Example sentences of "for [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | GETRONICS BIDS FOR SECOND DUTCH DIGITAL CELLULAR LICENCE , TEAMED WITH RABOBANK , BACK IN THE FRAY |
| 2 | I refused to settle for second best , unless I absolutely had to , ’ she says . |
| 3 | We could become a country of citizens , not subjects , striving for excellence rather than settling for second best . |
| 4 | Japan has had to settle for second best . |
| 5 | Last week , Francis sent out the strongest possible signal that he wo n't settle for second best at Sheffield Wednesday . |
| 6 | Others were less ready to settle for second best . |
| 7 | Meanwhile , Colin Jackson once again had to settle for second best after a dramatic and controversial 60 metres hurdles final . |
| 8 | So , when it comes to replacement parts , why settle for second best ? |
| 9 | It could have been different if I had been accepted for the Forces , but this way I mean to make Marion my wife and I hope … well … well ’ — he jerked his head upwards — ‘ I may as well say it , that if I have a son , or for second best , a daughter , to carry on here . |
| 10 | If you go for second best ( because the pressure is on to fill the job tomorrow , or because you ca n't afford the best ) you will inevitably end up at the bottom of the heap with all the other monkeys . |
| 11 | She thought of the tragic woman who 'd been deserted by her father and had settled for second best . |
| 12 | He took to the front on the second lap and left Dave Milling , Woolsey Coulter , Phillip McCallen and Alan Irwin to go for second best . |
| 13 | In the junior race last year 's newcomer winner , James Courtney from Dundrod , had to settle for second best , with Ballymoney 's Phillip Read 11th . |
| 14 | Keegan knows that Tommy will not settle for second best indefinitely and if he has decided that Srnecek is his favourite then £500,000 would represent good business . |
| 15 | COLIN Jackson once again had to settle for second best after a dramatic and controversial 60 metres hurdles final . |
| 16 | COLIN Jackson once again had to settle for second best after a dramatic and controversial 60 metres hurdles final . |
| 17 | Competencies for second level nurses ( parts 2 , 4 , 6 , 7 of the Register ) |
| 18 | Foreign Ministers of the six member countries of the Association of South-East Asian Nations ( ASEAN , comprising Brunei , Indonesia , Malaysia , the Philippines , Singapore and Thailand ) held their 24th annual meeting in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia , on July 19-20 [ see p. 37613 for 23rd annual meeting held in Jakarta in July 1990 ] . |
| 19 | Foreign Ministers from the six member states of the Association of South East Asian Nations ( ASEAN — comprising Brunei , Indonesia , Malaysia , the Philippines , Singapore and Thailand ) held their 25th annual meeting in Manila , Philippines , on July 21-22 [ for 24th annual meeting see pp. 38345-46 ] . |
| 20 | Seventh party plenum — Guidelines for eighth five-year plan |
| 21 | A sixth UN chemical weapons inspection team which began work in late February [ see p. 38788 ] left the country on March 24 after overseeing the destruction of more than 460 leaking 122mm rockets at a munitions site in Khamisiya , 300 km south of Baghdad [ for fifth chemical weapons inspection see pp. 38548 ; 38598 ] . |
| 22 | 3% discount for first six months for loans up 70% of valuation |
| 23 | At the end of December 1989 the Supreme Court named the three final conservative appointees to the Senate [ see p. 37117 for first six appointments ] , so that the outgoing military regime was represented by 28 of the 47 members , further ensuring that the incoming government of President Aylwin would be unable to modify the central role of the military under the 1980 Constitution [ see p. 30619 ] . |
| 24 | Advance ( recoupable ) £1.5m per album for first four albums ; £2.0m in total for the remainder |
| 25 | All sold out for first four performances of Luxembourg next week . ’ |
| 26 | The plight of over 36,000 Kurdish refugees who fled Iraq in August-September 1988 [ see p. 36567 ] was highlighted during a visit by Danielle Mitterrand , the wife of the French President , to refugee camps in Diyarbakir in May 1989 , but the Turkish government continued to refuse Kurds refugee status [ for first international conference on Kurds in Paris in October 1989 chaired by Danielle Mitterrand see p. 36988 ] . |
| 27 | In the first round on Sept. 27 Iliescu and Constantinescu had gained 47.34 and 31.24 per cent respectively [ for first round results and background information , see p. 39104 ] ; in the second Iliescu won 61.43 per cent and Constantinescu 38.57 per cent , with a 73.2 per cent turnout . |
| 28 | Ten thousand for first one , well I sha n't get that cos I got five or six on that one . |
| 29 | A Zenith spokesman said that , in Europe , the company is ‘ signficantly ’ ahead of last year 's numbers , in units and value , for first two months of 1993 . |
| 30 | One of the arguments for first developing nuclear energy in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War was a predicted shortage of coal . |