Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] more [subord] a year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over-50s are excluded from the two groups to whom resources are directed : 18-to-24 year olds who have been unemployed for at least six months ; and 25-to-50 year olds unemployed for more than a year . |
| 2 | There is a great deal of prejudice about age , with the result that the older you are the more likely you are to remain unemployed for more than a year . |
| 3 | In April 1972 , the proportion unemployed for more than a year accounted for one-sixth of the total unemployed ; by April 1981 , the proportion had risen to one-fifth . |
| 4 | Since 1950 the number of those unemployed for more than a year has increased from 34,000 to more than a million at the start of this year . |
| 5 | THE NUMBER of people unemployed for more than a year passed the one million mark yesterday . |
| 6 | There are 5,733 empty council houses , almost 2,000 of which have been empty for more than a year . |
| 7 | We shall continue to put pressure on local authorities with stock that has been empty for more than a year . |
| 8 | He rightly points out that — apart from Brent , which has no overall control , and Tower Hamlets , which is controlled by the Liberal Democrats — the 10 authorities with the highest percentage of empties in their stock are Labour controlled , and about 20,000 properties have been left empty for more than a year . |
| 9 | Nearly one million people have been JOBLESS for more than a year and personal BANKRUPTCIES soared by a third to more than 16,000 in the six months to June . |
| 10 | As a result of that demoralising experience Biggs was inactive for more than a year , a cut eye then leading to a stoppage against Francesco Damiani , the Italian he defeated in the Olympic final . |
| 11 | Tandy 's US retail sales for Aprch totalled $274.9m , up 13% on last year and stores open for more than a year rose 4% . |
| 12 | THE WONDER STUFF are back on the vinyl trail with their first single for more than a year . |
| 13 | In fact , a draft of the report of group I — on the effects of acid rain on the environment — has been ready for more than a year . |