Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] last year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Manchester University 's Computing Centre will soon boast the largest single computational node in the UK when it replaces its VP1200 supercomputer with a VPX240/10 machine from Fujitsu Systems Business ( Europe ) : it is the first Fujitsu VPX machine to be sold in the UK since launch last year 's launch and features one scalar processor , one 2.5GFLOPS vector processor , 1Gb main memory , 1Gb of secondary memory ; it is four times faster than the five-year-old system it is replacing and will be used for computational fluid dynamics and engineering research ; delivery is planned for July ; no price was given . |
| 2 | She 's had four serious breaks in the past twenty years , and lost two inches in height … but was only diagnosed last year . |
| 3 | can tell his white brick work , that were only done last year was n't it ? |
| 4 | Seriously , can anyone give us news on how Tinkler 's recovering , and also on whether Forrester , Sharp , and Bowman ( who all played last year ) look like getting a game in the near future . |
| 5 | Some weeks ago , I went to a most exciting block of modern flats called Waterside Point , near Battersea Bridge , that only opened last year . |
| 6 | About 70,000 vehicles are alleged to have been so financed last year and , by December , this figure was said to have risen to 17,000 a month at $25,000 ( £14,200 ) per vehicle . |
| 7 | The painting dates from around 1903–05 but was only rediscovered last year in New England , where it had been bought for $175 in 1905 when the artist made a trip abroad to find a new audience for his Nihonga work . |
| 8 | ‘ I know that old Sir David only died last year — just before my own father — and I realise that she must be worried sick about poor Owen . |
| 9 | This lavatera ( shrubby mallow ) flowers on wood made in the same season , so cut last year 's branches hard back in spring . |
| 10 | They want to build from within the club and restore the atmosphere and team spirit that was perhaps missing last year . |
| 11 | The bridge at Yeald Brow was only refurbished last year with money obtained through a derelict land grant . |
| 12 | And it 's not just important to DEC who freely admits its whole strategy is dependent on a unified Unix and desperately needs last year 's deal between OSF and USL on common Application Programming Interfaces to come to fruition . |
| 13 | The second phase of the dye house operation to install a £400,000 Longclose package Dyeing Machine — the twin of the one already installed last year , is also to go ahead with delivery expected in October . |
| 14 | ‘ Unemployment in West Belfast did n't just happen last year or the year before in or 1969 … |
| 15 | Impressively politicised last year , their cynicism towards the regime continues to mature . |
| 16 | At Rackhams in Birmingham , sales have already beaten last year 's figures after the store decided to open on the last four Sundays before Christmas . |
| 17 | And when he finally married last year , it was to a glamorous foreigner , the French-Canadian skater Isabelle Duchesnay . |
| 18 | The great disparity between home and away form last year was more of a freak than either aspect taken alone . |
| 19 | Just published last year were his evocative chapters called Le Genie du Nord ( Grasset , Paris ) , reflecting his preoccupation with the North , the fields of war , the detrimental effects of nationalism and his hopes for Europe , complemented by La Maye ( Trois Cailloux , Amiens ) , a 500 page semi-autobiography in poetry and prose written in a variety of styles and voices . |
| 20 | But some of the Tories who successfully rebelled last year , showed their disappointment . |
| 21 | I 'm was n't trying a bit of Strach Bashing earlier just its frustrating to see not be as good as he once was … though I still reckon last year he was watchinghimself to make sure he did not got injured . |
| 22 | Impressive in winning both starts last year , Pembroke had looked a certain winner of the Feilden Stakes on his reappearance until faltering near the end of the nine furlongs contest . |
| 23 | The M6 crosses on the Thornbridge Viaduct , a viaduct which has been extensively repaired last year using a very powerful water lance to cut out deteriorated concrete , a German tool being used in Britain for the first time . |
| 24 | Mr Finnegan , a former Birmingham police officer , also ran companies called Contractraven and Pine Rigg , which also crashed last year . |
| 25 | A SWEDISH au pair who was nearly deported last year for being a man was yesterday toasting victory after the Home Secretary , Kenneth Clarke , announced a change in the law . |
| 26 | Berger also recalled last year 's Mexico Grand Prix , in which he and Nigel Mansell became embroiled in a tremendous battle during the closing stages of the race . |
| 27 | The final nail in the coffin for super-SARA probably came last year when ministers failed to act on the advice of an expert panel headed by Sir John Adams . |
| 28 | However , in an interview with Dutch television on 1 October , the Russian Minister for Culture and Tourism , Yevgeniy Sidorov , did say that the drawings had been ‘ found ’ on Russian soil , and that an invitation had been issued to the Dutch ambassador to come and ‘ verify ’ the collection , which was probably moved last year to the monastery of Pavloviy Posad ( formerly Zagorsk ) in an attempt by the Pushkin museum 's authorities to save their reputations after repeated accusations had been made against them both by Russians and the Dutch . |
| 29 | First , the Trust 's long-term programme of footpath restoration in the Lake District was internationally recognised last year by the award of DX Nostra 's prestigious Medal of Honour for the repair of the ancient packhorse route over Sty Head Pass in Borrowdale . |
| 30 | Analysts reckon the company 's net profit probably halved last year , to around 500 billion lire . |