Example sentences of "[prep] the first year [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 2 A 2% discount for the first year that 's 5.99% , typical APR 8.2% |
| 2 | Having considered the potential benefits of offering discounts for full payment of Council Tax the Council has decided for the first year that it is not beneficial and that therefore no discounts will be offered for full payment . |
| 3 | The two-year deal amounted to 9.5 per cent for the first year and inflation plus 2.5 per cent for the second . |
| 4 | The discount , running for one year , comes off the C&G base mortgage rate of 8.5% , producing a rate of 6.5% for the first year and an annual percentage rate of 9.3% . |
| 5 | I think I could pay you two shillings a week for the first year and we 'd have to see how things went . |
| 6 | Students intending to take a joint degree join either department for the first year and since requirements of two departments must be satisfied , joint degree students normally have a restricted choice of courses in first and second years . |
| 7 | Even with such a drastic cut , we estimated our losses for the first year as being in the region of £148,000 . |
| 8 | For the first year or so it turns you into a kind of psychopathic animal and then suddenly , like a butterfly emerging from the pupa , you sprout wings , your heart opens , you become … charming . |
| 9 | For the first year or so some of the people , particularly in the big independent television ( ITV ) companies , were incredibly scornful of both Liz Forgan and myself . |
| 10 | Relatively little could be done for the first year or two ; Pitt had a view of the war that stretched over the whole world , but it took some time to prepare the resources to give effect to this vision . |
| 11 | For the first year or so of the war , oil and gas operations in the Gulf , leaving aside the damaged Iraqi terminals , continued very much as in the 1970s . |
| 12 | Lyndon Johnson 's searing complaints against the British have been much quoted , yet for the first year or two the president was not insensitive to the political realities in London . |
| 13 | In fact , for the first year or two she 'd expected to hear from him , asking for a divorce so that he could marry Marissa , who had , apparently , followed him to Sydney . |
| 14 | There are also a lot of advantages in acquisition accountancy which can provide a sort of beer mat for the first years while you are trying to put the businesses together , and of course we did n't have these in the merger . |
| 15 | For the first years or so of the war , oil and gas operations , setting aside the damaged Gulf terminals and the dislocation of the northern pipeline , continued very much as during the previous decade . |
| 16 | The mean height increment during the first year after diagnosis was 4.4 ( 2.3 ) cm . |
| 17 | As priority was given to the undergraduate course in information retrieval during the first year and other conditions remained nearly constant , any changes in the pattern of the use of Chalmers Library during that time could be attributed to the effects of the course of instruction . |
| 18 | They point out : ‘ During the first year or so , you will have to work long and unsociable hours and may have to go without a holiday or make other sacrifices . ’ |
| 19 | It is true that much of the subsequent shape and form that a rose assumes is determined more during the first year or two of pruning than any subsequent factor . |
| 20 | Three practices had employed an extra member of staff either during the first year or at the beginning of the second to work specifically on fundholding duties or to release the practice manager to do this . |
| 21 | In other words these Guatemalan children show , as do Dennis 's institutionalized infants , that retardation during the first year or two of life is reversible , and that early experiences , however drastic at the time , do not necessarily set up patterns of behaviour that can not subsequently be modified . |
| 22 | Yet , after the first year or two he is disappointed that sales of his products are not better . |
| 23 | He failed the end of year exams after the first year and changed his subject to sociology , in which he later attained a degree . |
| 24 | The course is assessed by means of clinical and written examination at the end of the first year and by assessment of a thesis based upon a research project presented after the third year . |
| 25 | When screening began we agreed to discontinue it at the end of the first year if there were a number of traumatised families . |
| 26 | The US-Canada free trade accord came under severe political scrutiny in the first year since its ratification [ see p. 36426 ] . |
| 27 | Although a fall in numbers occurred in the first year after charges were introduced , that was largely due to the building works , but the figures have increased and Welsh men are looking forward enormously to the addition to their national museum . |
| 28 | Height velocity in the first year after operation increased dramatically compared with year before operation among patients with growth potential . |
| 29 | The H pylori reinfection rate in the first year after eradication was 6.25% ( two of 32 patients ) . |
| 30 | So farmers are looking hard for new sources of income and , to be fair , the Government is encouraging the search : grants are available for feasibility studies ( 50% of cost ) , for employing a marketing person ( 40% in the first year but decreasing after that ) and for capital expenditure ( 25% up to a limit of £40,000 ) . |