Example sentences of "[conj] be [vb pp] [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the breed 's origins are uncertain and the theories are numerous — that they are almost directly descended from the wild aurochs , for example ( the claim of many a breed ! ) or are at least of Bos primigenius stock like the Podolians of the steppes , or are descended from large , long-horned continental cattle imported several centuries ago ( some say by the Romans ) , or were imported 3,000–4,000 years ago , or came from Ireland where they were an ancient indigenous type , or were developed from Dutch and old English breeds before the eighteenth century , or must have Norse origins because of their coat colour and pattern . |
| 2 | & were divorced this year … |
| 3 | No trace has yet been found of the French gallery owner Basmadjian who disappeared or was kidnapped two years ago in the former Soviet Union . |
| 4 | In place of these grand documents are ‘ rolling programmes ’ that are revised each year , and the even more prosaic procedures of periodic adjustments in response to perceived needs and anomalies when resources become available — the classic ‘ incremental ’ approach of local government . |
| 5 | The dream of the New Look has to have taken place during or after the summer of 1950 , because in it I wore one of my two summer dresses , one of green and one of blue gingham , that were made that year and that lasted me , with letting down , until I went to school . |
| 6 | I suspect that the hon. Gentleman may have in mind some initial teething troubles that were experienced this year in connection with local management of primary schools . |
| 7 | It is built with proprietary 0.8 micron CMOS technology , and follows the 1.2 micron 256Kb and 512Kb Flash memories that were introduced last year . |
| 8 | Yet less than half a million votes were cast to keep Cripps inside the Labour Party , far fewer than were cast three years earlier to accept the affiliation of the Communist Party . |
| 9 | er I 've read in the past that , that there are so many different strains of the , of flu that , that its , vaccine , the vaccine that is produced each year does n't necessarily tackle that strain of flu . |
| 10 | AND THAT WAS JUST THE START OF A THOROUGH RENOVATION THAT 'S TAKEN 20 YEARS TO COMPLETE . |
| 11 | It 's a strategy that 's boosted half year profits 45 percent to 3.7 million pounds . |
| 12 | This machine here is doing the work that was done last year by twelve men . ’ |
| 13 | The new chairman will be putting into action the firm 's $4m internal study of international strategy that was developed last year . |
| 14 | The Chipmunk is also of interest , its previous identity suggesting it was recently acquired from the MoD but not so — it is an ex Army Air Corps example that was sold many years ago after storage at Kemble and has been kept as a spares source at the gliding site at Currock Hill , Northumberland , for at least fifteen years . |
| 15 | The pre-economic and monetary union full convergence measures are more severe in their final outturn than was anticipated several years ago when the whole debate began . |
| 16 | It 's not much use arriving somewhere at ten in the morning clutching the collected works under your arm and wishing you had a wig and been born thirty years earlier in order to play Lear — or for that matter the Duke of Gloucester . |
| 17 | The annual charge is currently 1.25% of the value of your investment and is charged each year that the plan is in force . |
| 18 | The first Power PC chip , the 601 , will become available for it and is expected next year , ahead of schedule . |
| 19 | It was attractive with a fresh , clean image but was not sufficiently robust to withstand stacking on shelves and customer handling and was replaced three years later by the ‘ France Oeuf ’ carton . |
| 20 | Mr Brettell , who is married , pleaded ‘ no contest ’ to a public lewdness charge and was given one year probation , after which the misdemeanor will likely be dropped . |
| 21 | All EC states would be given three years to introduce the necessary legislation except for the UK , which had strongly opposed the proposal and was given 10 years to implement it [ see also p. 38658 for UK option to withdraw from social policy aspects of European Union ] . |
| 22 | ‘ Nonsense , ’ said Lucie Bila , who sings the track and was named last year 's best Czech singer , accusing the board of lacking a sense of humour . |
| 23 | For my part , while I accept the housing market has changed radically since and was decided five years ago . |
| 24 | Fig. 1.12 Root marks on bone : Recent cow rib from Draycott , Somerset ; the cow died in 1977 and was excavated 8 years later , and the vegetation around the bone was exclusively nettles ( breadth of root impressions is approximately 300 microns ) ; the root marks are shown in three increasing magnifications from top to bottom : A ×12 ; B ×15 , C ×75 . |
| 25 | It is set , after all , in a museum which is a perfect Periclean Ionic temple : but it is not a temple , not in Ionia , and was built 2,300 years after Pericles 's death . |
| 26 | the fact that the bereavement sum of £3,500 is arbitrary and was set five years ago . |
| 27 | May , who lives in Causewayhead with her husband Mike , joined us at Abbey Road as a clerkess and was promoted five years later . |
| 28 | It is not ‘ enjoyed ’ by all staff and was agreed three years ago and therefore we are only being awarded something which was already due . |
| 29 | ‘ Tactel ’ is the clothing range which is of particular importance in the sports and leisure area , and was introduced five years ago in skiwear . |
| 30 | TWO THEORIES surfaced this week to explain the ‘ uncorroded condition ’ of Holland 1 , the submarine that sank off Cornwall in 1913 and was recovered last year ( New Scientist , 31 March , p 905 ) . |