Example sentences of "[adj] year [unc] [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On this particular issue , the evidence of over 30 years ' research is before them and there is no lack of evidence to hide behind . |
| 2 | " Thirty-six years ' abstinence is more than moderation , Gordon . " |
| 3 | I do n't think the consumer would ev say that and I think sometimes one forgets er people forget the consumer I mean the erm er but obviously by us going onto the Hong Kong route we are going to reduce British Airways and Cathay Pacific 's profits on that route considerably , we we think that because our costs are considerably less than British Airways , and I suspect considerably less than Cathay Pacific , that the player that er could be around in thirty or forty years ' time is Virgin Atlantic . |
| 4 | Already in Britain there are plans for putting into communication the computer-based personal information systems of DHSS , the Driving and Vehicle Licensing Centre , the Police National Computer and the Inland Revenue ; and the embossed plastic cards with unique machine-readable numerical identifiers which are now issued automatically to all school-leavers to mark their entry into the National Insurance scheme will in a few years ' time be , in effect , national identity cards . |
| 5 | This year 's race is the most open for a decade . |
| 6 | Nine of the first ten qualifiers in this year 's race were born outside the United States . |
| 7 | Amongst those who did not do duty in this year 's championship are Phil Davies ( standing down as Llanelli skipper after a highly successful five year run ; reverting to the second row and declaring his intention to challenge for a place in the Lions party in that position — remember the trouble he gave Paul Ackford when Wales last beat England in 1989 ) ; David Bryant ( controversially appointed a youthful pack leader in his first season in international rugby under the John Ryan regime , now recovered from a debilitating period of illness ) ; Andy Allen ( the front jumper was capped out of Newbridge in 1990 , subsequently becoming yet another moving down the valley to Newport ) ; Aled Williams ( one cap as a replacement wing in Namibia in 1990 , when a Bridgend player , but increasingly favoured by many to join Robert Jones in forming a club halfback partnership ) . |
| 8 | Any disappointment he may feel over the delay has been more than compensated for by the news that tickets for this year 's event are already selling fast . |
| 9 | The six companies involved in this year 's event are WildCard and Theatrevision from Dublin ; The Decidedly Average Theatre Company from Coleraine ; Clockwork from Galway , and Hoi Polloi and Scarecrow from Belfast . |
| 10 | Because of the growing expense of the festival , this year 's event is reduced to six days , opening traditionally on the Friday , but ending the following Wednesday . |
| 11 | It appears that ‘ a good time was had by all ’ and I am told by Tony Galvin , GODDB , that planning for this year 's event is proceeding well . |
| 12 | The novelty of this year 's event is the introduction of guided tours , which clearly aim to introduce new clients to recession-hit galleries . |
| 13 | The date for this year 's event is Wednesday April 29 . |
| 14 | One of the most appealing aspects of this year 's event was its location in the Tate Gallery , the first time a national gallery has hosted the conference . |
| 15 | This year 's event was organised by Australian operations geophysicist Brett Kelsall and his wife , Di . |
| 16 | The reason why Henry 's belief that McEnroe is this year 's champion was too lucky or too luckily true to count as knowledge is that his route to this lucky truth was such that even if it had been false , he would still have ended up believing it . |
| 17 | This year 's winner is the French gallerist Denise René , established in Paris since 1945 and a close contact of Dr Stünke 's since the Fifties . |
| 18 | This year 's Oshkosh was graced by the Super Sportster replica NR2101 ( alias N117GB ) , powered by a Wasp Junior . |
| 19 | But easily the most impressive aspect of this year 's dominance was the sheer consistency and reliability of the car and its engine . |
| 20 | This year 's address was filmed at Sandringham , Norfolk , where the Queen is spending Christmas . |
| 21 | Northern Ireland has never won the Home Internationals before but team manager Jim McGrory feels that this year 's selection is good enough to achieve success for the first time . |
| 22 | The judges for this year 's award were : the artist , Frank Auerbach ; Richard Calvocoressi , Keeper of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art ; Richard Dorment , art critic of the Daily Telegraph ; Robin Gibson , Curator of the Twentieth-Century Collection of the National Portrait Gallery ; Dr John Hayes , the Gallery 's director ; Robert Horton , chairman of BP ; the art historian , Professor Norbert Linton ; last year 's prize winner , Justin Mortimer ; and the artist , Humphrey Ocean . |
| 23 | This year 's award was presented to , Spondon-based head of Financial Management and Audit Services , who organises the programme . |
| 24 | Across the yard in the oast house , hops fresh from this year 's harvest are placed in a kiln for 12 to 14 hours and heated by electric fans at temperatures starting at 90 degrees F and rising to 140° . |
| 25 | This year 's candidate is Robert De Niro in Awakenings . |
| 26 | A new event for this year 's reunion was a sponsored movement session . |
| 27 | This year 's parliament is intended to include the final rites over the 1989 protests as the judiciary reports on its recent ‘ successes ’ in jailing the leaders of the demonstrations . |
| 28 | This year 's Chairman was Mrs Rupert Frank , who had the support of her husband , and two of their three sons Frederick and Alexander Frank at the ball , which went with a swing from the start . |
| 29 | ‘ This year 's run was rather windy , ’ he said ‘ and quite a few people did have problems . |
| 30 | This year 's run was on a sunny Sunday in early April and a record number of JM runners took part to raise money for the Cancer Relief Macmillan Fund . |