Sentence examples for a stone a year from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "a stone a year" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing weight loss or health goals, often referring to the aim of losing one stone (14 pounds) over the course of a year.
Example: "If I stick to my diet and exercise plan, I hope to achieve my goal of losing a stone a year."
Alternatives: "one stone annually" or "14 pounds per year".

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The weight went on gradually, maybe a stone a year.

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Just eating an extra 100 calories a day can lead to gaining a stone within a year.

"Cutting out the equivalent of just one biscuit each day can help you lose up to a stone in a year," says Jenny Allan, nutritionist for Slimming World.

And Unita, although its diamond dealing is down sharply from the mid-1990's, is still selling between $80 million and $150 million worth of stones a year, according to the most conservative estimates.

We refuse to believe that we can't lose five stone in a year, even if we've lost zero stone in the last ten years.

I've lost four-and-a-half stone in a year.

"Live and Let Diet" - a man called James Bond shed 24 stone in a year after being told he must lose weight or die, says the Daily Star.

They love a grand man who can put on four stone, spend a year living in a specially constructed internment camp or learn the whole Bible in order to say some lines in a film.

Mr. Desai came from Surat, India, to attend the college as a stepping stone to a four-year program.

For adult stone crabs, about a year.

The other one is a stone kitchen built 100 years ago.

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