Example sentences of "a [adj] year [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The economists had a tremendous year erm , really bucking the trend and contributing about five million pounds to er , F T's er , associates profits . |
| 2 | A 12-issue year 's subscription costs just £28 . |
| 3 | Obviously it had n't been planted by Marshall ; the weed was the remains of a previous year 's crop . |
| 4 | Turning to Westminster Press the cost Westminster Press in a full year er , will amount to three point eight million pounds and er . |
| 5 | Yorkshire Television , the independent broadcaster and programme maker , brightened shareholders ' screens yesterday with a full year 's pre-tax profits up from £15.64million to £18million and a dividend payout of 11.3p for the year as against 9.6p last time . |
| 6 | Pre-tax profits for the six months to October 1 came in at £134,000 as against a full year 's loss of £128,000 and a previous half time profit of £258,000 . |
| 7 | In ordinary cases the notice must be a six months ’ notice , ending with a completed year , but in the case of agricultural tenancies the Agricultural Holdings Act 1923 requires a full year 's notice . |
| 8 | There is also a rough guide to water losses in different parts of Britain and Northern Ireland during the crucial months from April to September , and a full year 's daily rainfall chart that you fill in yourself . |
| 9 | With sales for 1992 holding up strongly , the Sunsail acquisition completed in February , and a full year 's benefit from Goldcrest Aviation joint venture with Champion Holding , Mr Lewis said the group looked forward to another successful year . |
| 10 | In essence , a new unincorporated business will pay tax in the tax year in which its first accounting period ends ( rather than the year in which it commences trade under the present system ) , but will pay tax on at least a full year 's profit in the tax year in which it ceases to trade . |
| 11 | Turnover from the instruments division , including a full year 's contribution from Goring Kerr and a seven month 's contribution from Goring Kerr Interest , increased 62% to £32.2m . |
| 12 | While finance director Henry Elstone said that the company grew by approximately 6.5% organically , the figures for the first time also include a full year 's contribution from ESD Distribution Ltd , which Farnell acquired in July 1991 for £61m . |
| 13 | The growth rate in original currencies was 6.9% , reflecting the impact of successful rating action in all major markets as well as the inclusion of a full year 's premiums from the US-based Hawkeye-Security Group , acquired in July 1991 . |
| 14 | Sales in 1992 increased to IR£76.3 million , despite a generally hostile economic environment At constant exchange rates , sales increased by 9 per cent which benefited from a full year 's contribution from the new Marquis brand . |
| 15 | The new modules have been developed for two groups of students : those returning to S5 for a limited period of time , and those who intend to complete a full year 's programme of study in S5 or S6 . |
| 16 | Welding trainee Paul Marlborough , 21 , of Moore Street , Hartlepool , said : ‘ The scheme has been told its funding is to be cut to £39,000 for a full year 's training , but it needs much more than that to survive . |
| 17 | There was also a full year 's Tootal contribution . |
| 18 | The apparently irreversible trend in the insurance industry , in common with others in the financial services sector , to move away from high-risk , low-return business and focus on specialised , value-added lines ( stop-loss insurance , financial insurance to smooth the impact of a single year 's sudden loss on the balance sheet with repayment over subsequent years , and so on ) , means that organisations must look on insurance almost as a last resort after exhausting all the possibilities of minimising risk cost-effectively in-house . |
| 19 | He hoped that a New Year 's holiday in Belgium would help him but the mental turmoil came back in force . |
| 20 | ‘ Dr Williams ripped a New Year 's Eve dance poster off the noticeboard , screwed it up and put it behind his back . ’ |
| 21 | A bonus on this disc is a New Year 's Concert of Strauss waltzes in which Krauss was a master . |
| 22 | He said he had visited Sara Hart on 1 January as a New Year 's greeting . |
| 23 | Paul gets deeply drunk at a New Year 's Eve party , where those friends who already have children get wheezily maudlin and dilate on the sheer cost of small kids versus the sheer joy of small kids ; while those who do n't have kids elbow him constantly , calling him a bit of a sharp-shooter , a devil , a sperm-bank , a prong , a peopler of nations and an irresponsible git . |
| 24 | Perhaps those of you , my readers , who are involved , like me , in curriculum design , might join me in a New Year 's resolution to keep our wishful thinking in check and face reality more consistently . |
| 25 | CHANNEL 4 steals a march on GMTV 's debut tomorrow by serving up their own breakfast show tonight as a New Year 's Eve special . |
| 26 | All you need to play are a group of live-in couples , a New Year 's Eve party , a blindfold … and a sense of smell . |
| 27 | McGrath said : ‘ If I had a New Year 's wish , it would be for us and Manchester United to battle it out in a two-horse race for the Championship — and for us to win it for a lot of reasons . ’ |
| 28 | Seeing the Bolshoi Ballet in the great Bolshoi Theatre , performing one of Tchaikovsky 's greatest works , is a New Year 's Eve experience you 'll always remember . |
| 29 | The only problem was convincing them they could n't follow up with a New Year 's knees-up a week later . |
| 30 | Without that Dublin goal they would still be languishing in the lower reaches , their morale severely affected since their championship challenge disintegrated with a New Year 's Day thrashing by QPR at Old Trafford . |