Example sentences of "[prep] the [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | The painting Competition was won by Eric Gavin and Christopher Houston for the 7–11 year olds . |
| 2 | No-one was more anti-populist than Charles Leslie , admittedly a rather extreme Tory , but whose Rehearsal was nevertheless a powerful vehicle for the propagation of Tory ideology for the middle years of Anne 's reign . |
| 3 | These show monthly actual , monthly forecast , cumulative figures and an updated forecast for the current year , and comparative figures for the preceding year . |
| 4 | GROUP employees have scooped a prestigious national health and safety award for the 25th year running . |
| 5 | Mary McKenna , playing in the tournament for the 25th year , could have made it a tie by winning the bottom match but she lost the 15th and 16th to go two down , won the 17th with a big birdie putt and salvaged a half when her opponent , Fiona McKay drove into bushes at the 18th . |
| 6 | Executive power lies with the Federal Council ( Bundesrat ) of seven members elected by the Federal Assembly , which also elects in December for the succeeding year two Federal Council members to be President and Vice-President ( head and deputy head of state , currently Arnold Koller and Flavio Cotti respectively ) . |
| 7 | Executive power lies with the Federal Council ( Bundesrat ) of seven members elected by the Federal Assembly , which also elects , each December for the succeeding year , two Federal Council members to be President and Vice-President ( head and deputy head of state ) . |
| 8 | Colour is even more limited than before , and the palette for the succeeding years is established : some of the paintings are in earth colours , greys and blacks , with a few touches of dull green , while others are in softer grey-blues and buffs . |
| 9 | The Scottish Consultative Council on the Curriculum ( SCCC ) has agreed to development education materials being included for the 5–14 year old curriculum — the plan is to match C.Aid materials for that contribution . |
| 10 | One of my former patients , whose ex-husband had spent their entire marriage telling her that she was ‘ stupid ’ or ‘ brainless ’ , told me that , although she knew perfectly well that this was not true , by the time she had heard it said every day for the twelve years they had been together she had begun to believe that there must be something in it . |
| 11 | Siward had merely killed his wife 's uncle , as Carl Thorbrandsson had already killed his wife 's father , and had joined thereby the bloody brethren of kinsmen whose lethal manoeuvrings had kept him busy for the twelve years he had now held the earldom . |
| 12 | Thus , the squatter lost — and would have lost even had he been there for the twelve years . |
| 13 | FRANKE SLOOTHAAK 'S fortunes changed abruptly when he won the Everest Grand Prix , the closing contest of The Horse of the Year Show at Wembley , for the second year in succession . |
| 14 | FORBES , the American business magazine has published its table of top-earning show-business stars , which reveals that , for the second year running , Michael Jackson is the world 's highest-paid entertainer . |
| 15 | MASSIMO BIASION , of Italy , driving a works Lancia , yesterday squeezed past his team-mate , Alessandro Fiorio , to win the San Remo Rally and lift the world title for the second year running . |
| 16 | For the second year running Diss & District Branch have been awarded the Frank Larner Trophy for efficiency and a Wings Appeal £1,000 break award . |
| 17 | The slump in insurance rates in the shipping and aviation market has hit the financial results of Lloyd 's underwriting group , A J Archer , for the second year running . |
| 18 | The slump in insurance rates in the shipping and aviation market has hit the financial results of Lloyd 's underwriting group , A J Archer , for the second year running . |
| 19 | Instead of resting on its fundraising laurels , it has for the second year turned to race organising as a means of generating essential revenue . |
| 20 | The reserves were denied the honours in the Central League by the same process of calculation , but the third team won the Yorkshire Midweek League for the second year running . |
| 21 | Overall funding for universities has increased by 10 per cent for the second year running . |
| 22 | For the second year New Scientist was in the running . |
| 23 | FOR the second year running MOSELEY club accounts have been found to contain discrepancies and the police have bee called in to investigate . |
| 24 | BOB Geldof has been voted the worst dressed celebrity for the second year running by youngsters between 11 and 18 in a Lloyds Bank survey . |
| 25 | For the second year running , Land Securities has won the annual Stoy Hayward Property Accounts Award . |
| 26 | Guidelines for provisioning ( hitherto unknown in the industry ) were tightened up again this autumn for the second year in succession . |
| 27 | ARSENAL boss George Graham reckons he has the best job in football — but he knows even he could suffer a Brian Clough-like backlash if the Gunners fail to win a trophy for the second year running . |
| 28 | CHARLES was dealt a blow yesterday when his polo handicap was dropped by a goal for the second year — to a ‘ rather ordinary ’ 2 . |
| 29 | The news that the ill may face an inflation-busting increase for the second year running was revealed yesterday as carefree Mr Lamont continued to holiday in Italy . |
| 30 | For the second year running the Artemis Group recorded lower profits , down 35% on the previous year . |