Example sentences of "[noun pl] for [art] [num ord] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , it was pointed out to me that some teachers were making lesson notes for the first time in years ! |
| 2 | Earlier , as the government and ANC took steps at the weekend to prepare for South Africa 's first all-race elections , President FW de Klerk gave cabinet posts to non-whites for the first time in South Africa 's history and got rid of white ministers said to be reluctant to back his sweeping apartheid reforms . |
| 3 | I retire to the toilets for the third time in the space of ten minutes . |
| 4 | CHILD star Macauley Culkin 's Home Alone 2 : Lost In New York has topped US box office takings for the third week in a row , earning Pounds 8 million . |
| 5 | Some of these activities related to institutional developments ( for example , on diversification ) , others to new ways of approaching familiar ground ( for example , on school experience ) , others to new approaches to the packaging of knowledge and its applications ( for example , a conference on communication studies held in 1978 ) , others to the representation of existing activities for the first time in higher education ( for example , in the creative and performing arts ) , and yet others on the mechanics of the CNAA 's own work in validating courses and seeking to assure standards ( for example , a conference on the role of external examiners held in October 1978 ) . |
| 6 | In the depth of the recession , with the motor industry suffering more than most , Rover is introducing night shifts for the first time in three years . |
| 7 | Mr Rawlins announced his intention to leave Sturge at some time in the future towards the end of last year although he had no specific plans for the next step in his career . |
| 8 | The right of an employee inventor to claim statutory compensation from his employer has recently been asserted before the courts for the first time in a series of three reported cases emanating from the Comptroller of Patents and the Patents Court . |
| 9 | PETER Shreeves was sacked by Spurs for the second time in six years yesterday . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's remarkable that , in addition to playing 11 cities around the country , the educational programme played to over 5,000 kids and brought many of them to the main theatre in their local cities for the first time in their lives , on subsidised tickets . |
| 11 | Table 2.2 demonstrates changes over the seventeen years to 1987 : western Europe took over half our exports for the first time in recent history ; by 1987 , the EC alone took virtually half , and most other destinations , except for North America , had declined in relative importance . |
| 12 | If the women really are changing the parturition rules for the second time in ten years , it is probably more to keep the men on the hop than anything else — just as black people keep changing the name you are allowed to call them in order to keep whitey on his toes . |
| 13 | Sung looked up , meeting Bergson 's cold grey eyes for the first time in their interview , then looked down again , understanding perfectly . |
| 14 | As I did n't want to undergo the inconvenience of surgery to remove the offending gall bladder , I opted for virtually fat free eating , with the miraculous side effect of acquiring slim hips and thighs for the first time in my adult life ( see photograph on next page ) . |
| 15 | Fielding candidates for the first time in 1987 , it had a PV of 11.8 , but a PS of only 8.4 . |
| 16 | PAUL ELLIOTT , Chelsea centre-back , has injured cruciate knee ligaments for the second time in his career . |
| 17 | Boots The chemist are to open pharmacy concessions for the first time in seven JS branches in late July . |
| 18 | ‘ Tennis came back to the Olympics for the first time in Seoul , and maybe now that it is recognised again as an Olympic sport , it will become more important in East Germany . |
| 19 | Dromore jockey John Reid who is having his best ever season was in a suitably bullish mood when I spoke to him about the remainder of the 1993 Flat racing year which has seen him head inexorably towards 100 winners for the first time in his career . |
| 20 | My low fat eating programme , detailed in my Hip and Thigh Diet books , has helped hundreds of thousands of overweight men and women to lose weight and inches from their problem areas for the first time in their lives ! |
| 21 | Only three other deaf men became missioners for the first time in the 1920s , although some moved from one place to another like George Mackenzie . |
| 22 | The main concrete results of the summit were ( i ) the signing of an agreement banning the production of chemical weapons ; ( ii ) a set of accords normalizing commercial relations between the two countries for the first time in 50 years ; and ( iii ) a provisional treaty on nuclear weapons . |
| 23 | COUNCILLORS in Midlothian yesterday decided to increase the district 's council house rents for the first time in four years . |
| 24 | A chapel-reared Cornish boy , he was far from home , working in Salisbury , drinking in pubs for the first time in his life , sleeping rough in a wood . |
| 25 | It says that it will be patchy and hesitant and that , even then , Britain will be at the bottom of the growth , investment and employment leagues for the fourth year in succession under a Tory Government . |
| 26 | And Port Vale are set to take around 22,000 fans to the twin towers for the second time in a week . |
| 27 | Three seminars were recently held for general SVQ co-ordinators from schools , colleges , and other centres offering the awards for the first time in August 1993 . |
| 28 | What a pleasure it is to hear some of these pieces for the first time in clear digital sound ! |
| 29 | The 1990 decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Damodar Bulk Carriers Ltd. v. People 's Insurance Company of China makes the effect of this distinction eminently clear . |
| 30 | He was appointed to the state 's Superior Court in 1978 , to its Supreme Court in 1983 , and to the federal Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in 1990 . |