Example sentences of "year and is [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Doug Williams , a manager in the bank 's insurance group , says the operation has been profitable for the past two years and is already seen as a significant part of Chase 's retail service . |
2 | Overall , however , the railways are likely to be one of the toughest state sell-offs of them all , for BR has not made a profit for 40 years and is widely perceived as demoralised and run-down . |
3 | Version 1 of Rescalc has been around for some years and is today regarded as rather palaeolithic . |
4 | Tony Farrow has been building one-off yachts for 20 years and is well known for the trimaran Colt Cars GB , Geoff Panell 's Admiral 's Cup triallist Itzanotherpurla re-named Red Stripe and more recently used by the RAF as a test bench under the name of Oracle Arrow in preparation for this year 's Admiral 's Cup . |
5 | Now 34 and divorced , she has lived with Geoff for three years and is n't contemplating marriage again . |
6 | Lancelot Andrewes , who was Hooker 's contemporary and friend , outlived him by twenty-five years and is usually regarded as his intellectual successor in the history of the Church of England . |
7 | Professor Eloff ( Northern Transvaal ) is representing Dr Danie Craven , who has run South African rugby for more than 30 years and is about to stand down on grouds of age and health . |
8 | My father Arthur was secretary of the Southern Division for a number of years and is still enjoying life to the full . |
9 | This has survived for well over two hundred years and is still going strong as an efficient method of information-retrieval . |
10 | The centre 's been running for four years and is still looked after by Andy Middleton who set it up . |
11 | It has flourished for well over 100 years and is always held on the first weekend in July . |
12 | As a member of the Norfolk training branch she held office as Treasurer for ten years and is currently branch Secretary . |
13 | The subject , Home Economics , has changed considerably in recent years and is constantly evolving to take account of social change and developments in technology . |
14 | The unofficial sanctuary has been running for four years and is now looking after more than a hundred animals . |
15 | His proud mother , Rita Coyne , said : ‘ He has struggled for two and a half years and is now determined to live life to the full . ’ |
16 | Schmenner ( 1987 ) says that traditional cost-accounting has been a ‘ star ’ for years and is now collapsing in a black hole from which managers must escape . |
17 | The allowance is paid in full for three years and is then reduced progressively by 12½ per cent per annum of the original difference over the subsequent seven years . |
18 | The company plans to make around 100 Evantes next year and is already holding deposits for 18 cars . |
19 | A new committee was formed in the Acomb area of York in January of this year and is already enjoying a great success with its fund raising efforts . |
20 | Ending months of speculation , Santa Cruz Operation Inc says ‘ the process to do an initial public offering has begun ’ : the Unix-on-iAPX-86 software house reported revenues of $160m to September last year and is still digesting last week 's acquisition of Cambridge firm , IXI Ltd ; Santa Cruz has appointed an unnamed investment banker to handle the US flotation , but no further details were available as went to press . |
21 | It first appeared on fashion catwalks last year and is now influencing interiors . |
22 | Ms Brennan took early retirement last year and is now working as a freelance writer and consultant . |
23 | Ronnie Whelan 's left foot will qualify for unemployment benefit ( what , he asks , goes to Wembley every year and is never used — Whelan 's left foot ) ; Emlyn Hughes will be lead singer of the Communards and the FA and Football League will be able to act with the benefit of hindsight . |