Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [noun] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under a new law , proposed during the fifth session of the eighth National Assembly ( which convened in Hanoi on June 20-30 , 1989 ) , non-CPV members were allowed to stand as candidates for the first time . |
| 2 | Prime Minister Mouloud Hamrouche , who was to stand for election for the first time , said that the ruling National Liberation Front ( FLN ) might consider entering into a coalition with one of the secular opposition parties , either before or after the election . |
| 3 | Ernst Richter was the latest recruit from the academy , having arrived the previous day , and he had been assigned to work with Mauer for the first month so that his temperament and personality could be assessed to ensure that later on he would be paired with the right partner . |
| 4 | Before Christmas many of the shops had to open on Sundays for the first time just to try to make up for the terrible year . |
| 5 | ‘ I just want to get this season over and start from fresh again , ’ added the ring-rusty world No 55 , also forced to play in glasses for the first time . |
| 6 | I had heard that you were staying at the farm , ’ Claudine stated , condescending to look at Jenna for the first time . |
| 7 | This is because as Dickens wrote his novels as weekly instalments he had to put enough into each instalment whether it be a couple of chapters or many , enough to captivate his readers and cause them to wait with eagerness for the next instalment . |
| 8 | This new fashion for dressing a corpse was to remain in vogue for the next fifty years . |
| 9 | Therefore long-term factors played a strong part in convincing client companies to experiment with headhunting for the first time . |
| 10 | If you were to fly to Athens for the first time and take a taxi to an address in the city , you would be unable to assess whether the route was circuitous , or the baggage charge was normal . |
| 11 | AS THE plutocrats of world golf prepare to fly to Augusta for the first major championship of the season , — in some cases in their personal executive jets — it is a safe bet none of them sit back and reflect on the origins of their good fortune . |
| 12 | We no longer wear mourning clothes for a fixed period of time , we do n't refuse to go to parties for the first six months after the death of someone close to us , we do n't take time immediately after the death for intensive grieving . |
| 13 | It 's difficult to think about things for the first time in the heat of the moment , so plan it out now . |
| 14 | On top of that there could be time spent tutoring individual pupils with special needs before they had time to think of preparation for the next day . |
| 15 | The Publicity Committee are planning to have on sale for the first time at Crystal Palace a range of metalled key-rings and pendants which they think will make very nice Christmas presents . |
| 16 | Indeed , when AMV was forced to lay off staff for the first time in 1991 , because of duplication during the BBDO merger , all got very generous payments . |
| 17 | Okay now at this stage you do n't normally have to ask for volunteers for the first group because it usually sort of role then off they go . |
| 18 | Twenty-six racial equality officers came to the university to enrol in classes for the first ever diploma in race and community relations . |
| 19 | The sandy beach on Majorca is ideal for flopping on by day in order to recover in time for the next night of action , and what a night it will be in this town that never sleeps ! |
| 20 | A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman on Oct. 10 rejected a proposal made by the Dalai Lama in a speech in the USA on Oct. 9 to return to Tibet for the first time since 1959 , and demanded that he abandon his support for Tibetan independence . |
| 21 | He was so depressed , poor boy , at falling in the first place — all Langleys ride as if they were born to it — and then at not being able to return to Cambridge for the last few weeks of term , and his aunt was quite at her wit 's end to know what to do with him . |
| 22 | After three weeks of talks Greece and the United States on May 30 initialled a new defence co-operation agreement allowing two of the four US bases ( at Gournes and Souda Bay in Crete ) to continue to operate in Greece for the next eight years . |
| 23 | As we prayed for him it was clear that the Holy Spirit was touching him powerfully , and he began to speak in tongues for the first time . |
| 24 | Senior counsel Edward Targowski had already proved that when he made such an effort to travel to Orkney for the first Children 's Hearing . |