Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] last year " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , income shares in River & Mercantile — largely invested British blue chips — yield 12 p.c. , adjusted for last year 's rights issue . |
| 2 | A 5 p.c. reduction in gross margins on lower-margin desk-top computer products and the weakness in the market were blamed for last year 's downturn but ICL says its share of the British computer market rose by one point to 19 p.c . |
| 3 | However , BWD Rensburg , the broker , is looking for pre-tax profits of about £1.2m in the year ending 31 March against £1.04m reported for last year . |
| 4 | Phillip Hutton of Knock and Sammy Moore of Willowfield are included in the team for the first time , while dropped from last year are John Nutt ( Pickie ) , Bertie Nixon ( Willowfield ) , Roy McCune ( Ballymena ) and Stan Espie ( Willowfield ) . |
| 5 | As reported in last year 's Annual Report , the most serious factor in relation to purchasing for 1989–90 , owing to Government 's failure to meet the cost of nationally-negotiated pay awards over recent years , was the need to divert purchasing funds to pay essential salary costs during the year , thereby causing substantial reductions in the purchases of printed books of all periods , as well as manuscripts , maps and music . |
| 6 | The final dividend , payable on July 1 , was slashed from last year 's 1.5p to 0.9p . |
| 7 | Director of public relations , Linda Moore says : ‘ Rates are pegged at last year 's prices for most holidays , with special interests up slightly , but not as a result of the Directive . |
| 8 | Now they 're going to be pegged at last year 's level . |
| 9 | This year the grant has been frozen at last year 's level , with no uprating for inflation . |
| 10 | The friendly competition between Petersfield , Liss , Haslemere and Liphook Chambers of Trade is run annually , and this year was organised by last year 's winners Petersfield . |
| 11 | Horse racing 's decline was deepened by last year 's collapse in bloodstock values . |
| 12 | The necessary legislation — enabling the government to buy compulsorily at a price of its choosing — was pushed through last year . |
| 13 | Yet much of the juiciest information , collected for last year 's Bingham report , was kept secret . |
| 14 | Profits were flattered by comparison with a poor 1991 first half and by interest saved after last year 's £22 million rights issue . |
| 15 | I 'm having a yearly detailed print done of last year , |
| 16 | No direct comparison can be made with last year 's figures , as chairman Hugo Biermann reversed his company into a quoted shell company called Pathfinder Plc , and then changed its name to Maddox — because it was based in Maddox Street in London . |
| 17 | The two counties met in last year 's Ulster final at Armagh and in one of the best games seen in the province all year Tyrone came from behind in the second half to pull off a memorable victory after having been reduced to fourteen players . |
| 18 | The fishing for sand-eels alone has risen until last year ( 1989 ) a million tonnes were taken from the North Sea by EEC member countries . |
| 19 | A post office in Armstrong Road , Newcastle , fire bombed in last year 's riots , is to reopen inside a chemist shop also in Armstrong Road , on Monday . |
| 20 | It should be noted that this figure excludes sales to the UK sector of the North Sea which are not classified as exports and reinforces the point made in last year 's survey , that the Mechanical engineering sector in Grampian is having considerable success in widening it 's export markets . |
| 21 | The relief applied to last year 's business rates bill , which is thought to have topped the £4,000 mark . |
| 22 | The table shows how the agencies ' ratings of three large Italian banks , Banca Commerciale Italiana ( BCI ) , Banca Nazionale del Lavoro and Istituto Bancario San Paolo di Torino , have diverged since last year . |
| 23 | Many had to borrow money , a need that had grown since last year 's replacement of social security single grants for urgent needs or repairs by social fund loans . |
| 24 | It is a team which has grown since last year , reflecting the important emphasis being placed on Export sales , which have shown almost a 25% increase by value in the last two years . |
| 25 | PLCND , chaired by Bob Cryer , Labour candidate for Bradford South and vice-chairman of Labour 's backbench defence committee , has not met since last year . |
| 26 | It was upheld at last year 's meeting in Noordwijk [ see ED no. 37/38 ] . |
| 27 | The FAO 's new estimate of 15.4 million hectares a year is down from the 16.9 million hectare estimate presented at last year 's Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro , but well above the 11.4 million hectare estimate of 1980 . |
| 28 | ABOVE Simon Stern The Pan Book of Famous Quotations , cover illustration , commissioned by Jim Stanton , and exhibited at last year 's AOI Images show . |
| 29 | The branch is still reeling from the losses suffered at last year 's polls . |
| 30 | Er , I should also re , remind you so my brief informs me , of the no smoking rule , which was adopted at last year 's er , A G M , and which means there 's no smoking er , in this room at any rate , and certainly not during the meeting . |