Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [noun sg] a year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the rules only allow the purchase of one new free-standing AVC policy a year , it is possible to purchase a different policy every year , so building up a spread of investments . |
| 2 | The story that one of them must have told a Daily Sketch reporter a year later was that sitting in a West End club and finding the cold unbearable they had decided to go somewhere warm . |
| 3 | It required a further hatti şerif a year later which recognised Miloš as hereditary Prince of Serbia , established a commission to settle the boundaries , and regularised the payment of the annual Serbian tribute to the Sultan . |
| 4 | He won the British and European welterweight titles in March and June respectively of 1920 , and the British Middleweight Championship a year later . |
| 5 | He had got into an argument in the wash room with Clive Fairbrother , an Australian exchange student a year older than him whose sense of humour was only a few degrees away from sheer malice . |
| 6 | ‘ At a time of high inflation , two or three percent flexibility a year is fine , but if inflation goes up to 12 per cent , you 're in trouble and the profit is wiped out . ’ |
| 7 | Ironically , he was released early from a previous prison sentence a year ago because of good behaviour . |
| 8 | twelve , twelve , thirteen , fourteen percent interest a year ! |
| 9 | Built in 1938 , Canton was converted to an armed merchant cruiser a year later and fitted with eight six inch and two three-inch guns . |
| 10 | The discounts can be 13 per cent or more , a good return for whoever buys them and recovers the full face value a year later from the issuing bank . |
| 11 | There are about 20–40 confirmed cases of toxic shock syndrome a year in the United Kingdom , not all of them associated with menstruation , and with three or four fatal cases . |
| 12 | In the interim report of the Tripartite Coal Industry Examination in 1974 , the NCB , the unions and the government accepted the elimination of ‘ a broad average of some 3–4 million tonne capacity a year ’ . |
| 13 | An educator only has to prevent one new HIV infection a year to save the NHS his or her entire salary in future AIDS treatment costs alone . |
| 14 | David Steadman , managing director , said the company expects to start making trading profits by 1997 and achieve positive cash flow a year later . |