Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] the first year " in BNC.

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1 The plan should not be formulated and then forgotten after grant for the first year has been obtained .
2 In other words these Guatemalan children show , as do Dennis 's institutionalized infants , that retardation during the first year or two of life is reversible , and that early experiences , however drastic at the time , do not necessarily set up patterns of behaviour that can not subsequently be modified .
3 The hotel has targeted its occupancy for the first year at 55 per cent , which , Mr Nitschke says , is realistic .
4 The progress during the first year of recovery will vary from one person to another but for most people this first year in any Fellowship is spent mainly in compliance : doing what is suggested by people more experienced in the Anonymous Fellowships , attending meetings , contributing to them and giving practical service in them , progressively working the 12 Steps with the guidance of a sponsor and generally learning to use the various suggested techniques of staying away from one 's primary addictive substance or behaviour and learning to deal with stressful situations in a more appropriate manner than previously .
5 The mean height increment during the first year after diagnosis was 4.4 ( 2.3 ) cm .
6 In addition to this the men who were passing through the camp after the first year often had a different view of the war from those who had been there since before the fall of France .
7 When it was privatised , the prospectus projected a £10.2 million loss for the first year ( which in fact was 16 months long to take its accounts to the calendar year-end ) .
8 The programme for the first year was drawn up by the three partners during a week-long visit to Fife .
9 Students intending to take a joint degree join either department for the first year and since requirements of two departments must be satisfied , joint degree students normally have a restricted choice of courses in first and second years .
10 The target sales figure for the first year is 1,000 units though Mr McPherson reckons that this could be the tip of the iceberg .
11 And of course in a scheme like that many details have to be worked out especially in negotiations with the bus company for the figure we have put in is I think a realistic figure for the first year of the scheme .
12 We were surprised at the continuing estimates of fixed costs , as we would have expected a minimal time investment after the first year of familiarisation , but given that training was identified as the major cost , it may be that this forms the bulk of the continuing cost .
13 Debbie dropped out of college after the first year . ’
14 Successful completion of the first year of the Diploma of Higher Education in Irish Studies ( see page 151 ) will satisfy the entry conditions .
15 However , with the recent completion of the first year of the Chartered Accountants Joint Ethics Committee ( CAJEC ) , this is an appropriate time to consider the first of those three elements — the need for continuing debate inside and outside the profession .
16 Japan successful completion of the first year of a degree course from a recognised university .
17 South Africa Satisfactory completion of the first year of an approved degree course at a recognised university ; higher matriculation certificate .
18 USA Satisfactory completion of the first year of an approved degree course at an accredited university or satisfactory performance in the SAT and two APT 's .
19 The course is examined by a paper in each subject at the end of the summer ( Trinity ) term of the first year .
20 The HSE 's review of the first year of COSHH concluded that most firms were aware of COSHH and had tried to comply with the regulations , though many had not gone beyond the collection of information about hazards .
21 I expect to be able to report to the House soon the results of the review of the first year of the new European Standing Committees after the Select Committee on Procedure has reported .
22 A small amount of Italian may be included to give bulk in the first year .
23 A cash ceiling approach , or a set timetable to phase allowances out over five years , would result in very little extra revenue in the first year .
24 A sum of 250 million dollars would cover the launching of the programme in the first year ; part of the costs of administering the occupation would be incorporated in the 600 million dollars .
25 At the time of the evaluation School A had already embarked upon curriculum integration in an integrated studies ( IS ) programme in the first year , curriculum augmentation by the addition to the curriculum of study skills for years 1–5 , and was debating infrastructural integration through the physical relocation of the library in the suite of rooms already accommodating the audio-visual resource centre .
26 In an experiment at Stamford school ( S. Smith 1984 ) , it was shown that , whereas girls ’ mathematics scores were equal to those of the boys on entry in the first year , by the end of the year , boys were scoring more highly .
27 The company has agreed to keep the average rise in domestic telephone charges to four percentage points below inflation , and to lower international rates by 12% over the next three years , starting with an 8% cut in the first year .
28 The voices of Surkov and Rozanov on tape , played over and over in my study in the first year or so after our meeting , had brought their living presence to me ; but later , as those tapes were discarded in favour of over-scrawled typewritten pages , Surkov and Rozanov increasingly became characters under my control , their improvisations almost lost under the refinements of a thousand and one nights ( and days ) of my own labour .
29 Practice varies from faculty to faculty : for example , mostfaculties will accept SCOTVEC modules when these are offered in combination with other school-leaving qualifications ; some will make offers on the basis of Ordinary or Higher National Certificates or Diplomas for entry to the first year of study , while the Faculty of Science and Engineering will in appropriate circumstances consider such qualifications as a basis for entry to the second year .
30 Applicants holding GCE A-level passes of sufficiently high standard in appropriate subjects may be offered exemption from all or part of the first year of most honours degree courses ; indeed such opportunities may also be available to applicants offering other qualifications .
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