Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [noun pl] for [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Guerrillas in Kashmir used rockets for the first time on June 19 , in an attack on two waterfront hotels in Srinagar which were being used as barracks by Indian security forces . |
| 2 | Amanda Mares , the producer , might bear in mind that listeners hearing things for the first time need a second or two to focus . |
| 3 | The COPEI and the MAS on Feb. 24 declined Pérez 's request to the secretaries-general of all main opposition parties to join a " political cabinet " of ministers without portfolio to draft policies for the next two years of government . |
| 4 | BLUNDERING birdwatchers may be to blame for the failure of England 's only breeding pair of Golden Eagles to produce chicks for the first time in four years . |
| 5 | On Nov. 7 the delegation was received by Vice-President Khaddam and later met with President Hafez al-Assad and Foreign Minister Shar'a to co-ordinate plans for the next stage of the talks . |
| 6 | This is a month of changeover in the greenhouse , with this year 's plants providing cuttings for the next |
| 7 | All members of the Planning Group to offer suggestions for a second speaker . |
| 8 | John Fairley , chairman of Grampian Property Partners , said : ‘ The plans to build homes for the first time is a significant move for housing co-operatives in the area and underlines our commitment to help meet the housing needs of people in Grampian . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ They are much smaller than I expected ’ is the usual remark from people seeing puffins for the first time . |
| 10 | I have already suggested that in speech we normally plan at the point of utterance and that is evidenced in those typical features of speech which appear so surprising and , indeed , shocking to people inspecting transcripts for the first time . |
| 11 | On Feb. 1 , 1990 , Saudi Arabia announced plans for the first electronic share dealing system in the Gulf , to be launched in April , which bankers said would revolutionize the market and attract many new investors . |
| 12 | Only three other deaf men became missioners for the first time in the 1920s , although some moved from one place to another like George Mackenzie . |
| 13 | At many Clubs , HCI offers reductions for the third person sharing a room with two full fare paying passengers . |
| 14 | By mid-1966 unemployment in Germany exceeded vacancies for the first time since 1959 . |
| 15 | THE Duke and Duchess of Kent became grandparents for the second time yesterday when the Earl of St Andrews and his wife had a baby girl . |
| 16 | The agreement affects prices for the next four years on three types of circuit — national analogue , national digital and international — which will be pegged to inflation . |