Example sentences of "[adv] a year in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Royal dock-yard workers considered themselves lucky if their pay was only a year in arrears . |
| 2 | With the partial exception of the two decades which followed the Treaty of Utrecht ( and even then there were probably never less than half a million men under arms in Europe ) there was scarcely a year in the century during which a large-scale struggle was not either raging or threatened in some part of the continent . |
| 3 | It was reputed to be one of Europe 's most disordered cities , and there was scarcely a year in which some rioting did not take place . |
| 4 | This new position was achieved only as a result of continuous warfare ; there was hardly a year in the third century that did not see the Roman army engaged in some campaign . |
| 5 | ONCE a year in this village men open the door to let the ghosts in . |
| 6 | To ‘ off-comed 'uns ’ it is not even a large village , with only 2,080 inhabitants , but to the native it is a town because it has held a market charter since 1223 and although no market has been held for many years , the charter was read once a year in the market place until 1939 . |
| 7 | If your pension is £2 a week or less , it will normally be paid once a year in arrears by a crossed order which you can pay into a bank or building society account . |
| 8 | The typical pattern was for the local parties to meet only once a year in 1915 and 1916 , to re-elect their officers for another year ; agents who had enlisted were kept on the books by retaining half their normal pay , to compensate them for loss of earnings in the national interest and to keep them available for a resumption of partisanship . |
| 9 | 7–10- The Session had under consideration the more frequent celebration of the Lord 's Supper in the congregation than at present , which is once a year in May and resolved the ordinance be observed on the first Sabbath of November next … |
| 10 | Although not used more often than once a year in autumn , this tool saves all the hard work involved in scarifying ( breaking up and loosening the surface of ) a lawn by hand with a lawn rake . |
| 11 | But we certainly did some good work in the education because I think that we erm we used to , you know , of course we 'd , we 'd got used to use our auxiliaries naturally and erm we used to have a big conc a big er concert once a year in the town hall and er we would involve all the auxiliaries you know erm and of course we used to always erm fell a bit flat , the International Day which is July , the first Ju Saturday in July is International Day , Co-operative International , and we have always , the Guilds have worked very closely with the International Day . |
| 12 | Moderators will normally visit centres once a year in order to agree final student grades for assessed areas of study . |
| 13 | now what gave the reason for that so we can all follow it quite clearly see if I 've got this right , was the reason for the updating of the service charges once a year in the brochure , the fact that if you did n't update the brochure might mislead a prospective purchaser ? |
| 14 | It has only been met twice this year , the budget is quite small for the amount of work we can continue to do is quite small er it 's quite possible that it would only need to meet once a year in future so it would be sensible to combine it with other non-policy and traffic matters as a working party . |
| 15 | But also a year in which the good new cars , exciting developments and true innovations kept flowing . |
| 16 | 1912 was also a year in which Havelock Wilson implemented a fateful decision by his union not to support a repetition of the strategy of a national stoppage which had served him and the transport unions so well twelve months earlier . |
| 17 | So , after two years of design and development and nearly a year in the building , what happens now ? |
| 18 | However , since he had served nearly a year in prison whilst awaiting trial he was released on completion of the trial , the sentence being reduced for good conduct . |
| 19 | Her prolonged treatment as an in-patient meant that she was nearly a year in Addenbrookes hospital , over a year in Hinchinbrook hospital and a further year at Hunstead Park rehabilitation and medical centre . |
| 20 | Chapman and Rockwell spent nearly a year in the trenches , Rockwell receiving a bad thigh wound in May 1915 . |
| 21 | ‘ I think after you 've worked about a year in the job you find that you start off by seeing pollutions . |
| 22 | A Russian representative stayed for about a year in Stockholm in 1635 – 36 , and another spent four years in western Europe , mainly in the Dutch republic , in the early 1660s ; but both of these were sent for mainly commercial purposes and the second was an Englishman long resident in Russia . |
| 23 | ONCE or twice a year in some television studio or other I find myself bumping into Lord Parkinson . |
| 24 | Switzer noted that he could give ‘ directions once or twice a Year in most of the … |
| 25 | Summaries of the papers and news about adult education research will be circulated twice a year in a newsletter . |
| 26 | The freight charges vessels expect to earn are negotiated on the basis of a system called ‘ Worldscale ’ , published twice a year in London and New York . |
| 27 | ‘ Final ’ theoretical examinations are , at present , held twice a year in Spring and Autumn , the closing dates for entry being : |
| 28 | The Executive Committee shall meet not less than twice a year in every calendar year : decide its own procedure : elect its own Chairman and Vice-Chairman , each of whom may hold the office for a maximum period of four consecutive years . |
| 29 | Although it believes it has a technological lead of around a year in the RISC notebook market , Gilkes does n't expect Tadpole to have the ground all to itself for much longer . |
| 30 | Only now , after fully a year in charge , does Stainrod believe he has a settled side . |