Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [noun] for [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When his friend Calder took an autumn break , Sole skippered Scotland for the first time , in a 38-17 win against Fiji at Murrayfield . |
| 2 | In mid-November a United States congressional delegation visited China for the first time since the massacre . |
| 3 | In November a Vatican delegation visited Vietnam for the first time . |
| 4 | For the year as a whole turnover topped £100m for the first time rising 10.4pc to £101.6m . |
| 5 | Wartime expansion of milk consumption took place for a third reason that related more to specific practical problems than to a new attitude on the part of policy-makers : simply , the disruptions of wartime made it virtually impossible to implement the pre-war means test criteria , such as the definition of a ‘ necessitous ’ child eligible for free milk , or the distinguishing of those children receiving cheap milk for the under-fives under section 2 of the 1939 Milk Industry Act . |
| 6 | In 1989 , cadmium consumption exceeded supply for the third year running . |
| 7 | The one year Certificate course for ‘ women returners ’ at Launder College was well received and another group received funding for the next year . |
| 8 | Domestic consumption of grain overtook production for the first time . |
| 9 | When Chris Lewis replaced Malcolm , ball dominated bat for the first time in the match , with nothing to show for it . |
| 10 | The Bramham Three Day Event took place for the first time in 1974 . |
| 11 | BHUTAN : AI visited Bhutan for the first time in January at the invitation of King Jigme Wangchuck . |
| 12 | Success followed success for the next few years but no races were held in 1888 and 1890 and the revival in 1891 was the beginning of another era with new builders entering the field although Lee 's still took an interest in events for in 1900 their steamboat " Lee " dressed overall took 80 members of the firm to see the Medway Barge Race . |
| 13 | The company made way for the next entertainment the islanders offered to mark the treaty they had made , and Tiguary gave Dulé a drink and hugged him , sitting him down beside him to watch the dancers who now occupied the clearing . |
| 14 | The alarm clock woke Claudia for the second time and she sniffed appreciatively at the aroma penetrating her room . |
| 15 | In 1957 — 8 licence revenue from TV exceeded sound for the first time , and the following year TV expenditure overtook radio . |
| 16 | He made his official Palace debut in the FA Cup tie with QPR on 5 January 1946 and was between the posts when Palace met Mansfield for the first post-war League match on 31 August 1946 . |
| 17 | Commenting on its figures ( see page five ) , Eschborn , Germany-based Linotype AG says its 1992 domestic orders fell by 6% but the company enjoyed solid gains in key foreign markets , with the US up 18% , Japan up 24% and the Middle and Far East showing gains of between 15% and 49% ; the US market surpassed Germany for the first time , and exports at the computerised printing systems and equipment company accounted for 72.1% of overall business in 1992 after 69.1% a year earlier . |