Example sentences of "a year to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One study estimates it would lose 6m passengers a year to Love Field . |
| 2 | The salaries of the Top Ten water company chairmen range from £51,000 a year to £160,000 — a 290 per cent surge since sell-off . |
| 3 | The former boxer and founder of the Spud-U-Hate fast-food chain saw his salary rise from £515,000 a year to £606,000 . |
| 4 | Public money will be used to lend up to £420 a year to students in full-time higher education , which they will pay back at an inflation-linked rate of interest . |
| 5 | In addition to organising two trade missions a year to Japan , this also currently includes the services and resultant programme of a Senior Trade Adviser , seconded to the Council by the Japan External Trade Organisation [ JETRO ] . |
| 6 | Federal spending on mass public transport was set to rise slightly , from $3,200 million a year to $3,300 million by 1996 , but the overall federal funding for projects in this sector was to be cut sharply [ see budget proposals above ] . |
| 7 | ‘ The commitment to fund a rolling programme in County Durham is also very good news as this will enable us to plan ahead over a three-year period rather than on a year to year basis as has been the case . |
| 8 | Vehicle excise duty — the tax disc — paid by the owners of 23 million cars , was increased by £15 a year to £125 for licences taken out in Post Offices and vehicle registration offices from today . |
| 9 | Altogether , Edward I presented on average twenty-six candidates a year to church livings , more in the years after 1290 . |
| 10 | Exports of wildlife products to the US are worth US$10 million a year to Korea , which has promised to become a party to CITES , although its promises are viewed with some scepticism by conservationists . |
| 11 | The first task was to finish putting together the ‘ Darlington Drinker ’ , a local magazine which goes out five or six times a year to pubs around the area . |
| 12 | The small firm faces an increase in rateable value from £250 a year to £3,000 a year . |
| 13 | Using the last example of a bond with a dirty price of 96.50 , coupon payments of 8.75 per annum and a year to maturity , we get the following yields to maturity : |
| 14 | Government bonds with less than a year to maturity . |
| 15 | EC regional aid , worth 2.5 billion ecus ( $3 billion ) a year to Spain , buys roads , railways and dams . |
| 16 | Her mother said : ‘ Those former foster parents , who she 's been once a year to Spain with , they have been able to give her the luxuries that I could not afford to give her . ’ |
| 17 | Between 1979/80 and 1986/87 the DHSS subsidy to private homes increased from £10 million a year to £489 million . |
| 18 | Old newspapers are being preserved by photographing about 200 volumes a year to microform , priority being given to those for which readers make the greatest call . |
| 19 | Our younger daughter came with us for a year to Australia , where Michael had a visiting Professorship at Sydney University . |
| 20 | Several concessions have also been made in relation to capital gains tax : the amount of gain allowed tax free has risen from £1,000 a year to £5,000 a year and this allowance now applies to all gains , not just small gains as was formerly the case . |
| 21 | Quality Beef Growers of York says it will be supplying 30,000 carcasses a year to retailers . |
| 22 | With PRT also abolished on new projects , analysts suggest the changes could be worth more than £100 million a year to BP . |
| 23 | The deal cut its debt-servicing cost from $150m a year to $40m . |
| 24 | The business sponsorship incentive scheme has been a great success and I am giving further encouragement to sponsorship of the arts by increasing its budget by £1 million a year to £4.5 million . |
| 25 | ( A Dornier 228 flies 4,000 people a year to Vila Real and Lisbon . ) |