Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [n mass] for [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | HOPES of a rapid economic recovery were dealt another blow yesterday when unemployment rose to 2.7m for the first time in almost five years . |
| 2 | Child benefit will be frozen at £9.65 for the first child and £7.80 for others when Chancellor Norman Lamont unveils next year 's spending package . |
| 3 | Revenues per employee has risen above $300,000 for the first time . |
| 4 | Together the two are priced at $10,000 for the first copy . |
| 5 | Cows in calf sold to £840 for a first calved Limousin and a second calver Limousin sold to £780 . |
| 6 | Microsoft Corp 's MS-DOS 6 , which will be available on Wednesday , will be offered at $50 for the first 60 days , and $130 thereafter , the company said : the two most compelling new features , the company says , are data compression to double hard disk space , and improved memory management ; it also includes the capability to back up files , protect against viruses and reorganize files on the hard disk — the back-up technology was licensed from Symantec Corp 's Peter Norton group , and the anti-viral technology from Central Point Software Inc — but unlike Symantec 's Norton Back-Up , the back-up feature in MS-DOS 6 is n't automatic and does n't support tape drives , and is also slower — and about 300 new viruses have been discovered since Central Point 's virus detection technology was frozen in MS-DOS 6 code ; both companies hope to sell enhancements to the built-in products to users . |
| 7 | Notably , the Communist Party ( CPSU ) newspaper Pravda on April 29 gave a devastating assessment of the state of the economy , based on statistics for the first quarter of 1990 which showed falls of 1.0 per cent in gross national product and 1.2 per cent in industrial productivity ; an inflation rate in the consumer sector of 8.0 per cent ( but featuring increases in food prices of up to 20 per cent ) ; and a balance-of-trade deficit of 1,700 million roubles ( approximately US$2,800 million ) . |
| 8 | Charges at long stay car parks Nun 's Close and Yorke Square , both in Richmond , rear of Leyburn Market Place , Gayle Lane , Hawes , and Muker car park in Swaledale will have a maximum waiting time of ten hours with a scale of charges running from 40p for the first two hours and thereafter 20p per hour up to a maximum of £1 per day . |
| 9 | Fees start at 1% for the first £500,000 , decreasing to 0.4% for the next £9.5m . |
| 10 | Indeed , when AMV was forced to lay off staff for the first time in 1991 , because of duplication during the BBDO merger , all got very generous payments . |