Sentence examples for a year short from inspiring English sources

Ms. Bush noted that last year a state study found that Pennsylvania public schools were already falling $4.3 billion a year short of the minimum amount needed to provide a quality education.

In 2007 the National Audit Office pointed out that the Labour government's funding was £150 million a year short of what was needed to achieve its own target, a very modest target, to maintain 63 per cent of existing flood defences in good order.

My grandfather was a year short.

She was a year short of finishing dental school when she left to have children.

In 1999, Bill Gottlieb, still a year short of 65, seemed to be embarking on ambitious plans.

Most, including Esther and her father, who are a year short of meeting the criteria, have not received word about their fate.

Mayor Daley noted that the center had been "more than 200 events-a-year short of its booking obligations".

The capital gains rate also applies to investments held at least a year; short-term gains are taxed at the same rate as income.

Several news media outlets reported that Long's contract was for five years, a year shorter than the deals given to many top picks.

The qualification for barristers is a year shorter – but the cost of this in London has been estimated by the Bar Council as more than £120,000.

Training in the United States is generally a year shorter and based more heavily in the ambulatory setting.