Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] year ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whilst missioner in Cambridgeshire — after a five years ' spell in Oxford he began to — read seriously and painstakingly — and , though untutored and without the benefit of lectures , he gained a degree in Classics at Cambridge University . |
| 2 | New York became conditioned to skyscrapers which were torn down after a few years ' life to be replaced by newer skyscrapers . |
| 3 | After a few years ' disgrace they were back living quietly but comfortably in Moscow . |
| 4 | This perennial plant 's big , bold , green clumps , measuring 90cm/3ft high and the same in diameter , grow even bigger and more productive before they deteriorate after a few years ' growth , and are then best replaced . |
| 5 | Charles and Liz , naturally , did not construct the notion of a New Year 's Eve party in this spirit , as a portent , as a symbol , as a landmark in the journey of their lives . |
| 6 | The dissolution of the monasteries by the French in 1809 was the violent culmination of a twenty years ' campaign . |
| 7 | The apparently irreversible trend in the insurance industry , in common with others in the financial services sector , to move away from high-risk , low-return business and focus on specialised , value-added lines ( stop-loss insurance , financial insurance to smooth the impact of a single year 's sudden loss on the balance sheet with repayment over subsequent years , and so on ) , means that organisations must look on insurance almost as a last resort after exhausting all the possibilities of minimising risk cost-effectively in-house . |
| 8 | Obviously it had n't been planted by Marshall ; the weed was the remains of a previous year 's crop . |
| 9 | How much money went with this is not known but the scale of the ruins — the shell of the reactor is still visible — suggest that it must have been several million dollars even in 1950s prices , perhaps 1 per cent of the gross national product of Argentina , or roughly the equivalent of a whole year 's research budget for a developed country . |
| 10 | The growth rate in original currencies was 6.9% , reflecting the impact of successful rating action in all major markets as well as the inclusion of a full year 's premiums from the US-based Hawkeye-Security Group , acquired in July 1991 . |
| 11 | Further , more local , threats are posed for the sake of a few years ' supply of raw materials . |
| 12 | She is in fact already a teacher of a few years ' experience , with one class in her own village of Strathkinness in Fife , and two more in nearby St. Andrews ; she has even more experience as a traveller , having for some time regularly made the journey to Edinburgh by bicycle and train to attend training Saturdays with Rita Quick and Monday recreational classes with Muriel Jessop , and during the last two years undertaken the long trip south to take part in Aston Clinton weekends . |
| 13 | Pre-tax profits for the six months to October 1 came in at £134,000 as against a full year 's loss of £128,000 and a previous half time profit of £258,000 . |
| 14 | The next day Minton , in marvellous form and coruscating with wit , took a crowd of friends to the Gargoyle for a New Year 's Day lunch . |
| 15 | Middlesbrough Council is hoping at qualify for a further year 's Government grant to finance champion coaching sessions for young sportspeople . |
| 16 | Stocks of ingredient X are currently available for a whole year 's production of Abrasive , and are valued at their original cost . |
| 17 | Welding trainee Paul Marlborough , 21 , of Moore Street , Hartlepool , said : ‘ The scheme has been told its funding is to be cut to £39,000 for a full year 's training , but it needs much more than that to survive . |
| 18 | He said he had visited Sara Hart on 1 January as a New Year 's greeting . |
| 19 | CHANNEL 4 steals a march on GMTV 's debut tomorrow by serving up their own breakfast show tonight as a New Year 's Eve special . |
| 20 | ‘ About a whole year 's robberies from here ? ’ |
| 21 | The only problem was convincing them they could n't follow up with a New Year 's knees-up a week later . |
| 22 | Without that Dublin goal they would still be languishing in the lower reaches , their morale severely affected since their championship challenge disintegrated with a New Year 's Day thrashing by QPR at Old Trafford . |
| 23 | For the long term benefits of the ‘ loyalty share bonus ’ together with a first year 's yield of around 20 per cent makes the investment an attractive income stock . |
| 24 | Yorkshire Television , the independent broadcaster and programme maker , brightened shareholders ' screens yesterday with a full year 's pre-tax profits up from £15.64million to £18million and a dividend payout of 11.3p for the year as against 9.6p last time . |
| 25 | Turnover from the instruments division , including a full year 's contribution from Goring Kerr and a seven month 's contribution from Goring Kerr Interest , increased 62% to £32.2m . |
| 26 | Melanie opened her eyes and saw thorns among roses , as if she woke from a hundred years ' night , la belle au bois dormante , imprisoned in a century 's steadily burgeoning garden . |
| 27 | Sales in 1992 increased to IR£76.3 million , despite a generally hostile economic environment At constant exchange rates , sales increased by 9 per cent which benefited from a full year 's contribution from the new Marquis brand . |
| 28 | If you register immediately you 'll benefit from a whole year 's worth of tax free interest for what 's calculated on April the fifth . |
| 29 | Perhaps those of you , my readers , who are involved , like me , in curriculum design , might join me in a New Year 's resolution to keep our wishful thinking in check and face reality more consistently . |
| 30 | In a New Year 's Day report he told the PDPA that he did not wish ‘ to exclude from the process of national reconciliation the various political groupings of a centrist or monarchist persuasion or the leaders of armed anti-government groupings operating abroad ’ . |