Example sentences of "for the [num ord] 10 " in BNC.
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| 1 | Orders for the second 10 years , by which time the capital costs of THORP will also have been recovered , are coming in steadily with more than 40 per-cent capacity sold to Germany , Nuclear Electric and Scottish Nuclear . |
| 2 | For the first 10 minutes , she sat with her back to me and refused to turn round . |
| 3 | For the first 10 months of this year , it totalled £362 million , although this is expected to be wiped out by outflows this month and last month . |
| 4 | For the first 10 years of its existence , AEA drove forward all aspects of nuclear power in the UK , including the development of weapons and the exploitation of radioisotopes . |
| 5 | For the first 10 years of the Government , the cry that used to come from the Dispatch Box was that the economy was in a mess because of strikes by workers . |
| 6 | The country 's current-account deficit for the first 10 months of the fiscal year also showed a fall of 27 per cent compared with the same period in 1989/90 . |
| 7 | But for the first 10 years , HCFC-141B is about half as damaging to the ozone layer as the CFC . |
| 8 | His new innovation won approval and orders for the first 10 tankers were placed with NE ship builders . |
| 9 | ‘ I fought a number of battles but for the last 10 days before we left , because things did n't go too well , I was commanding the rearguard on the Aegean Sea . ’ |
| 10 | In the village I have known for the last 10 years , they openly regret that things were better under Marcos . |
| 11 | FOR THE last 10 years or so the British insurance community has attracted an enormous amount of takeover activity . |
| 12 | There might have been considerable constitutional difficulties if it had turned out that , for the last 10 years , Britain had been ruled by a Martian , or a robot , or a vampire . |
| 13 | The second part of the plan was to turn to the Tories ' own strong issues for the last 10 days : defence , foreign policy , law and order and — hard though it is in a recession — the economy . |
| 14 | And he added : ‘ If I were an American , I would be saying thank goodness there have been some musicals to keep Broadway alive for the last 10 years . ’ |
| 15 | For the last 10 years I have worked to create environments for the millions of pilgrims who come to Saudi Arabia . |
| 16 | Colonel John Wilson has given the club immense service , having been President for the last 10 years immediately following 23 years as Match Secretary . |
| 17 | ‘ The person who put this together must have been living in a box for the last 10 years . ’ |
| 18 | That 's what has happened in world football for the last 10 years and we 've just started doing it . |
| 19 | Madeline had spent 20 years in education and childcare management and for the last 10 had been running nine nurseries for a charity in London . |
| 20 | Doctors ordered the star , who had been playing up to 150 gigs every year for the last 10 years , to rest or maybe wreck his voice for good . |
| 21 | Sir : I am writing first to congratulate you all on an excellent magazine , I have been reading Computer magazines for the last 10 years and can honestly say that Practical PC is the most informative and enjoyable one to date . |
| 22 | Hunter is transferring from Inchcolm Abbey in the Firth of Forth , where he and his wife Rae have been custodians for the last 10 years . |
| 23 | She has been based at home for the last 10 years , collecting water , doing the cooking and waiting to get married . |
| 24 | Richards , a reformed alcoholic , was plagued by allegations that she had used marijuana and cocaine ; she maintained that she had used no " mood altering chemical " for the last 10 years , but refused to state whether she had ever used illegal drugs . |
| 25 | The victory of Kennett , who was not considered by many to be the state 's most able or charismatic politician , was interpreted as clear evidence of massive dissatisfaction with the ALP , which had governed the state for the last 10 years , and was alleged to have overseen serious financial mismanagement under both Kirner and her predecessor John Cain . |
| 26 | BNFL 's investment in West cumbria — including spending on plant at Sellafield — amounted to around one and a half millions pounds a day , every day , for the last 10 years , Sir Christopher Harding told guests at a dinner of the Cumbria Society . |
| 27 | Overall , the average number of theses per year is ‘ , but the average for the last 10 year period is 32 . |
| 28 | As Strachan was clearly knackered at the end of it , I thought he could have had a run out for the last 10 mins or so . |
| 29 | Yeah , I got the impression when the TV commentators were going on about the Turks being in Europe for the last 10 years they were just looking for some excuse to explain th scum 's ineptitude . |
| 30 | ‘ It was a fantastic feeling to be out on that field for the last 10 or 15 minutes , ’ he recalled . |