Example sentences of "[det] than the [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his report to the Assembly , the Secretary-General said that by December only 72 countries had paid their contributions ( fewer than the previous year ) and that resources would be exhausted by the last quarter of 1990 . |
| 2 | It merits consideration , even though there is still keen advocacy for cash flow accounting , and even though there are inevitably additional costs and a long lead-time to production ( probably rather more than the two years in NZ ) as departments switch to accrual accounting . |
| 3 | Debt servicing was allocated R2,700 million , 27 per cent more than the previous year . |
| 4 | The package , worth 6 per cent more than the previous year 's assistance , went a long way towards the $9,200 million required by India to meet an expected current-account deficit of $6,000 million and debt repayments of $3,200 million . |
| 5 | The toll of serious accidents among young people in Darlington last year was 14 , three more than the previous year . |
| 6 | Pearce could have done with more than the seven years he had at British Aerospace to achieve the kind of management culture he would have liked to have bequeathed to the company . |
| 7 | The lunar ‘ year ’ normally comprised twelve months , but this is less than the solar year . |
| 8 | The investment and equipment budget , at 129,578,000 million francs CFA , was projected at 10.6 per cent less than the previous year . |
| 9 | The statement comes just two months after the group predicted it would make pre-tax profits of £867,000 , slightly less than the previous year . |