Example sentences of "[noun] for the [num ord] successive " in BNC.
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| 1 | Deportivo Coruna stay top of the Spanish First Division for the eighth successive week after a 2–1 home win over Sporting Gijon . |
| 2 | The proposal to close Seacombe Ferry comes a week after the revitalised service won a top tourist award for the second successive year . |
| 3 | That rise means Alliance has outstripped the FT-A Index for the fourth successive year , this time by nearly 5 per cent . |
| 4 | Morley Street carried off the Aintree Hurdle for the third successive year but was far from convincing in holding off Minorettes Girl . |
| 5 | The world champion , who trails in fifth place in the driver 's championship with only four points , incurred the wrath on Sunday of German newcomer Michael Schumacher , who finished third behind the two Williams drivers for the second successive race . |
| 6 | ENGLAND 's Mark Foster wrote his name in the record books for the second successive day when he set a European short-course 50 metres freestyle record at a World Cup meeting in Gelsenkirchen , Germany , yesterday . |
| 7 | Davis Love III , the American , slipped from second place with a one-over-par 73 for 138 , and another American , Mark Calcavecchia , missed the cut for the second successive tournament . |
| 8 | The bare facts are that Oxford won by 1¼ lengths in 17min 44sec to take the Beefeater Gin Trophy for the sixth successive time and register their 16th win in 17 years . |
| 9 | The UN relief airlift to Sarajevo , which continued under heavy siege for the seventh successive month — with the exception of 10 days of relative calm from Oct. 8 to 18 — resumed on Oct. 3 after a month 's suspension since an Italian aircraft was shot down [ see p. 39102 ] . |
| 10 | The club is having to play all its fixtures away from home for the second successive season because a new roof is being built at a cost of £1.3million . |
| 11 | Captaining Jamaica for the second successive season , he not only led them to Red Stripe Cup triumph ( their third in five years ) , but , with the ball , he broke the tournament record with 36 wickets at 11.30 . |
| 12 | With the draw being kind to them , Glasgow Western , Britain 's most successful side in Europe , have a realistic chance of securing a medal for the fifth successive time . |
| 13 | The finals — which begin at 1pm — are likely to be a sell-out for the third successive year but tickets can be obtained from the Scottish Volleyball Association offices in Edinburgh or from Meadowbank on the day . |
| 14 | ROBERT OWEN , a largely unconsidered left-hander from Avon , became a surprise semi-finalist in the British National Championships for the second successive year at Newcastle yesterday . |
| 15 | And his perfect ending would be for Villa to become the first winners of the Premier League and break United 's hearts for the second successive season in a title run-in . |
| 16 | It was Rush 's 287th goal in a record-breaking career and few can have been better , cancelling out Niall Quinn 's opener and leaving this fixture locked in stalemate for the third successive season . |
| 17 | PIPPA Nolan completed her hat-trick at Poplar Park yesterday when , riding Heron 's Flight , she won the main class at this popular event for the third successive year . |
| 18 | The proposed Education Department budget of $26,600 million represented an increase of only $500 million ( 2 per cent , i.e. below inflation for the second successive year , despite Bush 's claim to be the " education President " ) . |
| 19 | ROLF GOELZ , West Germany 's leading rider , dominated a four-man sprint to win the 214km Milan to Turin classic for the second successive year yesterday . |
| 20 | Senior champion Andrew Roche ( Liverpool Mercury-Townsend ) shot to the top of the table by retaining his title for the second successive season and now has 17 points . |
| 21 | Durham University ( 308 ; Simon Ecclestone 93 , Jeremy Snape 56 ) won the Commercial Union UAU title for the third successive year , defeating the University of Kent ( 215 ) in the final at Finchley on June 23 . |
| 22 | They have reached the first round for the fifth successive year , although once admitted they initially quailed like nervous party-goers . |
| 23 | They have reached the first round for the fifth successive year , although once admitted they initially quailed like nervous party-goers . |
| 24 | Blackburn star Shearer still on the way back from injury began on the bench for the fifth successive game , while for once Wright failed to get his name on the scoresheet . |
| 25 | In April the Environmental Secretary Michael Howard announced that businesses facing higher rate bills as a result of the introduction of the UBR in 1990 would have their rate increases frozen in real terms for the second successive year . |
| 26 | Philip , a compulsive run-getter , returned to play for Scarborough in Perth , Western Australia for the eighth successive season and the Stenhousemuir batsman averaged almost 40 with the highlight being an innings of 125 . |
| 27 | Heavy going at Heathfield made for some slow times at the South Down & Eridge , where Chris Gordon scored a double for the second successive Saturday on Kirstenson and Please Explain . |
| 28 | SURREY , the English Counties League champions , completed the double for the second successive season when they beat Middlesex 13–11 in the Evian Inter-County Tournament final at the Orchard Sports Centre in London yesterday . |
| 29 | The former Darlington manager who played for Aston Villa and England is set to take a team to promotion for the third successive season as long as his Leicester team keep their nerve in next Saturday 's crucial last game at home to Newcastle . |
| 30 | The poll discloses a decline in selling prices for the second successive quarter , indicating that inflation is expected to fall . |