Example sentences of "[verb] for [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | The telephone rang while I was busy explaining to Tony Crosland that I could not accept a further term of office at the Housing Corporation , since I had been appointed to the Mastership of University College , Oxford , but I had agreed to a request that I should at least stay for another year to see someone else in . |
| 2 | In the case of the 1,800 which Book Trust received for this year 's Smarties Prize , they found good homes . |
| 3 | You 'll be working for me next year , but who do you fancy caddying for this year ? ’ |
| 4 | I went down to have a word with the promotion yesterday and er we have er come to terms and er we are all ready to go for next year . |
| 5 | Meetings already arranged for this year include ‘ Changes in the wind — the end of the traditional British holiday ? ’ and ‘ The retail and catering consortium ’ . |
| 6 | The artists with whom his gallery was closely involved are Andy Goldsworthy , Hamish Fulton , Roger Ackling and Ian Hamilton Finlay , whose Wild Hawthorne Press material he presented at the Fruitmarket when it briefly reopened for last year 's Edinburgh Festival . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's all very well to plan for next year 's holiday or a new home but there 's litle point if your family would be left high and dry by the death of the breadwinner . ’ |
| 8 | The University 's overhauled financial systems allow it to plan for another year in which income and expenditure will at least balance and may perhaps allow some restoration of the reserves it needs to cope with unexpected problems . |
| 9 | For example , income shares in River & Mercantile — largely invested British blue chips — yield 12 p.c. , adjusted for last year 's rights issue . |
| 10 | There are also concerns about how realistic it is to expect directors , let alone auditors , to confirm for one year ahead of the date the accounts are approved that their company will be a going concern . |
| 11 | A Devon labourer who promised his mother not to marry in her lifetime , finally married only at the age of 51 : ‘ bugger , we was courting for seventeen year . |
| 12 | The battle was on , and was to continue for another year . |
| 13 | He has winged his way across the world in pursuit of his hobby , a mission that has included Venezuela , Thailand , Africa and Israel among others — with Costa Rica planned for this year . |
| 14 | The consensus among observers has been that IBM Corp will find it needs to cut many more than the 25,000 positions it is targeting for this year , so there was little surprise when both the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal last week came out with independent stories saying the cuts would go much higher . |
| 15 | Because the concern here is with general trends and not annual variations , the rates are calculated for five year blocks . |
| 16 | The estimate for ninety=four , ninety- five , is that there will be some one point three eight five million pounds required , but I er , have to say , that we have not , as in previous years , we have not at this stage received from the D F E er , details of of how the er indirect element of A N G will be calculated for next year , so the requirement may differ er in in due time . |
| 17 | My ambition at the moment is to make sure I qualify for this year 's Open Championship . ’ |
| 18 | Thirty-two social workers participated in the study ; 13 used the schedule designed for 3–4 year olds , and 19 that for 16–18 year olds . |
| 19 | All of which suggests that they could have as many as five players in the L.G.U. squad shortly to be nominated for next year 's Curtis Cup . |
| 20 | A first flight is not expected for another year . |
| 21 | This game is similar to games you would buy for 2–6 year olds that had Zoo animals cut out of the board with little pins on them , The child would try to fit the animal back into the right shape . |
| 22 | So if this stands for this year 's output at a hundred percent fifty percent of it has to be added on to give next year 's . |
| 23 | A 5 p.c. reduction in gross margins on lower-margin desk-top computer products and the weakness in the market were blamed for last year 's downturn but ICL says its share of the British computer market rose by one point to 19 p.c . |
| 24 | The candidate and unit enrolment data is cumulative in that , for example , the courses enrolled for in 1991–2 will include the new Batch 2 courses first validated for that year — but will also include candidates enrolling for the second cycle of Batch 1 , the third cycle of Phase 2 pilots , etc . |
| 25 | He appears to have got what he wanted and will remain at the Ballycastle Road Showgrounds for another year at least . |
| 26 | She is presently training in the hope of qualifying for this year 's British Olympic squad and needs help with the costs . |
| 27 | We 've gone from strength to strength from there qualifying for last year 's UK Team Chase Championships . |
| 28 | She admitted destroying property by fire and making hoax telephone calls and was conditionally discharged for one year . |
| 29 | Cunningham was conditionally discharged for one year and ordered to pay a total of £65 compensation . |
| 30 | We are delighted that Anke Rohlfs , guest teacher at our 1982 Summer Course , is returning for this year 's International Summer course , and once again we are able to use the facilities at Green Park Centre , Aston Clinton , Bucks . |