Since this spectacular first year, more than 300 students have won places at Britain's top two universities.

IT was a spectacular year for some of the largest Internet stocks.

It has been a spectacular year for European museums.

To all of our fabulous educators, welcome back to another spectacular year.

"I don't think this is any spectacular year," he said.

Banks, which are the largest creditors, generally had a spectacular year in 1999, despite lending little to the public.

How likely is it that investors will have another spectacular year?

A good example was 1938, the most spectacular year on the salt flats to date.

If the rain held off, it could be a very fine year, even spectacular.

Indeed, there is a growing consensus on Wall Street that 1997 will not be a spectacular year.