Example sentences of "year and [vb -s] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has a continuous history of woodland cover going back 700 years and provides a habitat for a huge variety of plant , bird and butterfly life . |
| 2 | He has been a professional for almost two years and has a ring record of nine wins out of 10 contests , his lone defeat coming when he was out-pointed by Manchester 's Russell Davison for the Central Area title . |
| 3 | But Aki Kaurismaki , who accounts , with his brother , for more than one-third of the Finnish film industry , makes a movie a year and has a stake in distribution , constitutes a national cinema , all by himself . |
| 4 | Now the company has 270 staff ( it started out with just 30 three years ago ) , has increased production by 20% over the past year and has a turnover of £l2m ( it expects that to rise to £l4m next year ) . |
| 5 | If an individual earns £20 000 per year and makes a £5 000 capital gain over the same period , then her income is £25 000 . |
| 6 | By contrast , in nearby Basildon , whose council levies an extortionate community charge , the municipal theatre receives a subsidy of £1.7 million a year and makes a loss of £500,000 , which has to be funded out of the pockets of my constituents ? |