Example sentences of "[adj] year ['s] [noun] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This year 's event attracted a number of scholarships from the Volvo Tour itself to manufacturers such as Wilson and Dunlop Slazenger and Tour sponsors like Diners Club and Hewlett Packard . |
| 2 | And the emotion surrounding this year 's event spilled over . |
| 3 | The first such fair in Europe and the only one in the world to show only drawings , this year 's event drew serious collectors from across the world and a solid Parisian clientele . |
| 4 | One might also note that this year 's short-list included Nelson Mandela , who for all his grey-haired , septuagenarian dignity , openly espoused political terrorism in his youth , and is still the figurehead of an organisation which has practised torture in camps . |
| 5 | This year 's Convention remembered the Doolittle Raiders an impressive collection of B–25 Mitchell bombers were gathered together to re-enact that historic first air attack ( April 18 , 1942 ) by US Forces on Japan , operating , as President Roosevelt called it , from Shangri La ! |
| 6 | This year 's attendance showed a 45 per cent increase on 1990 . |
| 7 | This year 's competition attracted 220 entries . |
| 8 | This year 's adjustment saw some Halifax borrowers experience a sudden rise in mothly payments of ‘ more than 30 per cent in many cases ’ . |
| 9 | This year 's events attracted more official attention than before since Wales will be sending sides to the World and Hong Kong Sevens in 1993 . |
| 10 | It 's all hands on deck for the most exciting show in London as the Royal Navy introduces this year 's action packed Royal Tournament at Earl 's Court . |
| 11 | Yesterday William Weatherspoon , the conference chairman , and former Inverness headmaster , said this year 's conference had provided hopeful signs that the various churches ' positions could be harmonised . |
| 12 | The decision to put greater emphasis on workshops at this year 's conference proved a winner . |
| 13 | Jurors of this year 's prize included Gabriel P. Weisberg , professor of art history at the University of Minnesota ; Joan Marter , professor of art history at Rutgers University ; and Jesssie Poech , professor of art history at Tulane University . |
| 14 | Sales have gone flat , with this year 's figure predicted to drop from an annual peak of 41 million to 36 million barrels . |
| 15 | This year 's tournament took place between 14 and 16 August with Bridgend , Gloucester and G.S.D. de Cascais Portugal as the visiting teams . |
| 16 | No sooner had this year 's tournament finished , than work began on the £10m octagonal shaped 14,000 seater stadium , which will have giant palm trees growing through the stairways to help maintain the distinctive flavour of South Florida . |
| 17 | The absence of South Africa from both the 1987 and this year 's tournaments stood out like a sore thumb . |
| 18 | If you know different contact : who would like to get this year 's books completed . |
| 19 | For the gerontological research community the 1980 and 1985 GHS are of special interest as these years ' surveys had a special section concerned with those aged 65 + . |
| 20 | As that course had not been taken , the sentence of three years ' detention took effect , by reason of Criminal Justice Act 1982 , 5.1B(S) as a sentence of 12 months ' detention , and the excess of the sentence over 12 months ' was remitted . |
| 21 | The defective article might still be in the manufacturer 's possession three years after the date of manufacture , and he might sell it later , but no one would have the hardihood to suggest that the three years ' limitation had already cut off all right of action before he had sold it . |
| 22 | Each year Mrs Curdle asked to see how the previous year 's bouquet had worn , so that the doctor and his wife were in honour bound not to destroy these offerings . |
| 23 | Nothing in his many years ' service had prepared him for this sort of situation . |
| 24 | The tax rebate relating to prior years ' tax paid was recognised in last year 's accounts as an extraordinary tax credit , but has been included in taxation on profit on ordinary activities in these accounts in accordance with FRS3 . |
| 25 | What would happen , we asked , if new information in ten years ' time showed that the people working inside Hinkley C had been in even greater danger ? |
| 26 | The first year 's yield produced £72,000 , the second £66,000 , the third £5,800 , and the fourth £9,400 . |
| 27 | The first year 's trapping suggested that Platycheirus albimanus was the commonest garden hoverfly , forming almost a fifth of the total catch ; a fifth of the species trapped in 1972 were represented by only one individual , and the average number of individuals per species was 29 . |
| 28 | Almost two years ' preparations culminated with a magnificent floral display , a beating the retreat ceremony and thanksgiving services , along with an opera , performed in the grounds of the old abbey . |
| 29 | Since childhood , since her early school days , New Year 's Eve had possessed for her a mournful terror : she had elected it to represent the Nothingness which was her own life , the solid , cheerful festival which had seemed to be the lives of others . |
| 30 | Because it was made on January 4 , the references to New Year 's Eve appeared to have been edited out . |