Example sentences of "[adv] [noun] for [art] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It dipped further on occasions when an end to the war seemed in prospect , notably on Feb. 15 and again on Feb. 19 , when it went briefly below $16 for the first time since July 1990 .
2 The Taiwanese government said last week that the rate of population growth this year would dip below 1% for the first time , to 0.95% , and forecast zero growth by 2035 .
3 to service the service clan which , I do n't think will be controversial but erm I did just seat for the first part of report , the little bit about .
4 We were sitting round the newsroom table , mulling over ideas for the next day 's programme .
5 Next season will see four national divisions of 10 clubs and the introduction of home and away fixtures for the first time .
6 Nor do the French stay overnight much ; hence a hotel-occupancy rate of just 37% for the first half .
7 After all , earth was not made in a day and there is always scope for a second project once the first has been completed and shown to be a success .
8 In the beginning priority was given to those setting up home for the first time , families with young children , and people who had lost their homes and furniture through enemy action .
9 I will discuss past and likely future trends in households and housing , and give particular attention to the experience of young people setting up home for the first time .
10 Before the race , Mrs Munns judged the best turned-out horse , which she told me she was also doing for the first time .
11 If you are setting up LIFESPAN for the first time , you should follow the procedures in the order given to ensure a trouble-free installation .
12 Anyway , 25 years — nearly time for the first facelift , Billy .
13 Smyth is also solicitor for the next player to come on stage , a company called Delion Investment Dealings .
14 It 's a thankless task then , because despite having become the most successful band of the time , you pick up flak for the next album not working commercially .
15 They talked , and in course of it Paul mentioned that he had already sketched out plans for a second book ; the Professor had already informed Mr Lamprey of the first .
16 When the £5 million Juventus midfielder leads out England for the first time he will spare a thought for the man who captained England to 1966 World Cup glory , just 48 hours after Bobby Moore revealed that he was battling cancer .
17 There was sympathy too for Floyd , who at 49 had the chance of becoming the oldest champion and now runner-up for the second time in three years .
18 Assuming an oil price of about $33 for the fourth quarter of 1990 , and an average of about $30 for 1991 , inflation was expected to rise above 5 per cent in 1990 and stay at similar levels in 1991 .
19 Buchan fitted the bill perfectly ; he was an experienced , thoughtful player who was always seeking to improve his performance and working out moves for the next game .
20 Of his playing partners , Greg Norman was fined the same amount , but Ken Brown , who had been punished the day before , had to fork out £100 for a second offence .
21 For Leconte , who only four months earlier had undergone back surgery for the third time in little more than two years , it had seen the re-birth of what was — and can be again — a gloriously entertaining , as well as effective , career .
22 It 's about time for a second honeymoon , I would have thought .
23 The kettle-out-of-tin-can-makers of Accra , the barefoot engineers of Bombay , and the hawkers of everything-under-the sun of Jakarta were showing flexibility and perhaps even salvation for the Third World poor .
24 The fee varies according to the premises and the type of sound system in use , but for a transistor radio in a small retail shop it 's presently £56.22 for the first year , falling to £37.48 per annum thereafter .
25 ‘ A lot of people will be seeing Hamlet and even Shakespeare for the first time .
26 Profits at Unilever are forecast to rise from £575m to around £595m for the third quarter .
27 They pay around £30 for the first jump , including membership of a club , but the cost decreases as they make more and more jumps .
28 2% off our Mortgage Rate for mortgages over £40,000 for the first year .
29 In 1990 the hugely effective volunteer branched and guilds workforce was directly responsible for raising over £10m for the first time , not including the credit for attracting a very large proportion of the legacy income — which was another record in 1900 at some £31m .
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