Example sentences of "year and [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the Lords still have a complete veto over legislation designed to extend the life of Parliament beyond five years and over statutory instruments , an apparently minor point which was brought sharply to public attention when the Lords rejected the Southern Rhodesia ( Sanctions ) Order in 1968 . |
| 2 | To Christians of all generations for two thousand years and of all nations and races , this is the supreme reality . |
| 3 | The impressions gained are therefore not ‘ snapshots ’ but the distillation of an experience often spread over many years and with distinct phases . |
| 4 | Exam results are looked at closely , subject by subject , and comparisons are made with previous years and with neighbouring schools . |
| 5 | I am pleased to say that there are now signs — after the improvement in recent years and with further improvements — that British Coal will be able to secure good contracts for the future . |
| 6 | The canals of the area had been allowed to deteriorate over many years and for many months of each year could not carry full loads . |
| 7 | The nursery is situated at 79 and 81 Dalkeith Road and is registered for 18 children aged from 6 weeks to 2 years and for 30 children aged from 2 to 5 years old . |
| 8 | By contrast , alcohol has been enjoyed for thousands of years and in moderate quantities is harmless . |
| 9 | Thus for many years and in many lands this great bandmaster was known as John Philip Sousa . |
| 10 | It was , therefore , not unexpected when Cooper and Culyer found in 1970 that regional hospital inequalities had persisted over the years and in some instances were in fact increasing . |
| 11 | At the centre , community care has been talked of for thirty years and in few areas can the gap between political rhetoric and policy on the one hand , or between policy and reality in the field on the other hand , have been so great . |
| 12 | The Platform began by acknowledging the damage that had been done to national relations by the repression of the Stalinist years and by later attempts to accelerate convergence on the basis of an allegedly full and final resolution of the national question . |
| 13 | Hospitals in England and Wales need 8,500 donations of blood every day of the year and as medical techniques become more sophisticated , the demand is rising steadily . |
| 14 | But there were significant variations from year to year and between different regions . |
| 15 | There is a simplicity in plainsong or Taizé chants , for example , which is well suited to certain seasons of the year and to some parts of a service . |
| 16 | He should be listening to parents in his constituency who have opted overwhelmingly for the CTC , with more than 500 applications for 248 places last year and with 660 applications for next year . |
| 17 | Training 40,000 delegates a year and with annual revenues of £20m , Peritas will henceforth be the UK 's largest independent information technology training company , ICL claims . |
| 18 | Then the reader is advised to read the accounting policies and compare them with the policies used in the previous year and with those competitors use . |
| 19 | The different life-stages of these species become prominent at different times of the year and at different depths ; many species have marked diurnal ( vertical ) and annual ( horizontal ) migrations ( Hardy and Gunther , 1936 ; Dinofrio , 1987 ) . |
| 20 | Thirdly , direct royal taxes were levied more frequently than ever before , often overlapping with papal dues , and sometimes occurring twice a year and at unprecedented rates , not just a fifth instead of a tenth , but in 1294 a half ! |
| 21 | Each sample will be recontacted after a year and after two years to assess the degree of change amongst the young people . |
| 22 | They found that a local custom in the country was to walk around barefoot at all times of the year and in all weathers . |
| 23 | Growth was most rapid in percentage terms around 1831 when it reached 1.55 per cent per year and in absolute terms around 1870 . |
| 24 | Hundreds of admirers visit his grave each year and in many parts of the county children still play on Peden 's Pulpits and hide in Peden 's Caves . |
| 25 | It 's estimated that the trade is worth up to £1.5 million a year , with huntsmen collecting , on average , around £5,000 a year and in some cases as much as £20,000 . |
| 26 | Students take three subjects in the first year and in subsequent years continue with two of these subjects either as joint or major/minor options for the honours degree . |