Example sentences of "in a normal year " in BNC.

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1 IN A normal year Franco Kasper , the International Ski Federation 's secretary , would be at Saalbach in the Austrian mountain heartland today , running a critical eye over the brand new downhill course being tested in World Cup before next season 's World Championships .
2 If that was the argument in a normal year , it came in spades in 1981 .
3 Like the Teal , the Shoveler has undoubtedly suffered from the improved drainage of many inland marshes , and the present winter population does not often exceed 200–400 birds in a normal year .
4 In a normal year , Renault 's achievement would have stood out .
5 In a normal year , only a quarter of the BBC 's performing arts output is specially commissioned .
6 In a normal year , he says , estate agents expect a quiet start , followed by a good spring and autumn , a quiet summer and a poor winter .
7 Whereas in a normal year the king 's usual revenue barely met his obligations , in years of hostility expenditure outran income at an alarming rate .
8 Using the most fundamental measure of poverty , the " breadline " , Professor Hay has estimated that over the years 1760 to 1802 in a normal year around 10 per cent of Staffordshire families would have been unable to buy sufficient bread over the year even if they had spent their whole earnings on it .
9 In a normal year ( that is , not a boom year or a slump year ) , we should expect aggregate transitory income to be zero , so that aggregate measured and permanent incomes would be equal .
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