Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] for the [num ord] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am optimistic now that we 've got a stable base for the next year , and I 'm always optimistic for the year after ! |
| 2 | The Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral Concerts Society has scooped a top award for the sixth year on the run . |
| 3 | Curry , from London , outshone allcomers to retain her British title for the third year running . |
| 4 | Presenting his budget this week , the finance minister , Wang Bingqian , used his favourite word for the third year running to describe the state of the public purse : ‘ grim ’ . |
| 5 | 28–8–1866 Norman McLeod , an Elder , had ceased to attend public worship for the last year and two other Elders were sent to find out why , " when he assigned as reasons several charges against the Minister , that his preaching was neither law nor Gospel ; that he considered him aiming at himself personally in his preaching . " |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | BOB Geldof has been voted the worst dressed celebrity for the second year running by youngsters between 11 and 18 in a Lloyds Bank survey . |
| 8 | Applications will be accepted from 2 March and the guaranteed rate for the first year will be 6.34 per cent gross , equivalent 4.75 per cent . |
| 9 | THE Labour Party National Executive yesterday endorsed a campaigning strategy for the next year in which the party will seek to popularise its policy review while focusing its opposition to the Government on health , the economy , the poll tax , teacher shortages , and transport . |
| 10 | THE Labour Party National Executive yesterday endorsed a campaigning strategy for the next year in which the party will seek to popularise its policy review while focusing its opposition to the Government on health , the economy , the poll tax , teacher shortages , and transport . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Manchester United registered an astonishing double for the second year running as Welsh whizz-kid Ryan Giggs won the Young Player of the Year title . |
| 13 | Japan , defying international condemnation for the fourth year running , has announced it 's intention to kill 300 minke whales . |
| 14 | However , shareholders continue to suffer as the group halved its total dividend for the second year in a row . |
| 15 | The news that the ill may face an inflation-busting increase for the second year running was revealed yesterday as carefree Mr Lamont continued to holiday in Italy . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Laura , an accountant , has just won the Ulster ladies ' individual life-saving title for the fourth year running , while Karen is in the ambulance service and plays a key role as secretary of Ireland 's No.1 club in the RLSS — Southend . |
| 18 | She wished she could believe that Mother Clare in Dublin would welcome Eve and tell her that the Dublin convent would be her new home for the next year . |
| 19 | However , defending champion Lyons was in top form and went on to take the chequered flag for the second year running . |
| 20 | Another further piece in the puzzle was the presence of a Training In Evangelism team full-time with the new church for the first year of its life . |
| 21 | There 's been a new headmaster for the last year I think so I do n't know what he |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ And if you can not find the room you want , ’ Mr Crumwallis concluded , ‘ I know that Hilary Frome , our valued head boy for the next year , will be happy to show you the way . ’ |