Example sentences of "[adj] year a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over a period of 30 years a number of surveillance systems were produced : first the U-2 Spy aircraft , followed by the incredibly fast SR-71 ( both of which are still in service today ) , and then a whole generation of satellites culminating in Rhyolite ( see page 28 ) . |
| 2 | In some years a committee chair and his or her chief officer win a particularly favourable share of the pie , perhaps because they have a popular or long-delayed major scheme to launch . |
| 3 | " Yes , " said Clara , beginning to understand the nature of her mother 's satisfaction ; the lack of telephone of Mrs Hanney had been for some years a subject for discourse in a vein of amazed contempt . |
| 4 | For some years a man used to come in and do the deed , but Uncle got on with it himself later round by the stable , using a humane killer . |
| 5 | Some years a tin under the bed was better than equities , cos they were |
| 6 | Only a few years a go the coal board was proud of the work of the pit deputy . |
| 7 | Over the last few years a breed of bouncer has evolved , a Rottweiler in a bow-tie , who likes doing serious harm to lippy young men . |
| 8 | Smith himself was for a few years a tutor at Christ Church , but in 1795 he resigned his studentship to become incumbent of Daventry ( a Christ Church living ) , returning to Christ Church as a canon in 1807 . |
| 9 | The first teashop opened in 1894 in Piccadilly , and during the next few years a chain of teashops was opened in London . |
| 10 | After a few years a department may be left with serious gaps in its library and a load of superannuated computing equipment . |
| 11 | However , in the past few years a class of antigens has emerged that does not conform to this conventional pathway of antigen presentation . |
| 12 | But in the past few years a phoenix has risen from the flames of Lakehurst . |
| 13 | During the past few years a number of different models for hospital services for attempted suicide patients have been developed . |
| 14 | In the Past few years a number of small streets have been closed to traffic , and car-parking has been prohibited from the four central reservations in Avenida Arriaga . |
| 15 | Both men are Christians , and in the last few years a number of other Christian writers have followed in their footsteps ( Hunter 1983 ; Guinness 1983 ; Williamson , Parotta et al 1983 ; Kolakowski 1986 ) . |
| 16 | Twenty-one years A lease for a term of years less than twenty-one is not registrable at HM Land Registry ( Land Registration Act 1925 , s8 ) . |
| 17 | Earlier this year a newspaper headline screamed : ‘ Schools rapped over environmental studies ’ . |
| 18 | This year a total of 24,000 attended compared with 14,500 in 1989/90 . |
| 19 | Up to now , most borders have been French imports , but this year a company has come into being which designs and manufactures borders in this country . |
| 20 | SIR , — The US National Institute on Drug Abuse ( NIDA ) published on March 25 of this year a warning about the efficacy of bleach for cleaning needles , syringes , and other drug-injecting paraphernalia to prevent the transmission of HIV and other blood-borne infections . |
| 21 | Mr Levy-Lang said that this year a quarter of new lending will have been outside France , and 90 per cent of that will have been in the United Kingdom . |
| 22 | have found this year a heart |
| 23 | We are relying on you and all the other volunteers around the U K in your contacts with the public to help make this year a success . |
| 24 | The overall excellent improvement in first half performance is masked by a technical transfer last year , which of course is n't repeated this year and this year a provision of , formerly in pounds following the settlement of a civil anti-trust suit . |
| 25 | Earlier this year a pay freeze was agreed by the factory employees and similar restraint will be asked of all other employees , at all levels , around the world . |
| 26 | Over 2000 delegates were in attendance with about one third coming from outside the US — this year a contingent of about 30 represented the former communist countries of Eastern Europe . |
| 27 | In addition , the Provinces Division launched this year a quality audit initiative , involving every operation in a monthly audit to measure CCG 's contract performance in over 40 different ways . |
| 28 | In March of this year a meeting was held to again decide the fate of the elephant . |
| 29 | In March of this year a meeting was held to again decide the fate of the elephant . |
| 30 | This year a group of us event riders , went on a return mission to Romania , straight after the final event of the season . |