Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] for the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Graeme Hick arrived to help Gooch add a further 80 for the second wicket — Hick driving Tim May straight for six and also including five fours in his 36 . |
| 2 | And Price 's win lifted him into the top ten for the first time . |
| 3 | The latest league table ( up to July 1992 ) of the value of the US installed computer base , compiled every six months by La Jolla , California-based Computer Intelligence Corp , includes a Unix machine in the top ten for the first time , among the IBM and Amdahl mainframes , AS/400s and Cray -YMPs . |
| 4 | Liverpool 's defeat , which threatens to prevent them finishing in the top five for the first time since their initial season back in the First Division 30 years ago , was again due to the unpredictable goalkeeping of Grobbelaar . |
| 5 | When Henry V landed for the first time on French soil nearly forty years later , it was soon put beyond doubt that in his artillery he possessed a potential match-winner . |
| 6 | No direct light should be provided at this time , as the fry are light sensitive for the first week after hatching . |
| 7 | And , of course , the 80s boom in advertising made the public aware for the first time that there was big business actually producing all the advertising that people see and hear every day . |
| 8 | ENGLAND have two squash players in the world 's top seven for the first time in more than a decade . |
| 9 | Economics ( and the fear of being bored witless for the third time in 10 days ) demanded that I , and my son , only got to the first two matches and watched from the Kop . |
| 10 | But Leeds looked set fair for the First Division , climbing to second place by the end of the year . |
| 11 | That brings it down to a hundred and ninety six for the first year . |
| 12 | This certainly stuck a chord with the pilot whom I had just photographed as he flew his newly-restored P-40 for the first time . |
| 13 | As unemployment climbed above three million for the first time in six years , the latest figures showed our region has been hard hit by the recession . |
| 14 | UNEMPLOYMENT is poised to top three million for the second time because the quality of jobs created in the late 1980s was poor , according to a report by the Employment Policy Institute . |
| 15 | Dick has a generous amount of time and experience in taildraggers like Staggerwings and T-6s but he wanted Bill Dodds who had broad P-40 for the first time so that he could compare the aircraft with others that he 's flown . |
| 16 | Wycliffe did not prompt her but her mother , evidently hearing all this for the first time , had no such scruples . |
| 17 | He and his partner , Gary Armstrong , playing together in a major international for the 25th time , plus a few other Scots , must have booked their places on the forthcoming British Lions tour to New Zealand . |
| 18 | An hour and a half into the debate all four for the first time gave succinct answers in agreement to one question and were rewarded with a cheer from the floor ! |
| 19 | Stephen Grey at the helm of MV293 at Duxford , August 14 , 1992 ready for the first flight . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , the revolt of 830 had transformed Charles 's prospects : the 831 draft-project for the first time gave him hopes of a share of the heartlands of Francia itself . |
| 21 | The children turned to face one another for the first time since the pastor had started to tell the story of the massacre . |
| 22 | The following season he made 64 not out as nightwatchman against Trinidad , was moved up the order in the second innings , and responded with 188 ; a year later , in 1943–4 , also against Trinidad , he and John Goddard put on an undefeated 502 for the fourth wicket , at the time the third highest partnership in first-class cricket . |
| 23 | During his four years in office the Association 'S branches numbered more than one hundred for the first time , and he was constantly visiting them and planning new ones . |
| 24 | Tonson wanted his word-book ready for the first rush of eager customers , coming hotfoot from Dorset Garden . |
| 25 | Living afloat for the second week , you skipper your own yacht in flotilla . |
| 26 | For this care I award forty thousand pounds per year and take as a multiplier the figure three to give a sum of one hundred and twenty thousand for the first period . |
| 27 | Nine twenty five for the first child . |
| 28 | BRITAIN 'S unemployment soared above 2.6 million for the first time in over four years yesterday after a bigger than expected surge in the number of people out of work . |
| 29 | Days lost through sickness passed 500 million for the first time . |
| 30 | Two more years and , in company with Walcott , he would have the first-class record outright , putting on an unbeaten 574 for the fourth wicket in Port-of-Spain , his contribution this time being 255 . |