Example sentences of "[verb] for [noun] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Texts are sometimes altered editorially for particular purposes , and in this respect , for example , you could compare Shakespeare 's play Henry V with a version of the play revised for performance in the eighteenth century . |
| 2 | On the other hand , foreign languages were clearly expected to be taught for communication in the first place . |
| 3 | These days the Glaswegian goes for consistency in the first ten places while riding as an understudy to a leader like LeMond . |
| 4 | The stories each picture told varied from the tragic to the hilarious : The expensive oil landscape which had had seagulls drawn on to the sky in ballpoint pen ; the ancient Highland cattle picture , swopped for food after the First World War by a travelling artist . |
| 5 | Looking further ahead , he added : ‘ Much of what matters for Courtaulds in the next century will be decided between now and 1995 — what kind of company we 're going to be and what the balance between the businesses will be . ’ |
| 6 | Much of what matters for Courtaulds in the next century — what kind of company we 're going to be and what the balance between the businesses should be — will be decided between now and 1995 . |
| 7 | Martyn Grimley , another Great Britain player , will be appearing for Brooklands in the Second Division . |
| 8 | If we go back to the education example , and suppose that the first vote is between L and M , then if the rich vote sincerely L wins , and in the second round H defeats L. On the other hand , if the rich had voted for M in the first round , then M would have gone on to win in the second round . |
| 9 | Sparta voted for war against Athens on this occasion in her own chamber , thereby getting Samos on to the Peloponnesian League agenda ; the Corinthians voted for peace in the second , decisive meeting , composed of the whole league ( Thuc. i.40 ) . |
| 10 | Only six customers had been disconnected for non-payment in the last six months . |
| 11 | As Smith commented , it is incomprehensible that Moorcroft does not appear to have been considered for appointment as the first Professor of the London College . |
| 12 | We aim to deliver first class mail as soon as possible , with most mail targeted for delivery by the next working day . |
| 13 | Prime Minister Mouloud Hamrouche , who was to stand for election for the first time , said that the ruling National Liberation Front ( FLN ) might consider entering into a coalition with one of the secular opposition parties , either before or after the election . |
| 14 | According to the Home Office statistics the number of people applying for asylum in the first quarter of 1992 more than halved , from 3730 a month last year to 1730 a month this year . |
| 15 | THE QUESTION of just who would even want to be a partner with the US was underlined last night as the American Administration headed for default for the first time in its history . |
| 16 | I got in touch with my French and German colleagues who agreed to support a UK proposal to place the matter on the agenda when it was presented for approval at the first meeting . |
| 17 | This year , ninety young dancers drawn from all over the Province , again under the direction of Maldoom , will create ‘ The Rite of Spring ’ — based on one of the most powerful and exciting scores written for dance in the 20th century . |
| 18 | Many of the programs currently available , and the majority of those being prepared for launch within the next few months , will run on perfectly ordinary business computers , the same systems on which you currently perform word processing or accounting . |
| 19 | Only David Platt can rival the Sheffield Wednesday pair for caps in the last three years . |
| 20 | With these words , leading Christian Bangladeshi editor , Susanta Adhikari , summed up his vision of Christian writing and publishing for participants at the fourth Bangladeshi Booksellers and Writers Workshop which was held in Dhaka on 25–27 July . |
| 21 | It starts on Wednesday , and , you know , I 'm taking time off from searching for props at the last minute and dress rehearsing to come and talk to you . |
| 22 | It was in essence this same three-fold promise of the Anglo-Saxons that was used for coronations throughout the thirteenth century in England : King Richard I at his first coronation in 1189 swore " to maintain peace and honour and to reverence the Church , to annul any evil laws , and to make and maintain good laws " . |
| 23 | In this action Leftwich was well ahead of his time , as Norwegian ice later became widely used for refrigeration during the nineteenth century . |
| 24 | Janet gave up her secretarial job , and devoted herself to caring for Lisa for the next six months . |
| 25 | I explained all that to Chatterton , but stressed that we would run for cover at the first sign of trouble . |
| 26 | Only refugees with firm arrangements for travel into another country were admitted during the border closure , which was in response to the alleged failure of the UN to disburse some US$40,000,000 promised for help with the first major influx of refugees after the August 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait . |
| 27 | The Government 's opposition to the proposed EC ban on tobacco advertising , and the common agricultural policy ( in which heavily-subsidised high-tar tobacco is produced for export to the Third World ) , are nonsensical in health terms . |
| 28 | For example , some historians have argued that Methodism and other non-conformist sects were deliberately encouraged by employers in the nineteenth century in order to placate the workers and persuade them to look for salvation in the next world rather than in this . |
| 29 | Roberts ' solicitor , John Grey-Lloyd , did not oppose the application but said he reserved the right to apply for bail at the next hearing . |
| 30 | So good is Steve that he 's now been invited to play for England in the next World Open Golf Championship for the Blind , that 's in Australia next year . |