Example sentences of "in [adj] year that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elections take place for a third of the councillors in each year that there is not a county council election . |
| 2 | It was in that year that female suffrage was being widely advocated and the militant suffragettes made their appearance . |
| 3 | There were too many stories of that nature , and it was in that year that Modi was labelled for long after his life . |
| 4 | There must have been rumours of the dastardly deed at the hall as early as 1578 , for it was in that year that Sir Henry Knyvett ( another of Darrel 's antagonists ) wrote a letter to Sir John at Longleat , asking him to search out Mr Bonham and to enquire how many children his sister had and what had become of them . |
| 5 | It was in that year that ‘ Atkey ’ was drowned while sailing with Bevil Quiller-Couch — a shattering blow for Grahame . |
| 6 | She left Queen 's in 1850 and it was in that year that she founded the school of which she was to be head for forty years , the North London Collegiate School for Ladies , which opened in the Buss Camden Street house on 4 April 1850 with thirty-five pupils . |
| 7 | In 1976 the figure was set at 20,000 , and it was expected in that year that the figure would not exceed 15,000 in the following and subsequent years . |
| 8 | Commentator Tom Tyrell said : ‘ This is the first time in 22 years that this station has been shut out in this way . |
| 9 | It was in this year that OUP came on the scene when they contracted both with the Philological Society and with Murray to publish the Dictionary . |
| 10 | It was also in this year that the Company lost — at least legally — its sole right of control over appointments , for schoolmasters were now required to hold licences from the Bishop of their province in this case , Chester . |
| 11 | ‘ It is the first time in 30 years that an international financial institution has been created , and we are not simply a bank , but also a political endeavour . |
| 12 | Erm , I wonder if this is a matter which budget review might wish to keep on a continuing brief , so that , to satisfy themselves that the , this council is in fact making progress , and will be in a position to satisfy the district auditor in future years that we are er , taking on board the comments that he 's making and er , moving forward . |
| 13 | which only in future years that er , it 's added up to er significant point |
| 14 | The assault on Panama marks the second time in six years that the US has employed its military forces against a country in the hemisphere . |
| 15 | It was in these years that the main contours of ‘ Thatcherism ’ as a phenomenon were firmly established . |
| 16 | ISS focused on the fourth and fifth years because it is in these years that pupils tend to narrow their curriculum , as schools frequently have a very small core with large option schemes , with the result that some pupils pursue a curriculum that is neither broad nor balanced . |
| 17 | It must have been in these years that Henry II and Eleanor became increasingly estranged . |
| 18 | Glover recalled in later years that ‘ ninety per cent of the population was bitterly disappointed , and this became a tremendous grievance shared by both Protestants and Roman Catholics ’ . |
| 19 | The numbers of Elves had so declined in later years that many of the cities were half empty and many of the lands abandoned . |
| 20 | In later years that , it was driven by an electric motor . |
| 21 | In 1848 an experienced mines inspector and engineer could write in A Treatise on the Winning and Working of Collieries : ‘ Explosions of gas have unfortunately become so numerous in late years that it would be impossible in the absence of specific records to enumerate them . ’ |
| 22 | It was the first time in fourteen years that he was travelling alone , his best friend having died of pneumonia only weeks before . |
| 23 | Austen Chamberlain was equally enthusiastic at the time , but later put the occasion into somewhat more critical perspective by saying that it was the only time in fourteen years that he had ever known Baldwin to influence a Cabinet decision . |
| 24 | The trial of Mr Subono and Mr Nugroho was the first time in many years that the law was used to try ‘ leftists ’ rather than Muslim activists . |
| 25 | The town has always been a primary IRA target but this is the first time in many years that it has singled out the commercial centre . |
| 26 | Social perceptions of what is or is not obscene or indecent may change but the legislation may remain to trap the unwary in a much more liberal climate ; and just because the legislation has not been used in many years that does not mean it will not be applied again . |
| 27 | It 's the 5th time in 4 years that Margaret Jebbit has had to clean up her kitchen after flooding . |
| 28 | er I 'm slightly worried about the effect on the Olympic movement of Atlanta being chosen only in the sense that er that this is the , I think the sixth time in 25 years that a North American city has got it and it does look rather as if the er pressures are now , on the financial side , are now coming very much from the North American continent and I 'm not at all sure that that 's really good for the Olympic movement . |
| 29 | It was the fourth time in five years that Gotti , whose elegant sartorial taste had earned him the nickname " Dapper Don " , had been indicted . |
| 30 | I remember him telling one man that had been late three times in fifteen years that it was getting to be a habit : ‘ You 'd better look for your previous employment . ’ |