Example sentences of "[subord] it [verb] [adj] year " in BNC.
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1 | In the BZW forecast , Peter Thomson said the FT-SE index should be back to 2,100-2,200 by the end of this month and would at best hold its own next year but more likely fall to 1,800 , where it started this year . |
2 | Although it takes many years for a child to master the process of reading , once acquired , the skills are comprehensive and flexible enough to cope with a diversity of written material in a variety of fonts and formats ( including previously unknown ones such as unfamiliar handwriting ) . |
3 | The Met receives about $13 million a year for operations from New York City , $3 million less than it got two years ago . |
4 | The national gallery gets £2.75 million , the same as it received seven years ago and rather less than it received 10 years ago . |
5 | Mrs Merlin and her husband Christopher say radioactive contamination was behind their decision to sell the house , Mountain Ash , Ravenglass , six miles from Sellafield , which fetched only £35,000 — little more than it cost 11 years earlier . |
6 | The Tell performance I attended — at Covent Garden on Monday — hung together musically far better than it did two years ago . |
7 | The 1970s were not characterized by an emphasis on the bibliographical aspects of librarianship , and the possibility of wide-scale application of McClellan 's ideas seem more remote now than it did 20 years ago . |
8 | Until it slipped last year , British manufacturers ' share of the volume of world exports had been broadly stable at 7% since 1981 , after falling continuously since the 1950s . |
9 | So Vi called them her last-day-of-peace roses and vowed they would remain there until the war was over , even if it lasted four years , like the last one had done . |
10 | So if it peaks two years before you plan to cash in , you do not lose because you had to wait for the money . |
11 | While it took ten years for them to move against her , after only 12 months they have him in their sights . |
12 | While it took ten years for them to move against her , after only 12 months they have him in their sights . |
13 | The Commissioners answers came in the form of a set of proposals which represented the most fundamental reshaping of the common Agricultural policy since it began 30 years ago . |
14 | This month I was the first Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to be invited to address its conference since it began 15 years ago . |
15 | , co-ordinator of the Open Day has been a user of the Jack Kane Centre since it opened 17 years ago . |
16 | Since it opened 2 years ago , 7 deaths have been attributed to driver fatigue . |
17 | Pauline Edwards had worked as a nurse at the hospital since it opened seven years ago . |
18 | The Irish national lottery has created 19 millionaires since it started five years ago . |
19 | ‘ Members of my church have been working with ACET since it started 3 years ago . |
20 | Craine reckons Rabbit will do well out of its relationship with Univel , since it has 10 years ' experience of Unix . |
21 | The business has changed dramatically since it joined six years ago . |
22 | We can all get a chuckle over that the fact that Microsoft is going to refuse to renew the cross-licence it has with IBM for Windows and NT after it expires next year . |
23 | No reed was to be mown for thatch before it had two years ' growth . |
24 | It used to hold young offenders before it closed two years ago.Now it 's just about ready to take immingrants detained by the Home Office . |
25 | Ian Hollingsbee worked at the hospital before it closed 4 years ago . |
26 | When it began three years ago , Anis used its own brand name . |
27 | The new Holiday Inn at King 's Cross , London , will also have a Landis & Gyr system , controlling energy , fire and security systems and elevators when it opens next year . |
28 | It is hoped that Rambert will be one of the first companies to appear at the Festival Theatre when it opens next year , by which time Christopher Bruce will have taken over as artistic director of the company with which he used to be a leading dancer and choreographer . |
29 | ‘ The Michelangelo computer virus that received worldwide attention last year is expected to cause even fewer problems this Saturday than it did when it struck last year , a team of IBM researchers said ’ . |
30 | Reputedly in poor condition when it surfaced last year ‘ glossed and cleaned up ’ was one description the painting has been consigned from the Wernher Collection at Luton Hoo , Bedfordshire . |