Example sentences of "[verb] for a fourth " in BNC.
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| 1 | Members heard funding had been given for a fourth ear , nose and throat surgeon . |
| 2 | Schwantz , winner of 19 Grands Prix in a fruitless search for the world title , was joined on the front row by fellow American Wayne Rainey , bidding for a fourth successive crown , and Australian prospect Daryl Beattie . |
| 3 | Micky and the two girls were looking for a fourth person — someone having just moved out and on . |
| 4 | To this was added the promise to privatise British Coal if the Conservatives were re-elected for a fourth term . |
| 5 | They will vote for a fourth Conservative Government , because since 1979 the record of the current Government and their predecessors in regard to Wales has been excellent . |
| 6 | A very small minority of students remained for a fourth year and , having successfully negotiated a third year examination hurdle , were candidates for an unclassified B.Ed degree of the University of Birmingham , and carried with them our hopes for a future graduate profession . |
| 7 | Despite a slump in the equity markets , the Japanese economy grew for a fourth consecutive year during 1990 . |
| 8 | Peter Purton , an executive member of the lesbian and gay rights campaign , said now the idea of a common age of consent had been supported for a fourth time , he hope that the leadership would finally accept the commitment and ensure it went into the manifesto . |
| 9 | So St Wilfrid the bishop and his clergy on bended knees lifted their hands again to heaven and gained the help of the Lord … who straightway bade the tide return before its usual hour , and while the pagans , on the coming of their king were preparing for a fourth battle , the sea came back and covered all the shore , so that the ship was floated and made its way into the deep . |
| 10 | They face another five years in opposition and Labour will have another inquest into why it has been rejected for a fourth time . |
| 11 | With the Tories elected for a fourth successive term , the politics of the opposition are obviously up for radical examination . |
| 12 | Ieremia Tabai has been President since independence and was elected for a fourth term on May 12 , 1987 , despite a constitutional prohibition on any individual serving more than three terms in the post . |
| 13 | It 's now fifteen months since the Tories were elected for a fourth term and what 've we seen since that election ? |
| 14 | Since a Conservative government has been elected for a fourth term these developments will probably continue . |
| 15 | If by some mischance the Government are returned for a fourth term , I should be surprised if child benefit survives to the end of their term . |
| 16 | In the general election of March 1990 the ALP was narrowly returned for a fourth successive term [ see pp. 37320-21 ; for final Senate results see p. 37876 ] . |