Example sentences of "up [prep] [adj] year ['s] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Olympic gold medallist Duncan Goodhew , President of the BT National Swimathon , wished all 30,000 swimmers who have signed up for this year 's BT National Swimathon ‘ the very best of luck ’ . |
| 2 | But Sunday 's win should erase those ghosts , as well as make up for last year 's defeat to France in the final in Lyon . |
| 3 | This win made up for last year 's defeat by Rob Orme when things just did n't go right for Dunlop . |
| 4 | American children whose mothers were called up during last year 's Gulf War felt they had been abandoned , an in-depth study of their feelings showed . |
| 5 | In return the Americans this month unblocked $5m in military aid that had been held up after last year 's arrests . |
| 6 | We showed how although such questions allowed a wide range of possible approaches to INSET , even within the context of a central provision , and despite the market research which preceded the drawing up of each year 's programme , the Authority tended towards a particular combination of imprecise targeting , top-down views of teachers ' needs , and external agents adopting training or instructing roles . |
| 7 | Yes , it 's Christmas time and once again ACCOUNTANCYis looking for the wits among you to come up with this year 's Christmas cartoon caption . |
| 8 | This year , these stations should get a total ad revenue of IR£10m , well up from last year 's £IR£6.7m . |
| 9 | The final dividend should be 10 per cent up on last year 's payment . |
| 10 | While many brewers are bemoaning over-capacity and falling sales , Wood 's are trading 33 per cent up on last year 's summer figures on their Parish , Special and Wonderful brews . |
| 11 | up on last year 's figure . |
| 12 | I ended up on three years ' probation . |
| 13 | Frequently recurring criticisms of the contracts are that they are of up to nine years ' duration , they contain hidden annual increases , that the costs of settling old agreements are added to the undisclosed capital value of new equipment , and that the total cost of a contract is not disclosed . |
| 14 | One vice-president is accountable for several strategic business units , each with a president who works with critical tasks of up to 7 years ' duration . |
| 15 | After a marathon seven-month trial , Noriega , 54 , the first foreign leader to be convicted in America , faces up to 120 years ' jail . |
| 16 | Sometimes they offer up to two years ' rent free ; in other instances a capital sum changes hands . |
| 17 | The ruling in Strasbourg yesterday that the complaints are admissible clears the way for a future hearing before the European Court of Human Rights in up to two years ' time . |
| 18 | Accountants , lawyers and other professionals who engage in such business would face enormous fines and up to 10 years ' imprisonment . |
| 19 | The more liberal law replaced one from 1867 which declared abortion a criminal offence punishable by up to 10 years ' imprisonment . |
| 20 | On May 8 the government announced the introduction of the death penalty for those convicted of murder or the attempted murder of magistrates , jurors , government ministers or security force commanders ; at the same time penalties of up to 10 years ' imprisonment and fines of up to GF10,000,000 ( about US$12,500 ) were introduced for the organizers of public demonstrations ending in violence . |
| 21 | A NEW vaccine against the infectious liver disease Hepatitis A , ‘ Havrix ’ , has this week been introduced in the UK : a course of two injections in the arm followed by a booster which could give up to 10 years ' immunity . |
| 22 | On the following day Barry was charged with possessing crack — an offence punishable by up to one year 's imprisonment — and was released without bail pending a further hearing on Feb. 5 . |
| 23 | In addition to criminalizing both the practice and receipt of abortions , the law also made the provision of information concerning abortion a crime punishable by up to one year 's imprisonment . |
| 24 | ACE provides temporary employment of up to one year 's duration for long-term unemployed adults on projects of community benefit . |
| 25 | Among the possible prisoners of conscience are 37 people sentenced to up to 20 years ' imprisonment for their involvement in a peaceful flag-raising ceremony in the town of Jayapura on 14 December 1988 . |
| 26 | On July 27 Robert Louis White , 46 , grand dragon of the Maryland Knights of the Ku Klux Klan , pleaded guilty to charges of illegal possession of firearms , he faced up to 20 years ' imprisonment . |
| 27 | Some 157 demonstrators were subsequently convicted of a range of offences and were sentenced to up to 20 years ' imprisonment . |
| 28 | Of the others arrested on 9 October , some were later released , one is awaiting trail and others have been tried and sentenced to up to three years ' imprisonment for , among other things , ‘ illegal association ’ . |
| 29 | Failure to observe the ban was punishable by up to three years ' imprisonment . |
| 30 | The ban on sale or display is backed by tough penalties , including a heavy fine and up to three years ' imprisonment . |