The phrase "a year to identify" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a timeframe allocated for the purpose of recognizing or determining something.
Example: "The research team was given a year to identify the key factors contributing to climate change."
Alternatives: "a year to determine" or "a year to recognize".
It took the authorities more than a year to identify and, finally, deport her.
Yesterday, Greenpeace said that it took them nearly a year to identify the land and buy it from under the nose of BAA.
It took more than a year to identify all of the borrowers injured by Countrywide's practices because the company's records were completely disorganized and chaotic, according to people briefed on the investigation.
Wells Fargo, a big bank that has been running internal markets for over a year to identify ways to improve service to some corporate customers, says its most effective trials took place in areas where managers could do something with their findings, making staff feel that trading was worthwhile.Bosses may also be wary of relying on the judgments of non-experts.
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Los Angeles city building officials have concluded that it would take inspectors more than a year to identify all the apartment buildings in the city that have a certain type of wood frame that is vulnerable to collapse in a major earthquake.
For people in Bangui, December 5, 2013 was a day so horrific it does not need a month or year to identify it.
We identified the first year during this period in which the practice contributed data (2005 = 278, 2006 = 35, 2007 = 32, 2008 = 56), and used a historical patient file from that year to identify household members registered on the index date.
They followed up four study groups over a period of 20 years to identify the impact of regular small doses of of the drug - the tablets given for medical reasons are often a quarter of a strength of those used to treat headaches.
Main outcome measures Individuals were followed up for a mean of 3.2 years to identify cases of non-fatal myocardial infarction or death from coronary heart disease.
Those found not to have TB according to the study protocol were followed every three months for a period of two years to identify contacts that later developed active TB.
