Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [art] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | While most practising firms are having no difficulty in retaining and recruiting staff in the midst of a recession , the situation was , of course , very different only a year or two ago and will probably change again just as rapidly . |
| 2 | The tenancy is to be monthly at a nominal rent of £2 per month payable in advance , ( I would suggest that this should be payable once a year and would be grateful for your agreement to this ) . |
| 3 | Policy discussions at ministerial level appeared to focus mainly on the hoary old issues of which agency should take lead responsibility , ’ but finally , in 1989 , the government took a decision which was considered unthinkable only a year earlier , that is , that local authority social services departments should be given lead responsibility for community care and for all services including mental health , but with some additional controls added in the latter case , the single most controversial of Griffiths ' proposals . |
| 4 | Therefore , despite the fact that a little over a year had passed since the Report had been received , he suggested that the interval between publication and the debate was not a matter for regret . |
| 5 | Due to the nature of the coat , the Wire-haired Dachshund requires more coat care than the other two varieties , and should be fully stripped-out twice a year . |
| 6 | Top 40 Hits , for instance , only lists records that entered the US Top 40 up to July 27 , 1991 and thus is well over a year in arrears . |
| 7 | It is now well over a year since I sent you Offensive from Quasar 13 . |
| 8 | It was well over a year since his sister had married Dunbar and gone off to the West Indies , where , according to her spasmodic letters , she was having ‘ an utterly marvellous ’ time . |
| 9 | It was well over a year before Communist policy changed radically " though it had undergone substantial modification . |
| 10 | I GET mugged twice a year . |
| 11 | Applicants are strongly advised to contact the Adviser to Students with Special Needs early and when possible even a year before making formal application for entry to the University through UCAS . |
| 12 | The village possessed a charter to hold a fair twice a year , on 10th July and 2nd October , and a market was held every week in the Market Place , near to the cross , until Driffield developed to become the principal market town in the area , after which it was transferred there . |
| 13 | Turned blue once a year . |
| 14 | This does n't mean to say that that we ca n't invite other people to a special once a year meeting of this transportation working party to deal with cycle issues . |
| 15 | ‘ You know your father almost went bankrupt about a year ago ? ’ |
| 16 | Very fashionable about a year and a half ago again , because all these things come round again do n't they ? |