Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] for the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The journey by train from Cambridge to Lincoln was tedious , involving several changes , and on arrival I was met by the usual RAF truck for the half hour 's run into Binbrook village and from there up the steep hill to the RAF Station on its plateau above the low lying plains .
2 On policy matters please contact one or both of Jim Macdonald for the National Programme , Lee Cousins for the Sub-National Programme .
3 They allowed cameras into their Hereford base for the first time , to drive home the message that the public must be on their guard in the run-up to Christmas .
4 The land is rented to the village by Sir Ian MacDonald for the annual rent of one white rose .
5 Roger McCarthy for the local authority .
6 The disadvantages of a Marcus parser for the current application include :
7 In the UK in 1957 the Physical Society published a group of reference papers on the British work , including the now famous Lawson criterion for the thermal insulation ( confinement time ) required to give a net gain of energy from a thermonuclear reactor .
8 Glasgow 's Joe Kelly , the British bantamweight champion , will fight Dane Johnny Bredahl for the European title after making the first defence of his crown against Drew Docherty of Croy on April 27 .
9 There was a feeling that Mill House might just be coming out of the doldrums : he had won his last race , beating his solitary rival at Sandown Park for the princely sum of £426 , and appeared to be coming back to his old self .
10 Richard Clough for the local authority .
11 He thought : He has acquired the mystique of the story-teller and , glancing at the ring of fire-lit and intent faces , he was suddenly reminded of his first village school , of the children clustered round Miss Douglas at three o'clock on a Friday afternoon for the half hour of story-time , and felt a pang of pain and regret for those lost days of innocence and love .
12 With Rudi Bryson challenging Richard Snell for the dubious honour of joining Hugh Page , Fanie de Villiers , Steve Jefferies and Corrie van Zyl among the ranks of ineffectual South African pace imports , Joey Benjamin 's recent burst of form has also been instrumental in Surrey 's surge from the Britannic basement .
13 If so write and tell me all about it — I 'll be sending a bottle of Moet & Chandon Champagne for the best letter !
14 and Bankim Thanki for the second defendant .
15 P&O EUROPEAN FERRIES ( Portsmouth ) are acting as Principal Sponsor of the Chichester Festivities for the third year running .
16 England may call up Yorkshire wicketkeeper-batsman Richard Blakey for the fourth game at Lord 's tomorrow .
17 They 're looking to entrepreneurs like David Puttnam and Richard Branson for the vital backing to develop the project .
18 And you had the impression he knew that would be the case as he raced down Jefferson Avenue for the first time .
19 David Tyzack for the local authority .
20 As I came into my room , I saw Edward Hyde for the first time .
21 The defence will remain unchanged in the continued absence of central defender Kevin Ball , who is recovering from a knee injury , and if Goodman is available Crosby will have to choose between former England international Peter Davenport or young striker David Rush for the remaining midfield slot .
22 For example when Pip meets Miss Haversham for the 1st time , Dickens describes her in immense detail .
23 By the time they had reached the end of Jefferson Street for the first time , the US Grand Prix was all over .
24 Ron Atkinson brought his Aston Villa team for the offical opening
25 THE chances of Lennox Lewis fighting Riddick Bowe for the undisputed world heavyweight title were enhanced last night by the failure of George Foreman to agree terms with the new champion .
26 Steven Whitaker for the third defendant .
27 He duly won , and then I lined up with Emmit King for the second heat .
28 HGCA figures for the first half of the 1992–93 season show Ipswich exporting ten per cent of all British wheat .
29 Sheldon himself never lied to his friends about the mummy and we have to be grateful to Faujas Saint-Fond for the following account written shortly after a visit he had made on Sheldon : ‘ It is [ said Sheldon ] a mistress whom I tenderly loved .
30 Neither Julia nor I had realised that some delegates would be registering on the Saturday morning for the first time — we had n't covered this .
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