Example sentences of "[verb] [num] [noun] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Open Software Foundation says vendors have registered 22 platforms for the Distributed Computing Environment Interoperability Festival it is hosting between April 12-30th at its Cambridge , Massachusetts headquarters . |
| 2 | Three years ago the first ever races here drew 12,000 fans for the flashing lights , thunderous music , fireworks , balloons — and , yes , the ski racing . |
| 3 | Quite apart from the injustice of adopting one policy for the public sector and another for the private , such tactics have often proved counterproductive and created more battles and delays , ultimately making sites more difficult to sell . |
| 4 | ( 1842–75 ) , painter who provided one illustration for the Cheap Edition of The Uncommercial Traveller ( 1865 ) , and four woodcut illustrations for the Library Edition of the same book , in one of which , ‘ Leaving the Morgue ’ , he portrays CD . |
| 5 | Capped 41 times at flanker , he played eight Tests for the British Lions in New Zealand and Australia in 1959 and 1966 . |
| 6 | His next target is to become the first player to reach 2,000 points for the Welsh All Blacks . |
| 7 | WARRING factions in Bosnia ordered a ceasefire yesterday and agreed to open three routes for the safe passage of civilians out of the stricken capital Sarajevo . |
| 8 | Billy Garton , the manager of Salford City , played 41 games for the Old Trafford club before injury cut short his career in 1990 . |
| 9 | He later admitted he had provided an affidavit for Clarke , who escaped from the Maze prison where he was serving 18 years for the attempted murder of a member of the Ulster Defence Regiment . |
| 10 | In general terms it is best , but not essential , to choose one typeface for the main text and a different one for headings . |
| 11 | In all , we identified 34 registrations for the top 20 firms , nine with the ICAEW alone and a further 11 with the ICAEW in various combinations with the other regulatory bodies . |
| 12 | — to organise six courses for the introductory coaching award and to train 90 coaches . |
| 13 | Cyrene , like Syracuse , was culturally cosmopolitan , so that for instance its art owes a clear debt to Athens , witness the bronze head from the mid-fifth century , in the style of Phidias ( Chamoux , Cyrene , plate xxiv , 3–4 ) ; it was multi-racial , so that the sixth-century reformer Demonax allowed one tribe for the native ‘ dwellers round about ’ , as well as one for the old Greek settlers and one for new arrivals ( Hdt. iv.161 , cp. 159.4 ) . |
| 14 | This cuts two ways for the evicted home-owner . |
| 15 | hello there … yes we 've come to Prestbury Park as Cheltenham readies itself for Gold Cup Week … we 'll be looking ahead to the festival in a few moments and also giving you the chance to win two tickets for the big day … first the weekend action and the big race in football … the chase for promotion |
| 16 | Now the tickets are four quid each , you can get 'em on the door , but if you 'd like two tickets , phone us on , we 'll send 'em by first class post , we need your postcode , give us a ring now , if you 'd like two tickets for the grand charity dance , modern , old-time and sequence featuring Phil , resident organist at the Tower Ballroom Blackpool . |
| 17 | ‘ If you 're up in London tomorrow — ’ Guy broke into the conversation calmly , having opted for a wedge of Virginia 's baked raisin cheesecake in preference to fresh strawberries , or rich chocolate gâteau , ‘ I 've got two tickets for the American Ballet Theatre . ’ |
| 18 | Preliminary investigation found that when a topic is closed two options for the ensuing course of the interaction may be relevant : making a definite move to close the whole conversation , or beginning a new topic by actively searching for something to keep the conversation going . |
| 19 | Troy Aikman threw three touchdown passes and Emmitt Smith rushed three yards for the winning touchdown with less than three minutes left . |
| 20 | Trouble erupted in January 1990 when Kashmiri militants exchanged five militants for the kidnapped daughter of the then home minister . |
| 21 | the only other way is to do one plan for the full amount , and claim half of it , at the half way stage and then claim the other half then . |
| 22 | Made first team at Crystal Palace last April and has played four times for the senior side . |
| 23 | Five years on from the original 1988 Wagner Report , the group made ten recommendations for the future beginning with the establishment of a new body to take over the group 's function . |
| 24 | Françoise Cribier finds one reason for the remarkable exodus of retired couples from Paris is that both man and wife need the husband to get out of the house . |
| 25 | They wanted to build 130 homes for the elderly and convert the convent into an amenity centre complete with a swimming pool , library and restaurant . |
| 26 | They wanted to build 130 homes for the elderly and convert the convent into an amenity centre complete with a swimming pool , library and restaurant . |
| 27 | The 1949 Act established four goals for the national parks : ( 1 ) the characteristic landscape beauty was to be strictly preserved ; ( 2 ) there was to be access and facilities for public open-air enjoyment ; ( 3 ) wildlife and buildings and places of architectural and historic interest were to be suitably protected ; and ( 4 ) established farming use was to be effectively maintained . |
| 28 | Former Test fast bowlers Sir Richard Hadlee and Michael Holding have been made honorary life members of MCC , as have the club 's former secretary Jack Bailey , Laurance Hancock ( secretary of Staffordshire for 53 years until 1987 ) and Glamorgan stalwart Don Shepherd , who took 2174 wickets for the Welsh county but never won a Test cap . |
| 29 | Watering of the services turned out to be a job when the Standard 4 drained the Aberystwyth water tank and it took four trips for the local fire brigade to water Hinton Manor . |
| 30 | Although Midland Software has always had an absence monitoring module , Mr Shepherd identifies two reasons for the new approach reflected in Delphi Absence . |