Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] [adv] [art] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Mohammed said this might happen no more than once or twice every year depending how often people died . |
| 2 | Like , it used to be that [ place ] station might be attacked once or twice a year , like it was hit five times in one night this year … |
| 3 | When I get out of my train at Victoria and look about me at the other two hundred — mostly strangers , not least so those whose names as early schoolfellows dawn on me when they disappeared , — I sometimes think that one or two of us ought to speak out instead of just voting and making a remark in the complaint book once or twice a year and writing to a newspaper less often . |
| 4 | At the farthest end of the scale is the person who tries to improve his or her shape only once or twice a year , perhaps even less . |
| 5 | Another 17-year-old girl kept up a regular correspondence with her natural mother and went to see her once or twice a year referring to her as an ‘ auntie ’ . |
| 6 | I thought , as most people probably think once or twice a year , that I should never be the same person again . |
| 7 | In modern Germany there are more than a hundred spas offering the ‘ cure ’ , and programmes of hydrotherapy are taken once or twice a year by millions of Germans . |
| 8 | Retest foods once or twice a year to see if they are still a problem . |
| 9 | Going over the limit in the privacy of your own home just once or twice a year probably wo n't do any lasting damage . |
| 10 | They only meet during residential Circle functions , i. e. once or twice a year . |
| 11 | Once or twice a year there would be a village concert in the schoolroom , with recitations and songs by villagers . |
| 12 | ONCE or twice a year in some television studio or other I find myself bumping into Lord Parkinson . |
| 13 | Once or twice a year he would join the Fabers during their family holidays in Wales . |
| 14 | Once or twice a year he 'll go even further and invite a business writer to come and talk to his people . |
| 15 | A regular checkup once or twice a year with a GP who had the time , the energy , and the resources to advise on preventative medicine as an integral part of the National Health Service , may have protected me from a heart attack . |
| 16 | This sometimes invisible deity is usually meant to keep an eye on the working of the account , provide advice and experience if problems arise , and share a drink once or twice a year with your managing director or chairperson . |
| 17 | Club meetings will be held in various parts of the country as weekend breaks once or twice a year , with a full fish and plantkeeping programme arranged . |
| 18 | Surveillance may be carried out adequately by a skilled practitioner in 10 to 14 minutes once or twice a year , but , to have any impact , discussions about management and lifestyle to reduce the risk of complications will take longer . |
| 19 | The profit of the company is partially shared with employees and a payment made once or twice a year . |
| 20 | The valuation of trading stock will normally take place only once or twice a year to coincide with the date of the end of the builder 's financial year or half-year , although larger companies may prepare quarterly accounts . |
| 21 | Year to year there are variations ; summer may start two weeks late , or two weeks early , or tentatively … and once or twice a year the weather goes into a sulk for a few days and refuses to co-operate with us . |
| 22 | Predictions from these tables will let you down once or twice a year when a session of light wind invades for a few days . |
| 23 | Once or twice a year |
| 24 | Once or twice a year I would go home for a weekend to see my mother . |
| 25 | Switzer noted that he could give ‘ directions once or twice a Year in most of the … |
| 26 | The frequency of maintenance will depend on the harshness of the environment , and in normal circumstances should be once or twice a year . |
| 27 | He visits them once or twice a year when he goes back to India . |
| 28 | My mother took me to a paediatrician on the East Side of town , once or twice a year . |
| 29 | At the early age of thirty-eight me mother sent me West Get up , said she , and get a job says I I 'll do me best I pulled on my Wellingtons to march to march to Kiljimock But I took a wrong turn at Charlestown and ended up in Knock Once this quiet crossroads was a place of quiet prayer Where Catholics got indulgent once or twice a year You could buy a pair of rosary beads or get your candles blessed If you had a guilty conscience , you could get it off your chest … |
| 30 | Vacuum at least once a week and shampoo whenever it starts to look grubby — probably once or twice a year . |