Example sentences of "[noun sg] for the [num ord] year [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | County councillors look set to take on the Government tomorrow , when they set a budget for the next year way above Whitehall limits . |
| 2 | The judges unanimously deemed Malta to be the winner for the second year running . |
| 3 | GROUP employees have scooped a prestigious national health and safety award for the 25th year running . |
| 4 | VAUXHALL has won a top towcar award for the third year running , scooping five of the seven trophies in the process . |
| 5 | She had come to visit her sister for the third year running and , as on the three previous occasions , hoped to stay for a month . |
| 6 | ARSENAL boss George Graham reckons he has the best job in football — but he knows even he could suffer a Brian Clough-like backlash if the Gunners fail to win a trophy for the second year running . |
| 7 | Takenhall proved the annual star turn , winning the Quintin Gilbey Trophy for the third year running . |
| 8 | Oxford have now won 16 of the last 17 races , and have taken the Beefeater Gin Trophy for the sixth year running . |
| 9 | Over the next few months the government will be deciding whether to freeze Child Benefit for the 4th year running . |
| 10 | However , defending champion Lyons was in top form and went on to take the chequered flag for the second year running . |
| 11 | The McCapra String Quartet have just been reappointed Aldeburgh Quartet in Residence for the second year running . |
| 12 | Our proposals for Scottish Enterprise and for Highlands and Islands Enterprise for the next year amount to an increase of £37 million , or 8.8 per cent. , above the planned expenditure for a year ago . |
| 13 | Driver Colin McRae is champion for the second year running … he 's won all six rounds of the home championship … and if he becomes the first Brit since 76 to win the rally he 'll land the bonus prize of a hundred thousand pounds … |
| 14 | Flu sunk his chances , but back for the second year running is Kingsley Poole . |
| 15 | YOUR award-winning BNFL news has been voted Britain 's number one company newspaper for the second year running . |
| 16 | It was an unusually poor night for Jeremy Maxwell whose Fun ‘ N ’ Games jumped badly in the Mickey McArdle Chase won by Harristown Lady while Banour ran better but found the pace too hot in the Carrolls Hurdle won by Frank Berry 's Shankorak for the second year running . |
| 17 | MASSIMO BIASION , of Italy , driving a works Lancia , yesterday squeezed past his team-mate , Alessandro Fiorio , to win the San Remo Rally and lift the world title for the second year running . |
| 18 | Laura , an accountant , has just won the Ulster ladies ' individual life-saving title for the fourth year running , while Karen is in the ambulance service and plays a key role as secretary of Ireland 's No.1 club in the RLSS — Southend . |
| 19 | Awarded Wine magazine 's Wine Merchant of the Year title for the third year running , Oddbins is generally acknowledged to have bucked the trend . |
| 20 | Curry , from London , outshone allcomers to retain her British title for the third year running . |
| 21 | After writing off an £819,000 investment in an unquoted company , there is nothing left for a dividend for the third year running . |
| 22 | Databases remain the number one concern for the second year running , whilst Unix standards are listed as the 8th most important issue , compared with their showing at 19th position last year . |
| 23 | Swindon who are fighting against relegation for the second year running were six points down at one stage … they fought back … |
| 24 | this autumn for the third year running . |
| 25 | The reserves were denied the honours in the Central League by the same process of calculation , but the third team won the Yorkshire Midweek League for the second year running . |
| 26 | In fact we have been so good at it that we have been awarded the RCI Gold Star for the second year running . |
| 27 | In-Service Training day fees are being held at the same cost for the third year running , despite inflation and a probable increase in the cost of premises for Q.T. days . |
| 28 | Japan , defying international condemnation for the fourth year running , has announced it 's intention to kill 300 minke whales . |
| 29 | The news that the ill may face an inflation-busting increase for the second year running was revealed yesterday as carefree Mr Lamont continued to holiday in Italy . |
| 30 | In 1989 , cadmium consumption exceeded supply for the third year running . |