Example sentences of "a few [noun] [adj] year " in BNC.

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1 But most MEPs say the parliament should be in Brussels where they have their offices , and have signed a lease-buy deal on a £171 million debating chamber in Brussels which involves a legal obligation of annual rent of £16.7 million and will now be used for just a few hours each year .
2 When the tide springs up the shore the furthest , it also recedes the furthest — uncovering pools which may be accessible by foot for only a few hours each year .
3 I saw him play a few times last year when they were still in the premier div. and was fairly impressed however I have n't seen his form this season and I 'm sure a year in Div.1 wo n't have improved him .
4 I 've seen him play over the years er Mick , you know he 's er typical of player , we 've had him watched a few times this year , er scouts him er at Aston Villa , said he had a magnificent game .
5 A few occassions this year he 's had a go at some defender who is twice as big as him .
6 Actually I 've been doing a few things this year when no one has recognised me and nobody knew .
7 We have a few problems this year .
8 The working-class boy who passes the eleven-plus is likely to come from an elementary or primary , school from which only a few pupils each year penetrate the grammar-school world .
9 Of these , in West Malaysia , two species roost singly in trees and ny short distances to feed upon trees which produce a few flowers all year round , and the third , Eonycteris spelaea , roosts , in large colonies in caves and can ny up to at least 35km from them to feed and take food from a wide range of flowers scattered in space and time .
10 We are keen to run a few events next year outside Edinburgh , and a visit to the newish organisation EuroInfoCentre is also planned ( for 18th March ) .
11 The Supreme Soviet usually met for two sessions of a few days each year .
12 They will also be able to supply you with a list of suitable short-term homes for the elderly in your area , to which your parent might consider going for a few weeks each year in order that you may have a holiday , if there is no other member of the family who could take over your responsibilities in your absence .
13 If none of these ideas is possible , would she be willing to spend a few weeks each year in a home for the elderly or , if she is infirm , in a nursing home or a local National Health Service hospital ?
14 Recorders and Assistant Recorders are senior barristers or solicitors who sit as judges a few weeks each year .
15 Recorders ( of whom there are over seven hundred , plus some five hundred Assistant Recorders ) are practising barristers or solicitors who are required to sit for a few weeks each year .
16 Though water is solid for much of the year , the annual thaw in spring and summer provides a wide range of aquatic habitats that support biological activity , and may even allow high productivity for a few weeks each year .
17 If so , it suggests that liberal policies will be implemented in Peru at least for a few months this year , whatever the general public thinks .
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