property might be more freely hired and transferred . |
| 16 | DeRoburt was a key architect of Nauru 's campaign for compensation for the 80 years of phosphate mining which had left 80 per cent of Nauru uninhabitable and incapable of sustaining vegetation . |
| 17 | The Purldrops Machine Knitting Club had re-elected the committee for the next year with Carole Porter as Chairperson and Jackie Scott as Secretary . |
| 18 | I have calculated that my tuition , rent and equipment for the five years of my degree would cost at least £54,500 . |
| 19 | If an agent decides to invest in an act for the first year of its career , this band may not sign a record deal . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The five non-permanent members of the Security Council for the two years from Jan. 1 , 1992 , were elected by the General Assembly on Oct. 16 . |
| 22 | Chairman 's hat-trick : Coun Norman Lantsbery had been elected chairman of Loftus Town Council for the third year in succession . |
| 23 | Most of the ‘ Shadows ’ remained in post for the four years of opposition . |
| 24 | ABERDEEN University has recorded a surplus for the second year in succession , underlining the turnaround in the institution 's fortunes during the past decade . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | By the end of 1989 Iraq had attained a production level of 2.9 million b/d , which may be compared with Iran 's recovery for the same year to 2.8 million . |
| 27 | The broker forecasts profits of £3.13 billion before tax for the financial year to March , giving earnings of 33.8p and a multiple of 10 . |
| 28 | Its profits before tax for the current year to 31 December are forecast at $900,000 on turnover of $6.5m . |
| 29 | He got a residency for the next year at the University of Kent and spent half the week in Canterbury . |
| 30 | American Trust , after a poor first half , has bounced back to report a 26 per cent leap in net asset value per share for the full year to 265.2p , from last year 's 210.3p . |