Example sentences of "[noun] for the [num ord] consecutive " in BNC.
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| 1 | It began on Oct. 1 after tens of thousands of nationalists opposed to communist party domination of the Ukrainian government had taken part for the second consecutive day in demonstrations in Kiev . |
| 2 | Hot shot : Rangers striker Ally McCoist has won the Adidas Golden Boot award for the second consecutive season . |
| 3 | THE MEN 'S title in the Hi-Tec British Open Championships , won by Jansher Khan in a thrilling match against Australian Chris Robertson , stays with Pakistan for the 11th consecutive year . |
| 4 | BORIS BECKER disappointed his West German supporters for the second consecutive year when a knee injury forced him to withdraw from the Stuttgart Classic here yesterday . |
| 5 | Among the RAF Trophy winners RAF Stornaway deserves a mention , it will this year receive the very handsome Sir Charles Wheeler Trophy for the ninth consecutive year — a record that will be hard to beat . |
| 6 | Marine boss Roly Howard takes charge of the HFS League representative side for the ninth consecutive season tonight , when they take on an F.A . |
| 7 | The deficit would be covered by borrowing , through the issue for the third consecutive year of treasury bonds . |
| 8 | Manley was re-elected president of the PNP for the 22nd consecutive time at the party 's annual conference in late September , his re-election dispelling rumours that he was about to retire from politics and resign as Prime Minister . |
| 9 | Art 93 , which is , with the collapse of the rival attraction formerly held at Olympia , now London 's only fair for contemporary art , will be taking place for the fifth consecutive year at Islington 's Business Design Centre ( 21–24 January ) . |
| 10 | Despite fall in first quarter profits ( see page five ) , Advanced Micro Devices Inc says it is hopeful that it will have record earnings for the third consecutive year : sales of Flash memories increased by more than 50% over the December quarter , while unit shipments of Am386 microprocessors was another record . |
| 11 | Western , who on Saturday clinched the Torrie Stockbrokers National Premier Outdoor League title for the 11th consecutive year , booked their place with a 2-0 victory over injury-hit Hyndland at Peffermill , where Susan Fraser and Linda Chirrie got the goals . |
| 12 | The inter-provincial championship went to Ulster for the sixth consecutive year , and Munster have shown good form . |
| 13 | Iran had boycotted the pilgrimage for the third consecutive year in protest both over a quota system limiting the number of pilgrims ( to an estimated 1,500,000 ) and over the Saudi ban on political protests during the pilgrimage . |
| 14 | Books were included in the W H Smith catalogue for the second consecutive year , which proved ‘ popular with our customers , and we reckon we got more sales out of it ’ . |
| 15 | More than half of the state was again declared a disaster area in April 1991 when several days of heavy rains produced severe flooding for the second consecutive year . |
| 16 | The 1992 Coca-Cola International was awarded World Cup status for the second consecutive year , and organiser Desi McHenry was offered it again for this year if he could change the date , something he was unfortunately unable to do . |
| 17 | Striders continued their total domination of the local athletics scene when they won the Panasonic Northern Ireland League for the 18th consecutive time at the weekend . |
| 18 | After all , I , along with almost every other British journalist in Mexico , had confidently predicted that England would reach the World Cup final for the second consecutive time and stubbornly resist Brazil 's attempt to take the trophy from them . |
| 19 | The number of jobless in Britain rose in April for the 13th consecutive month , bringing the unemployment rate to 7.6% . |