Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [prep] the [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | In that year , according to a report from the Treasury and Civil Service Select Committee , of the 75,210 FIS recipients , only 15,000 , or 20 per cent , were estimated to be above the tax threshold when FIS was claimed in the previous year ( Treasury and Civil Service Committee , The Structure of Personal Income , Taxation and Income Support , House of Commons Paper 2021 , HMSO 1982 , table 11 , p. 15 ) . |
| 2 | And I am almost certain that each one was included in the following year 's NIBA team . |
| 3 | A similar paragraph was contained in the subsequent year 's report , but otherwise no information was given to council members about the deals . |
| 4 | Visited by 1,617,556 people , the house was exhibited during the first year of the Wembley Exhibition between April and November 1924 . |
| 5 | Another attempt was made in the following year between July 13 and 27 and was completely successful . |
| 6 | The types of problem on which advice and assistance was sought during the past year is surprisingly , and perhaps regrettably , consistent with the experience of previous years … people who are eligible for advice and assistance are still accustomed to consult solicitors for a comparatively narrow range of problems . ’ |
| 7 | Two 110mph trains in each direction were introduced from May 1984 and the entire service was upgraded in the following year . |
| 8 | There is no question that the electricity was used during the financial year and yet the cost of the electricity is not shown until the next financial year . |
| 9 | In the end , the danger of Iranian air raids meant that the conference was postponed until the following year and transferred to New Delhi . |
| 10 | The Feoda 's apparently innovative character makes the fact that it was produced in the same year as the Norman inquest into knights ' fees seem more than simply coincidental . |
| 11 | John Talbot was born in the same year as the Catholic Relief Act was passed and as a result was one of the first sons of Catholic gentlemen able to benefit from a solid Catholic education in Britain . |
| 12 | In other words , Abingdon Weir Slalom was blessed for the second year running with good weather and moving water . |
| 13 | A full service was introduced in the following year after various problems with the new units had been resolved . |
| 14 | This was over 500 fewer opioid users than was found during the previous year 's survey of ten agencies , and there is still a reduction in numbers of 375 if we compare the figures obtained from the five agencies contacted in both surveys . |
| 15 | The stage was set for the following year when Christie 's New York offered the now famous ‘ Egyptian ’ clock , estimated at $200,000–300,000 . |
| 16 | Many parties were expected to take up the offer , although Fernando Belaúnde Terry , a former President and leader of the Popular Action ( AP ) party , stated that unless the holding municipal elections was restored to the current year [ see below ] , the AP would not participate in any talks . |
| 17 | Figure 4.7 shows how the formula-based money was distributed in the first year of the scheme . |
| 18 | The difference may seem slight , but it could affect interpretation of the event , since the most important assembly of the Gallic provinces , the Council of the Gauls , was re-established in the former year . |
| 19 | It was followed in the same year by the rather more successful Queen of Scots . |
| 20 | The capital shortage was exacerbated in the same year by a massive interest rate mis-match in the treasury book that eventually cost more than £300m . |
| 21 | This was to be headed by Hayling , who became the ‘ new Pilger ’ in the position of editorial director , to which he was appointed in the New Year . |
| 22 | A new bus service from the Tower to Hoo Hill was started in the same year , sealing the eventual fate of the Layton tram route . |
| 23 | The new church was finished in the following year , and the completion of the conventual buildings must have brought a more stable and orderly life . |
| 24 | The Promenade line was extended in the same year from Dean Street to Victoria ( South ) Pier , using a new type of conduit with a hinged top for easy inspection . |
| 25 | The Government Social Survey was created in the same year as an adjunct to the Central Statistical Office , more recently combined into the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys . |
| 26 | These reached a peak during the truce of 1444–49 , but were halved when war was renewed in the latter year . |
| 27 | In Ecgfrith 's case , by the same principle , if he was killed in the fifteenth year of his reign and had only been king fourteen years , he may have become king in 671 and certainly could not have done so before 21 May 670 . |
| 28 | Despite a continuing diificult economic climate membership levels were held steady , and a 4 per cent increase in new members was achieved over the previous year . |
| 29 | This series was so popular that it was repeated in the same year . |
| 30 | It is ironic that the ( MSC 's ) Holland Report was published in the same year ( 1977 ) as the Shirley Williams ' Green Paper on education which followed on from ‘ The Great Debate ’ . |