Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [adv] a year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once The Stage covered all finals productions from the drama schools , but now they may write up a play perhaps once a year . |
| 2 | Two young constables who joined the force just over a year ago expressed concern at a plan to judge police performance on the number of arrests . |
| 3 | Mark Kershaw , who started as general manager at Ayr just over a year ago with the task of halting the track 's headlong hurtle towards debts of £1 million , described the rescue package as ‘ an enormous boost , not only for Ayr racecourse , but Scottish racing ’ . |
| 4 | His death spawned one of the great Grand Prix meetings of Europe , the Ivo van Damme Memorial Meeting , held annually in the Heysel Stadium in Brussels , itself a scene of appalling tragedy just over a year earlier at football 's European Cup Final . |
| 5 | Chevenement was actually given responsibility for industry as well as research just under a year ago . |
| 6 | Mark Clayton joined Eastwell Manor as head chef just over a year ago . |
| 7 | We began our preparation just over a year ago when Father Tim announced that people of 15 years or over could apply to be confirmed . |
| 8 | ‘ From a practical point of view , they are still dependent on their company for career progression and can not have the independence an external auditor would have nor would they necessarily have the technical expertise if they conducted a statutory audit only once a year . ’ |
| 9 | From my point of view , we had originally hoped to progress this proposal just over a year ago when spare money became available , but unfortunately , the bureaucratic process and conservatism of the people involved prevented us from doing this in time . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't suppose we sit out in the sun above twice a year . |
| 11 | Henceforth , the quarterly auctions of 30-year Treasury bonds are to take place only twice a year , nearly halving in volume ; auctions of seven-year notes are to be scrapped altogether . |
| 12 | That theft and recovery had taken place just over a year ago . |
| 13 | Even when Liz had come over for Mr Harding 's funeral , which had taken place just over a year ago , Laura had n't felt able to explain all of the difficulties she had faced . |
| 14 | More recently the Solstice has attracted thousands of New Age travellers , but they 've been banned this year by the same injuctions that now govern Castlemorton common in Worcestershire , where an illegal festival just over a year ago attracted 20,000 travellers . |
| 15 | The great majority of them participated in the sacrament only once a year at Easter , when they received the host ( or wafer ) but not the consecrated wine . |
| 16 | The Duma discussed foreign policy only once a year , when the ministry 's budget came under scrutiny : it has been estimated that it spent less than 1 per cent of its time on foreign affairs . |
| 17 | Because , with the death of her father just over a year ago , and with her only other living relative , her cousin Liz , living so far away in America , both she and Julie — who also had no close family of her own — were able to provide company for each other . |
| 18 | ‘ It was a direct result of seeing the need for something different that could allow people to go out to sea no matter what the weather was like outside , that I went to see the lifeboat just over a year ago . ’ |
| 19 | When John Taylor was selected as Cheltenham 's Tory candidate just over a year ago , the local Conservative party had to fight hard to heal divisions within its own association , about his appointment . |
| 20 | Polished pyramids of apples and pears , still-life arrangements of humble carrots and potatoes , hillocks of pale butter topped with parsley trees , cut flowers in superannuated tins green-painted — and a cast of salesmen who in England would have found employment only once a year , in pantomime . |
| 21 | erm well only about a year only about a year younger . |
| 22 | The recycling scheme is run by the non-profit making Save-a-Cup Recycling Company which was set up by a group of plastic cup manufacturers and a number of companies in the UK vending and foodservice industries just over a year ago . |
| 23 | Julie first came into contact with the power of crystals just over a year ago , when she happened to visit a psychic fair . |
| 24 | I supervised her professional training while she was working at the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute at Penicuik , and appointed her as an Assistant Librarian at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh just over a year ago . |
| 25 | Washing tip : clean jeans only once a year — without soap |
| 26 | It is the co-production with Opera North first seen in Leeds just over a year ago . |
| 27 | Taking you through garden planting step-by-step , Nigel starts by planting the backbone of the garden , and moves on to the star performers that take the stage just once a year . |
| 28 | Dalglish , whose side visit Southampton tomorrowsun , got his priorities right when he took on the former Luton and Wimbledon boss as his right-hand man soon after taking office just over a year ago . |
| 29 | The new meeting house opened its doors for worship almost exactly a year later ; it had cost £3,366 . |