Example sentences of "a [noun sg] for the [num ord] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | County councillors look set to take on the Government tomorrow , when they set a budget for the next year way above Whitehall limits . |
| 2 | ARSENAL boss George Graham reckons he has the best job in football — but he knows even he could suffer a Brian Clough-like backlash if the Gunners fail to win a trophy for the second year running . |
| 3 | He got a residency for the next year at the University of Kent and spent half the week in Canterbury . |
| 4 | ABERDEEN University has recorded a surplus for the second year in succession , underlining the turnaround in the institution 's fortunes during the past decade . |
| 5 | Estimates of these costs put the average direct costs of a baby for the first year at at least £1 500 , running to £30 000 by the time the child reaches 16 . |
| 6 | After writing off an £819,000 investment in an unquoted company , there is nothing left for a dividend for the third year running . |
| 7 | I think I could pay you two shillings a week for the first year and we 'd have to see how things went . |
| 8 | Mr Foggerty was agreeably surprised , but when Nutty reminded him of the standard required , he relapsed into grim gloom and stood on the side of the bath in his white T-shirt and jeans looking at his watch and saying , ‘ I ca n't spare the time to do this three nights a week for the next year , which is what is required . |
| 9 | ‘ Just take these other duties off my shoulders and give me a day a week for the next year to attend a decent training course so that I can master it , and I 'm yours . ’ |
| 10 | CHARLES was dealt a blow yesterday when his polo handicap was dropped by a goal for the second year — to a ‘ rather ordinary ’ 2 . |
| 11 | I bet Lynda 's in for a lark for the next year . |
| 12 | If an agent decides to invest in an act for the first year of its career , this band may not sign a record deal . |
| 13 | To train an infant for the first year is comparatively easy , but after that the child begins to resent authority , and the conscientious mother has to be prepared to fight and win all along the line , in matters small and great . |