Example sentences of "for the [adj] year [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No-one was more anti-populist than Charles Leslie , admittedly a rather extreme Tory , but whose Rehearsal was nevertheless a powerful vehicle for the propagation of Tory ideology for the middle years of Anne 's reign . |
| 2 | FRANKE SLOOTHAAK 'S fortunes changed abruptly when he won the Everest Grand Prix , the closing contest of The Horse of the Year Show at Wembley , for the second year in succession . |
| 3 | Guidelines for provisioning ( hitherto unknown in the industry ) were tightened up again this autumn for the second year in succession . |
| 4 | FOR the second year in succession , St Mary Axe staff have been affected by an IRA bomb . |
| 5 | For the second year in succession a regional survey for the Grampian area was undertaken . |
| 6 | THE most unlikely venue in the 38-year history of the Eurovision Song Contest last night produced an Irish winner for the second year in succession . |
| 7 | For the second year in succession the largest contribution to economic growth came from the financial and business services sector , which grew by 15 per cent , compared with 10.1 per cent in 1989 . |
| 8 | Levels of pesticide and chemical residues in drinking water in England and Wales rose in 1992 for the second year in succession , according to the Drinking Water Inspectorate , although overall water quality remained the same , with 98.7 per cent of the 3.75 million tests complying with national and EC standards . |
| 9 | Italy landed the team title for the second year in succession with France second , Austria third and Ireland fourth . |
| 10 | Mr Clarke said last night that the pay of five million workers , ranging from teachers to nurses and civil servants , would be curbed for the second year in a row . |
| 11 | Last season they won it for the second year in succession with some ease , and without their players being seriously extended . |
| 12 | Photographer Martin Birchall won the Photographer of the Year title for the second year in succession with his portfolio of news , features and sports pictures . |
| 13 | However , shareholders continue to suffer as the group halved its total dividend for the second year in a row . |
| 14 | Chester-le-Street 's Lindsay Hardy , 15 , also won the girls race for the second year in succession , finishing 12th overall , and was surprised to beat Middlesbrough and Cleveland 's Kerry Matthew by over a minute and a half . |
| 15 | Viewers also voted Terry Wogan the most overrated performer for the second year in succession and Jeremy Beadle as the person most likely to make them switch off . |
| 16 | ABERDEEN University has recorded a surplus for the second year in succession , underlining the turnaround in the institution 's fortunes during the past decade . |
| 17 | That has put some Names under pressure when losses incurred by Lloyd 's syndicates seem likely to breach £2 billion for the second year in succession . |
| 18 | Both awards were won for the second year in succession . |
| 19 | For the second year in succession , Iveco has won the International Truck of the Year Award for its innovative and versatile ‘ Eurotech ’ range of trucks . |
| 20 | DeRoburt was a key architect of Nauru 's campaign for compensation for the 80 years of phosphate mining which had left 80 per cent of Nauru uninhabitable and incapable of sustaining vegetation . |
| 21 | Moreover , the economic outlook for the company hardly warranted no dividend payments , as Sir Humphrey made clear in his chairman 's statement last November : ‘ There is a degree of optimism for the 1991 year in the expectation that the negative effects of the economy may be offset and minimised by the advancements being implemented in many areas of our business ’ . |
| 22 | But with further tuition in the UK they can move on to full doctor status and for many students the chance to experience life in another country more than makes up for the extra years of study . |
| 23 | The broker forecasts profits of £3.13 billion before tax for the financial year to March , giving earnings of 33.8p and a multiple of 10 . |
| 24 | Real growth in gross domestic product ( GDP ) was estimated at less than 2 per cent for the financial year to June 1989 , compared with a target figure of 6.2 per cent . |
| 25 | Licence revenue rose from US$22,200,000 in 1987 to $24,800,000 in 1988 , with estimates for the financial year to June 1990 put at $42,600,000 , or 71 per cent of the government 's total estimated revenues of $60,000,000 ( £39,500,000 ) . |
| 26 | Resolutions 1 to 4 comprise the ordinary business of the meeting , adopting the accounts for the financial year to 27th March 1993 , declaring a dividend , re-electing directors , reappointing the auditors and authorising the directors to determine their remuneration . |
| 27 | NATIONAL Savings products contributed a further £219 million to Government funding in January , bringing the total contribution for the financial year to date to nearly £4 billion . |
| 28 | Having taken office in May 1979 , the Conservative government made an early decision to amend the long-standing arrangements for meeting the increasing costs of public sector higher education by limiting the size of the ‘ pool ’ for the financial year of 1980–1 , and an Education Bill was placed before Parliament giving the Secretary of State for Education the necessary power to predetermine the size of , or in the phrase that has crept into common usage , to ‘ cap ’ the pool . |
| 29 | ‘ There is no precedent in living memory for the eight years of sustained growth and surging prosperity that Britain has enjoyed with this Conservative government . |
| 30 | For the eight years of their marriage , the Beetons developed a partnership in which the personal and professional were intertwined . |