Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [art] [num ord] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only a day after reporting the second year of falling personal computer sales ( CI No 2,157 ) , the Japan Electronic Industry Development Association says that Japanese manufacturers ' shipments of personal computers jumped 6.2% in unit terms during the January to March quarter from a year earlier , and the rise in combined exports and domestic sales to 688,000 units from 648,000 units in the year-earlier quarter marked the first quarterly rise in two years ; exports rocketed 31% to 144,000 units but domestic shipments only inched up 1.1% to 544,000 units , but was still the first quarterly increase in two-and-a-half years ; because of the price wars , combined export and domestic shipments of made-in-Japan micros — when measured in currency terms , fell 8.3% — exports and home sales each off 8% . |
| 2 | The most fundamental events in people 's lives are strongly affected by their social class , ranging from their chances of surviving the first year of life through likely age of marriage and number of children to the kind of diseases they are most likely to die of ( Reid 1977 ) . |
| 3 | Even the teenage mothers ' infants had good chances of surviving the first year of life , if their fathers were 25–29 years old . |
| 4 | It will take to the air and leave Britain for Africa where it will winter , before returning the next year to become a brood parasite in its own right . |
| 5 | … when it comes to giving the third year grades I find it really difficult , with some kids you say ‘ well they ought to have a ‘ B ’ , ’ but I ca n't give them a ‘ B ’ because there are n't any ‘ B's left … |
| 6 | For those members taking part in the British Trust for Ornithology/BASF Garden Bird Survey , we are pleased to announce that BASF have generously agreed to continue their support by sponsoring a third year of the survey . |