Example sentences of "a year ['s] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A non-graduate , or a graduate ( Law or otherwise ) who has not obtained full exemption because he lacks one or more of the ‘ core ’ subjects in his degree , is required to take the new Common Professional Examination before the Final ; and this again needs a year 's attendance at a law school . |
| 2 | It had been advised by my doctor that a year 's holiday in another land would build me up , as I had grown too quickly and had , as the phrase goes , " overgrown my strength " . |
| 3 | On that afternoon of Tuesday , 31 August , McQueen 's daughter served them tea ; she wore a print linen dress , and had been to Inverness for a year 's education in reading , writing , sewing , knotting , lace- and pastry-making . |
| 4 | The Diet gave its final approval on Oct. 3 to a bill imposing up to a year 's imprisonment on brokers who violated a new law making all shareholder compensation schemes by brokers illegal , and up to six months for clients who requested paybacks . |
| 5 | The rough guide is that there should be approximately a year 's progress-gap between each grade . |
| 6 | His successor spent immediately on appointment almost half a year 's salary on table-linen alone . |
| 7 | He left unsettled estate of over £2.5 million , of which almost £200,000 was bequeathed for the benefit of London hospitals , and a year 's salary to each member of the staff of Barings . |
| 8 | A year 's salary in lieu of notice . ’ |
| 9 | He was sentenced to a year 's detention at Waltham Forest Youth Court , East London , yesterday after admitting 47 charges including burglary , drug possession and assault . |
| 10 | This month 's Star Letter wins Jackie Hardie , a year 's subscription to PFK . |
| 11 | Share your enjoyment of the best recipes and the latest food news with a year 's subscription to BBC Good Food or Vegetarian Good Food . |
| 12 | We pay £5 for every letter we publish , provided it has not already been accepted or published elsewhere , plus a year 's subscription to the magazine for a Star Letter . |
| 13 | As a Golf Plus Club Member you can enjoy up to a 20% discount on a year 's subscription to Britain 's best golf magazines bringing you the best pictures and best coverage of your favourite game . |
| 14 | He wins a year 's subscription to PFK . |
| 15 | We pay £5 for every letter we publish , provided it has not already been accepted or published elsewhere , plus a year 's subscription to the magazine for a Star Letter . |
| 16 | We pay £5 for every letter we publish , provided it has not already been accepted or published elsewhere , plus a year 's subscription to the magazine for a Star Letter . |
| 17 | We pay £5 for every letter we publish , provided it has not already been accepted or published elsewhere , plus a year 's subscription to the magazine for a Star Letter . |
| 18 | We pay £5 for every letter we publish , provided it has not already been accepted or published elsewhere , plus a year 's subscription to the magazine for a Star Letter . |
| 19 | We pay £5 for every letter we publish , provided it has not already been accepted or published elsewhere , plus a year 's subscription to the magazine for a Star Letter . |
| 20 | Hutchison Telecommunications UK Ltd 's Hutchison Paging has launched a financial services pager for private investors in a joint venture with the Financial Times Cityline stocks and shares information line : the pager covers 3,000 shares and within one minute of a chosen counter reaching a pre-set value , the pager automatically bleeps and displays a phone number , which can be called to hear the details ; the pager costs £160 plus tax , and includes a year 's subscription to the service , which will cost £100 plus tax for subsequent years . |
| 21 | Finally , treat yourself or a friend to a year 's subscription to GH — the magazine which has everything for you and your home . |
| 22 | Shaun Collins from Worcester Park , Surrey wins a year 's subscription to PFK for his useful tip for all marine fishkeepers |
| 23 | Save 30% on a year 's subscription to Ideal Home |
| 24 | Both boys won a week 's discovery holiday for two in Dorset , and , like the 17 runners-up , were also given a year 's subscription to the BBC Wildlife Magazine and the choice of a camera , pair of binoculars , telescope or microscope . |
| 25 | Elizabeth had written about saving the world and she thought her essay had a chance of winning , the prize was a year 's subscription to the winner 's favourite magazine . |
| 26 | A call for a year 's freeze on settlements in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip ( with the exception of Jerusalem and the Jordan valley ) was adopted as part of the party 's platform , as was a commitment to a repeal of laws outlawing " contacts with terrorist organizations [ which included the Palestine Liberation Organization-PLO ] " . |
| 27 | After his second King George , in 1959 , he had developed tendon trouble and was given nearly a year 's rest by trainer Fulke Walwyn , but if anything he was improving with age , and he had gone through the 1961–2 season unbeaten . |
| 28 | The applicant was refused entry as a student although he had written evidence that the course fees had been paid , that his brother ( resident in the UK ) would maintain him , and that his employers in Mauritius had given him a year 's leave for study . |
| 29 | MOST MOVING DEMISE : Coronation Street 's Ted Sullivan , who died of a brain tumour after less than a year 's marriage to Rita Fairclough . |
| 30 | Because of its dominance of the market , the firm compels advertisers to deposit a year 's payment for ads in advance . |