Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] last year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Groups formed last year will carry on working at four other tasks : cellulose losses , tow motor ( forklift truck ) costs , maintenance store stocks and quality information . |
| 2 | The three councils were part of a consortium of 12 local authorities formed last year to prepare a joint specification of the requirements for a council tax computer system . |
| 3 | True drama unfolded in the third round of the Men 's Vauxhall Indoor Tennis Trophy for more than one reason , as reigning champions David Lloyd , Slazenger Heston were almost certainly dethroned by event newcomers Royal Berkshire , and Team Excel Bath missed out on a golden opportunity to displace last year 's Area 8 champions West Hants . |
| 4 | For example , although France 's trade deficit with Germany narrowed last year , its trade balance with America moved from surplus into deficit . |
| 5 | Of the 400 state-owned firms which the Treuhand sold last year , netting DM2.5 billion , almost all went to western Germans . |
| 6 | Such enquiries may be answered by getting data from a number of different areas in the database ( for example sales , product and employee data to compare last year 's with this year 's performance ) . |
| 7 | The government prudently used most of its bonus to rebuild the foreign-exchange reserves ; it also restored the 10% cut made last year in public-sector salaries , and raised pensions by 5% . |
| 8 | Will the Prime Minister now tell us whether he accepts that , in addition to the massive number of homes repossessed last year , a further 80,000 families are to lose their homes in the current year ? |
| 9 | An EPA contractor reported last year that the resulting blocks of concrete no longer contained PCBs , leading to speculation that the lime was reacting to neutralize the toxin . |
| 10 | More than 800 islanders died when the volcano erupted last year and 31 have been killed by mudflows since mid-August |
| 11 | His second disappointment came last year when the Bath hooker returned for the deciding group game against Berkshire . |
| 12 | BY crossing the Irish line six times at Twickenham , England in one fell swoop exceeded the total number of ties scored last year when winning the Grand Slam — and it 's time for this columnist to eat humble pie , after criticising England , along with the other Home Unions , for inferior standards of back play to Southern Hemisphere sides . |
| 13 | Keen investors pumped more than £2,260 million into Personal Equity Plans last year — taking the total invested since the scheme was lauched in January 1987 to more than £6 billion . |
| 14 | Sales of Rover cars slumped last year by nineteen percent . |
| 15 | The Queensferry side blitzed the Cobras with 16 goals in the last period to notch their highest total since the club reformed last year . |
| 16 | Magistrates at Buckingham , Bucks , heard how French , 56 , defied a 15-year ban on keeping animals imposed last year after more than 400 starving ewes and 25 cattle skeletons were found at Brook Farm near Winslow , Bucks . |
| 17 | Despite the downturn in Britain 's car market ( 300,000 fewer cars sold last year than in 1989 ) , new and better-equipped models continue to drop off the production lines at an astonishing pace . |
| 18 | The numbers of new British cars fitted with catalytic converters increased by over 1,000 per cent in 1990 , accounting for 5.4 per cent of the two million cars sold last year , according to figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders . |
| 19 | As part of the £11.5 million in state aid pledged last year to Britain 's cathedrals , £5.4 million in grants for 1992–94 were announced by Lord Montagu of Beaulieu on 22 March ( see The Art Newspaper No. 13 , December 1991 , p.2 ) . |
| 20 | AFTER a pre-tax loss rising last year from £4.7 million to £41.1 million , Clyde Petroleum yesterday asked its shareholders to provide a further £34.1 million through a one-for-four rights issue . |
| 21 | As parts of this strategy we should consider using all the methods employed last year again . |
| 22 | As parts of this strategy we should consider using all the methods employed last year again . |
| 23 | In the meanwhile , the cautious and complex decrees of the first liberalising steps decided last year were ratified by the Prime Minister last month . |
| 24 | An alternative introduced last year , is the Certificate of Pre-Vocational Education — the C.P.V.E. The aim of this course is to enable students to develop their general education in a broad vocational context . |
| 25 | Sally Slater , Gavin Padley , Damien Chapman , Matthew Enoch , Martin Bull , Simon Green , Robert Walsh and Ruth Goldkowski ( absent ) of Nottingham Kayak Club repeated last year 's success in the BCY marathon and won the team championships in the slalom at Cardington . |
| 26 | They remain free to compete , as the British Amateur Weightlifting Association decided last year to take no action against them . |
| 27 | First up is tenor saxophonist and arranger Teddy Edwards 's bluesy and mainstream ‘ Mississippi Lad ’ ( Verve ‘ Gitanes Jazz ’ ) ; Edwards ( b. 1924 ) has worked as soloist and arranger with bands led by Red Callender , Benny Goodman , Milt Jackson and others ; but this is a sextet album recorded last year and features the vocal and guitar stylings of Tom Waits ( notably on the immensely moving Little Man ) , as well as drummer Billy Higgins and bassist Leroy Vinnegar . |
| 28 | As forecast , there was an unexpected men 's victor with Antonio Pinto , from Portugal , who only began marathon running last year , winning in 2hr 10min 02sec . |
| 29 | We have agreed that we will follow the practice established last year and start work in earnest around the middle of February . |
| 30 | An increase on the 1,000 million yen in environmental aid provided last year , the programme is linked to acid rain in Japan caused by pollution in China . |