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The phrase "a year to regulate" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a time frame allocated for the purpose of establishing rules or standards.
Example: "The new policy will take effect in six months, but it will take a year to regulate the industry fully."
Alternatives: "a year for oversight" or "a year for governance".
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The upper Exchequer (the scaccarium proper) was a court sitting twice a year to regulate accounts.
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A real-time soil moisture controlled wastewater SDI dispersal system was tested in a Vertisol for approximately one year to regulate soil nitrogen from an artificially prepared septic effluent.
The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday announced new limits to formaldehyde exposure, ending a battle of more than five years to regulate a toxic chemical commonly found throughout the home.
This is a big victory for environmentalists and scientists who have worked for 20 years to regulate these pollutants — and an even bigger one for the public.
Representative Jim McDermott, a Democrat from Seattle, had tried for years to regulate conflict minerals.
The Clinton administration, which has made a serious effort in the last several years to regulate nursing homes and crack down on abusers, has now given Congress a report that makes the case for a new definition of acceptable care for older Americans.
In 1937 the Diet (parliament) passed a "temporary" law (as it turned out, it lasted 60 years) to regulate interest rates, which limited the dividends a company could pay.
Newport Beach, a town known for generations by its resort atmosphere, has tried over the years to regulate restaurants and bars in a way that satisfies residents, business owners, police and city officials.
After thirty years of organizing, strategizing, and mobilizing, the conservative counter-revolution may be about to win its biggest victory yet: the striking down of a massive new government program, and, equally important, the overthrowing of a legal doctrine that Administrations of both parties have relied on for seventy years to regulate the economy.
Labour had 13 years to regulate on this but chose not to.
"We had many years to regulate something that 62 percent of Montanans wanted, and we chose to do nothing," said Representative Pat Noonan, a Democrat.
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