Example sentences of "of [adj] year [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We showed how although such questions allowed a wide range of possible approaches to INSET , even within the context of a central provision , and despite the market research which preceded the drawing up of each year 's programme , the Authority tended towards a particular combination of imprecise targeting , top-down views of teachers ' needs , and external agents adopting training or instructing roles . |
| 2 | Part of each year 's annuity payment will be a return of capital and will not be taxable but that part which is truly income will have to bear tax . |
| 3 | The Sergeant was a meaty slab of a man , of fifty years ' service , ruddy-faced as though surfeited with a Marine 's haemoglobin-plus blood ; and through one Lyman 's earlobe he wore an alien foetus pendant . |
| 4 | He was working against time ; he had promised Browne that he would complete the play by the summer , and already Browne had been negotiating with Rudolf Bing , the director of the Edinburgh Festival , to have The Cocktail Party performed as part of that year 's event . |
| 5 | They accounted for a tiny fraction of that year 's death toll . |
| 6 | Years later Moira and I were on board the Queen Elizabeth II as guest lecturers when she sailed from Hong Kong to Acapulco in Mexico as part of that year 's world cruise . |
| 7 | May 18th 1977 was the last day of that year 's football season . |
| 8 | The longest determinate prison sentence ever upheld by English courts was the sentence of forty-five years ' imprisonment in the case of Hindawi ( 1988 ) , a man who sent his pregnant girlfriend on a flight with a bag which contained a bomb timed to destroy the aircraft and its 350 passengers in mid-flight . |
| 9 | Yet judging from the book , the case material lacks an essential element of realism , in spite of 30 years ' development and three editions . |
| 10 | Amid the tumult of Tiananmen Square , the end of 30 years ' estrangement between the world 's great Communist powers went almost forgotten . |
| 11 | The Court ruled by 11 votes to two that the offence had been abolished by presidential decree in 1986 — when Aquino dismantled much of the coercive apparatus of former President Ferdinand Marcos shortly after taking power — but stated that the government could file charges of " simple rebellion " , a lesser offence which carried a lighter penalty of 12 years ' imprisonment . |
| 12 | He met his collaborator of forty years ' standing Dr Annegrit Schmitt ( now his wife ) when she presented her thesis to the Graphische Sammlung in 1952 . |
| 13 | The only existing course , of 2 years ' duration , in the methodology of French teaching , was open only to those students who already had an A Level in the subject , and was seen as a holding operation . |
| 14 | I WAS impressed by Billy McKenna 's powerful article , ‘ Pushing up the daffodils in Brazil ’ and horrified — even as an Amnesty International member of some years ' standing — to read of the brutality meted out to Antonio Gilvan da Cruz and others . |
| 15 | My name is Mr , I am an ordinary shareholder of some years ' standing . |
| 16 | Anyone who heard the late-night television jokes after Mr Clinton 's meeting with Sharon Stone knows that a little bit of this year 's sex goddess goes a long way . |
| 17 | Wildavsky ( 1974 p. 13 ) makes the point that ‘ the largest determining factor of the size and content of this year 's budget is last year 's budget ’ . |
| 18 | Mr Hay is hoping his firm will achieve a £6 million turnover target for 1993 with the help of this year 's budget . |
| 19 | So there was , there 's a lot of sections of the community out , out there in terms of the business community , who have actually indicated that the County Council should be spending more in terms of economic development not less , and they criticized the Commission in terms of identifying some of the reductions which they have made erm , as part of this year 's budget alone . |
| 20 | The Committee considered whether to increase the grant to Farmers World Network , but decided to allocate the full balance of this year 's budget to this post . |
| 21 | The plight of children worldwide is the theme of this year 's Prisoner of Conscience Week , from 18–24 October . |
| 22 | Partnerships are assessed for tax on the ‘ preceding ’ year principle under which the profits of the accounting year ending during the last tax year form the basis of this year 's assessment . |
| 23 | THE theme of this year 's message from Pope John Paul II for Peace Sunday was : ‘ If you want peace , reach out to the poor ’ . |
| 24 | I am prepared to raise a Library order for the remainder of this year 's reprint budget ( £215 ) , since I am not aware of any other potential reprint requirements , but I can not meet the full costs of the invoice . |
| 25 | This is the Thursday at the end of this year 's JFIT conference in Manchester when we plan to hold our inaugural workshop for the safety critical systems research programme . |
| 26 | Copy dates prevent an account of this year 's adventure but here is a shortened version of the 1992 event which took them from Edinburgh to Monte Carlo , to a final position of 26th out of 102 starters and third in class . |
| 27 | Proposing the resolution , Mr Kent said it would mean a cut of at least £5bn — a quarter of this year 's defence budget . |
| 28 | Perhaps the most bizarre aspect of this year 's Academy Awards was the fact that five other of the year 's best films — Cape Fear , The Commitments , Hear My Song , Homicide and Thelma & Louise — were n't even nominated . |
| 29 | The result of this year 's competition was victory for The Lords , with The Winners second , The Stars third , The Dukes fourth , Jackie 's Team fifth , and THE Team sixth . |
| 30 | But the predicted economic success of this year 's competition may not be sufficient to hide or hold back the potentially destructive tensions that the growth of football throughout the world has created . |