Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] year [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the first year or so it turns you into a kind of psychopathic animal and then suddenly , like a butterfly emerging from the pupa , you sprout wings , your heart opens , you become … charming . |
| 2 | For the first year or so some of the people , particularly in the big independent television ( ITV ) companies , were incredibly scornful of both Liz Forgan and myself . |
| 3 | For the first year or so of the war , oil and gas operations in the Gulf , leaving aside the damaged Iraqi terminals , continued very much as in the 1970s . |
| 4 | For the first years or so of the war , oil and gas operations , setting aside the damaged Gulf terminals and the dislocation of the northern pipeline , continued very much as during the previous decade . |
| 5 | The elections for it were promised for the following year and already by the time of the secretary of state 's television broadcast in early September both the NIO and the Ulster political parties were evolving respective plans . |
| 6 | Finally , the spring Consolidated Fund Act authorizes the issue of the amount required in the spring supplementaries for the current year and also the total sun required to meet any excess votes in the prior year . |
| 7 | One of the lads is proud of the fact that he has managed to avoid doing any writing for the past year or so ! |
| 8 | Germany is at last waking up to the what has been clear to outsiders for the past year or so , that there is going to be no quick fix to the recession it is facing and that it will be long and grinding : this week the BDI industrial federation admitted that the downturn could develop into Germany 's worst recession since the end of World War II , saying that the western German economy will continue to decline , and the fall will be deeper than previously thought , so that in important sectors such as the capital goods industry the downturn will represent a new post-war record ; the body blames weak foreign demand for German goods , the now over-valued mark and rising costs for German industry and now admits it is the result of structural problems that will have long-term economic effects . |
| 9 | Sun Microsystems Inc has been under withering fire for the past year or so from companies seduced into trying to build machines compatible with Sun 's own — and then finding that the company artfully withholds all the best bits for itself . |
| 10 | For the past year or so , all hon. Members except my hon. Friends on the Front Bench have sung from the same hymn book about decommissioning . |
| 11 | For the last year or so he 's gained a reputation as ‘ Jack the sniper ’ . |
| 12 | They have n't been as much part of my life as I would like , because for the last year or so it has been more or less taken up by the future of the channel . |
| 13 | Oh , I wish I could have continued as I 've been for the last year or so , with no hopes or fears , and no pleasures and no sadness . ’ |
| 14 | 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 … |
| 15 | He went away a lot , with his work , but he 's been back with us for the last year or so , off and on . ’ |
| 16 | But it wo n't be that much because I 've been out of things for the last year and before that I had shut my eyes anyway . |
| 17 | For your own good , at least for the next year or so , I think you 'd be best out of the way . |
| 18 | ‘ I think in many ways it will set the tone certainly for the coming year and perhaps beyond , ’ she said , adding that it ‘ turns trickle-down economics around 180 degrees . ’ |
| 19 | We want them improved for the coming year and certainly by the first year of the council tax . |
| 20 | The roll that is quoted above records the election of officers for the coming year and then goes on to note the making of by-laws and the fining of defaulters . |
| 21 | The most remarkable of these long-established families were the Boulters who had established no fewer than eight different households during the 100 years or so that they had lived in Wigston . |
| 22 | The second is a historical observation , that during the thirty years or so since the first observations of single cell response properties in the visual systems of mammals , our understanding of how the visual system works has been driven as much by theoretical developments in the psychology of perception as the other way round . |
| 23 | In patients with persisting H pylori infection ( group 2 ) the mean extent of gastric metaplasia during the first 12 months of follow up was compared with the extent during the second year or later . |
| 24 | There is no question that the electricity was used during the financial year and yet the cost of the electricity is not shown until the next financial year . |
| 25 | During the hundred years or so after Constantine Christianity could be a passport to office , power , and wealth . |
| 26 | They point out : ‘ During the first year or so , you will have to work long and unsociable hours and may have to go without a holiday or make other sacrifices . ’ |
| 27 | The survey points out that only three biotechnology medicines have been approved in the US during the past year and only 14 in the past decade , and at this rate , it will take 13 years for the 21 medicines now awaiting approval to be passed . |
| 28 | We believe that this common factor is so important that during the past year or so we have experimented in ways of bringing the participants together to discuss their ideas and to foster the creation of a spirit of community . |
| 29 | Indeed , more than a dozen joint ventures of various types have been announced in the semi-conductor industry during the past year or so ( many between Japanese and US firms ) , raising questions about whether ‘ too much ’ co-operation will diminish the competitive drive of leading firms in this sector |
| 30 | It has been a traumatic time for everyone at Burston during the past year or so and a great deal has been achieved over a very short time . |