Example sentences of "[noun sg] for [art] [num ord] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Anna Pavord 's recognition ( 27 September ) of the opportunity for the twentieth century boldly to turn Uppark 's tragedy to advantage , is a more compelling argument . |
| 2 | After moving to Grimsetter and Hatston respectively , this unit embarked aboard the carrier HMS Indefatigable , and in the period July 14 to 19 , 1944 , took its Fireflies into action for the first time when they supported FAA raids on the German battleship Tirpitz by attacking gun positions and two German naval vessels . |
| 3 | I experienced tears of real grief for the first time when my granny died . |
| 4 | Dendrochronological research for the first millennium AD is still under development with a number of floating chronologies in existence ; but the general rarity of timbers suitable for such work from the types of site belonging to this period also limits the value of the method at present . |
| 5 | Perhaps the honourable member should do a competitiveness survey and go somewhere else for his queue , I do n't know but what I can tell the honourable gentleman is that even though there were losses in the banking industry for the last year there have been strongly offsetting rises in insurance and business services . |
| 6 | In the final RUGBY UNION : Middlesbrough Wasps reached the final of the North Yorkshire Trophy for the first time when they beat Rowntrees 11–6 at Acklam Park yesterday . |
| 7 | WREXHAM manager Brian Flynn has thrown down the gauntlet to much-travelled striker Howard Gayle , who trained at the Racecourse for the first time yesterday . |
| 8 | The only thing these artists have in common is their gallery of origin the Bachelier-Cardonsky of Kent , Connecticut , USA which has sent their work for the first time ever to Paris where it can be seen at Gianna Sistu for a month . |
| 9 | " While giving priority to peaceful means " , the European Council for the first time publicly declared that it did " not exclude the use of military means by the UN " . |
| 10 | Young people away from home for the first time also have to find the resources within themselves to create a pattern of living . |
| 11 | There was a heady scent of rosemary and thyme in the air , and she breathed it in , feeling strangely at peace for the first time in as long as she could remember . |
| 12 | Our chief source of information on Roman architecture for the first century B.C. is Marcus Vitruvius Pollio who wrote his famous work De Architectura , which he dedicated to Augustus , in 25 B.C. Vitruvius , as we call him , sets out his plans for an ideal Roman city in the first volume of his work . |
| 13 | To their credit the Springboks took a leaf out of the Wallaby book by holding their Friday training session before the test in a township for the first time ever . |
| 14 | This will liberate much needed space in one two one , and enable the Board to bring together its central administration in one place for the first time ever . |
| 15 | COLIN Montgomerie experienced the torture chamber of Baltusrol for the first time yesterday and insisted the time had come for Europe to demolish America 's stranglehold on the U.S. Open . |
| 16 | MIKE Watkinson 's pick ‘ n mix deliveries brought him ten wickets in a match for the first time yesterday as Lancashire thrashed Warwickshire by an innings and 25 runs at Edgbaston . |
| 17 | Wakefield soon took the lead for the first time when Conway 's towering kick bounced over the line for Mason to touch down near the posts . |
| 18 | Walter Kent , the American composer of The White Cliffs of Dover , visited the town for the first time yesterday and presented an original of the song manuscript to the district council , which will display it in the £14m ‘ White Cliffs Experience ’ due to open in 1991 . |
| 19 | MIDDLESBROUGH 'S adopted ship HMS Jupiter sailed out of the town for the last time yesterday . |
| 20 | Fry , dismissed by the 20-stone ticket-broker for the third time yesterday , wo n't be kissing and making up this time … he 'll sue for wrongful dismissal . |
| 21 | TWO North-East councillors came face to face in court for the first time yesterday over allegations that they assaulted each other . |
| 22 | Surbiton LTC won the men 's doubles over 45 event for the third year when they overcame Manchester Northern Club in the finals of the Eagle Star Inter Club Veterans Tournament held at Queen 's Club during November . |
| 23 | This form of arranged marriage , the ‘ minor marriage ’ , could be compared with a more common form of arranged marriage , the ‘ major marriage ’ , in which the partners met each other for the first time when they were adolescents . |
| 24 | The officially published diaries of Ceauşescu 's engagements reveal that Yasser Arafat was his most frequent guest : on average they met six times a year and saw each other for the last time only a month before the revolution . |
| 25 | The ambitious plans were revealed when the company threw open the doors of its showpiece development for the first time yesterday . |
| 26 | THORNHILL College , Londonderry , won the All-Ireland Senior Netball Title for the eighth time yesterday when they defeated Mount Anvil , Dublin , 30–20 at Shankill Leisure Centre . |
| 27 | Many congratulations to LLOYD COLE who became a father for the first time when his wife recently gave birth to a baby boy Billy , in New York . |
| 28 | The comic , who had a history of heart trouble , had become a father for the fourth time only last year , when his second wife Tracey gave birth to their daughter Charlotte . |
| 29 | We can not have a Briton winning the US Masters for the first time again , nor a Briton putting the green jacket on yet another Briton for the first time again . |
| 30 | Christmas and New Year services were seen on Soviet television for the first time early in 1990 . |