Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] a year " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we could have got him to a warm climate we might have kept him alive for a year or two more than we did . |
| 2 | Knighton , Derbyshire-born and a professional for a year with Coventry City , was a teacher until 1984 when he took up property dealing . |
| 3 | Those exposed to the covered lamp remained normal after a year . |
| 4 | If the haemoglobin remains normal after a year it should then be checked after a further year or sooner if the patient becomes symptomatic . |
| 5 | The consequence , for me at least , was that I reckoned that the earthquake account for 1992 had , so to speak , been settled , and that we were in the clear for a year or so . |
| 6 | Anyone unemployed for a year will have to attend a special workshop . |
| 7 | This month 's increase in the numbers unemployed for a year or more is certainly extremely unwelcome , but the long-term unemployment level is about half what it was five years ago and long-term unemployment among 18 to 24-year-olds is also half that level . |
| 8 | The Health Study included 1455 children aged 6–59 months , who were monitored weekly for a year . |
| 9 | She said the house had been damp for a year and she had complained to the council on numerous occasions . |
| 10 | A new report from the AA reveals that the average number of miles driven in a year by a British male is a surprisingly high 8,760 . |
| 11 | There 's enough spare kindling and wood up there , trimmed off the trees , to keep Rhyll warm for a year . ’ |
| 12 | Other safe forms of investment which could then be considered for any capital your parent may have could also include the building societies , local authority bonds ( if she is prepared to leave her money untouched for a year or two ) , National Savings Certificates , Post Office Savings , the National Savings Bank and Trustee Savings Bank . |
| 13 | Children 's Bonus Bonds , D issue , will turn £100 into £154.60 over five years and FIRST Option Bonds guarantee 6.5 per cent clear of basic rate tax on sums of £1,000 or more which are left untouched for a year . |
| 14 | A BONUS payment for investments left untouched for a year is on offer from Birmingham Midshires Building Society . |
| 15 | She sha she has also asked if her place could be deferred for a year so that she may gain as much relevant experience as possible before taking up the course . |
| 16 | Things were fine for a year or two , until I found I was becoming rather reluctant to weed . |
| 17 | Peter Armstrong , prosecuting , said the couple had been married for a year but had lived together for four years before marrying . |
| 18 | A few paces below where the body lay , and a yard or so into the bushes , there was a patch of free stones , loosely overgrown with grass and lichen , and to all appearance undisturbed for a year or more ; until something about the clear outlining of the upper stone made him look closer . |
| 19 | I have seen in my own area where wee lads who were on the border line of going one way or another regarding life in Northern Ireland , ending up getting jobs and doing great for a year and at the end of the year just thrown back onto the dole and people have lost interest in them again . |
| 20 | A characteristic feature of the placebo effect is that it does not last all that long : it is usually only a matter of weeks , and two to six months is about the most that can be expected : If a patient responds to a new treatment and is still well after a year , it is unlikely to be a placebo effect . |
| 21 | The newer system is cheaper to make , safer , and the tubes are still effective after a year 's continual use . |
| 22 | The benefit of polychemotherapy in non-resectable NSCLC appears to be real , but it is unknown whether the benefit is still present after a year . |
| 23 | Colour systems below $1,000 could be feasible within a year . |
| 24 | Free elections would then be possible in a year 's time when all parties could participate equally . ’ |
| 25 | THE RESULTS of Labour 's inquiry into electoral reform for the House of Commons will be complete within a year of taking office , Mr Kinnock promised yesterday . |
| 26 | With his hold on the south complete within a year , William had both to confirm it as a long-term fact and reward his followers . |
| 27 | MOVES to allow a British Rail sell-off could be complete within a year . |
| 28 | To avoid the prospect of local authorities , whose rate fund becomes overdrawn within a year , from ‘ going bankrupt ’ , the Act provides that authorities concerned may be given permission to borrow temporarily on revenue account , but only on such terms as the Secretary of State may impose . |
| 29 | The incident was one of the most memorable from a year that Waggoner spent following the U.S.P.G.A. Tour . |
| 30 | ‘ Managers are only safe for a year at a time at maximum . |