Example sentences of "[noun sg] for the [num ord] successive " in BNC.
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| 1 | Deportivo Coruna stay top of the Spanish First Division for the eighth successive week after a 2–1 home win over Sporting Gijon . |
| 2 | The proposal to close Seacombe Ferry comes a week after the revitalised service won a top tourist award for the second successive year . |
| 3 | That rise means Alliance has outstripped the FT-A Index for the fourth successive year , this time by nearly 5 per cent . |
| 4 | Morley Street carried off the Aintree Hurdle for the third successive year but was far from convincing in holding off Minorettes Girl . |
| 5 | Davis Love III , the American , slipped from second place with a one-over-par 73 for 138 , and another American , Mark Calcavecchia , missed the cut for the second successive tournament . |
| 6 | The bare facts are that Oxford won by 1¼ lengths in 17min 44sec to take the Beefeater Gin Trophy for the sixth successive time and register their 16th win in 17 years . |
| 7 | The UN relief airlift to Sarajevo , which continued under heavy siege for the seventh successive month — with the exception of 10 days of relative calm from Oct. 8 to 18 — resumed on Oct. 3 after a month 's suspension since an Italian aircraft was shot down [ see p. 39102 ] . |
| 8 | The club is having to play all its fixtures away from home for the second successive season because a new roof is being built at a cost of £1.3million . |
| 9 | With the draw being kind to them , Glasgow Western , Britain 's most successful side in Europe , have a realistic chance of securing a medal for the fifth successive time . |
| 10 | The finals — which begin at 1pm — are likely to be a sell-out for the third successive year but tickets can be obtained from the Scottish Volleyball Association offices in Edinburgh or from Meadowbank on the day . |
| 11 | It was Rush 's 287th goal in a record-breaking career and few can have been better , cancelling out Niall Quinn 's opener and leaving this fixture locked in stalemate for the third successive season . |
| 12 | PIPPA Nolan completed her hat-trick at Poplar Park yesterday when , riding Heron 's Flight , she won the main class at this popular event for the third successive year . |
| 13 | The proposed Education Department budget of $26,600 million represented an increase of only $500 million ( 2 per cent , i.e. below inflation for the second successive year , despite Bush 's claim to be the " education President " ) . |
| 14 | ROLF GOELZ , West Germany 's leading rider , dominated a four-man sprint to win the 214km Milan to Turin classic for the second successive year yesterday . |
| 15 | Senior champion Andrew Roche ( Liverpool Mercury-Townsend ) shot to the top of the table by retaining his title for the second successive season and now has 17 points . |
| 16 | Durham University ( 308 ; Simon Ecclestone 93 , Jeremy Snape 56 ) won the Commercial Union UAU title for the third successive year , defeating the University of Kent ( 215 ) in the final at Finchley on June 23 . |
| 17 | They have reached the first round for the fifth successive year , although once admitted they initially quailed like nervous party-goers . |
| 18 | They have reached the first round for the fifth successive year , although once admitted they initially quailed like nervous party-goers . |
| 19 | Blackburn star Shearer still on the way back from injury began on the bench for the fifth successive game , while for once Wright failed to get his name on the scoresheet . |
| 20 | Heavy going at Heathfield made for some slow times at the South Down & Eridge , where Chris Gordon scored a double for the second successive Saturday on Kirstenson and Please Explain . |
| 21 | SURREY , the English Counties League champions , completed the double for the second successive season when they beat Middlesex 13–11 in the Evian Inter-County Tournament final at the Orchard Sports Centre in London yesterday . |
| 22 | The former Darlington manager who played for Aston Villa and England is set to take a team to promotion for the third successive season as long as his Leicester team keep their nerve in next Saturday 's crucial last game at home to Newcastle . |
| 23 | Mark Landrum , the talented 17-year-old from Wallasey , won the Stableford Memorial Competition for the second successive year over his home course . |
| 24 | SCOTLAND made an undistinguished exit from a sevens competition for the second successive week on Saturday in the Fiji international tournament . |
| 25 | Middlesbrough are already well placed to win the Northern League division one championship for the second successive year and promotion to the premier league will be assured if they win their remaining games . |
| 26 | Railways ( 334 for 8 ; Shashi Gupta 121 not out ) have won India 's national women 's championship for the sixth successive season , defeating Karnataka ( 161 ) on first innings in the final at New Delhi . |
| 27 | Hamilton won the B & Q Cup for the second successive season yesterday with a 3-2 win over Morton . |
| 28 | Slough , winners of the Ty-Phoo National League for the third successive season , have already guaranteed their place in the European Club Championship next year . |
| 29 | MENZIESHILL secured the Division I title in the Scottish Indoor League for the third successive year when old rivals MIM beat second-placed Kelburne 7-6 at the Dick McTaggart Centre in Dundee . |
| 30 | Kimiko Date defeated top seed Amy Frazier 6–3 , 6–4 and will face Sabine Appelmans , who reached the final for the second successive year by beating Naoko Sawamatsu 7–6 , 6–4 . |