Example sentences of "[coord] [noun sg] for [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 You may find your temper on a short fuse when confronting your child or teenager for the umpteenth time .
2 A body does n't look like the product of a loose and temporary federation of warring genetic agents who hardly have time to get acquainted before embarking in sperm or egg for the next leg of the great genetic diaspora .
3 Hundreds of these youngsters were hearing French or English for the first time at , for example , a lecture on the Lake Poets .
4 At Birkbeck , Joyce passed the intermediate examination for his BA and then read English language and literature for the second part of his degree .
5 The parquet of the floors alternates with stone and the colours of the walls were chosen after innumerable trials : mostly pale grey and tobacco brown , with pale green for the Neo-classical works and terracotta for the nineteenth century .
6 Neck and neck for the last hurrah
7 Previous abridgements of the Philosophical Transactions had been carried out on a piecemeal basis , whereas Baddam 's version provided continuity and uniformity for the first time ( see Nichols 's summary of them in the above , pp. 482–3 ) .
8 Digital Equipment Corp reports a $27m contract for personal computers and services from Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co : under the five-year deal , DEC will provide hardware , software , installation and maintenance for the next generation of the firms business management system .
9 He thought of Hugo , who had revolutionised his own thinking , who had made him challenge and question for the first time .
10 Secondary schools are also keen to establish positive relationships with neighbouring primary schools so that their school becomes the automatic choice of child and parent for the next phase of education .
11 If you 're buying a propagator with inner liners divided into cells , be sure to buy an extra supply of cells so that you can move one batch of seedlings out when they have germinated , and make use of the base and lid for the next batch .
12 The Bank of Botswana reported a significant decline in revenue from the main exports of diamonds , copper-nickel and meat for the first quarter of 1990 .
13 Thereafter , ‘ fly the line ’ , keeping a careful eye on drift and timing for the first quarter of the route , and replicating whatever heading is required for the next three- quarters , noting the times to the quarter-points .
14 The Further and Higher Education Bill implements policies set out in the two White Papers : Education and training for the twenty-first century and Higher education : A new framework .
15 Other new measures are foreshadowed in the White Paper ’ Education and Training for the 21st Century . ’
16 Our proposals , as set out in the White Paper ’ Education and Training for the 21st Century ’ , have been generally welcomed .
17 His major written works include A Handbook of Electrical Testing ( 1876 ) , Alternating Currents ( 1916 ) , The Electrical Engineers ' Pocket-Book ( 1890 ) , and a contribution on telephony and telegraphy for the eleventh edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica .
18 In practice , if not in spirit , there is a complete divorce between the ground floor , full of people who have walked in off the street , and the upper floors , where research and development on both hardware and software for the Third World take place .
19 She said : ‘ It was great to see mum and dad for the first time in several days .
20 She said : ‘ It was great to see mum and dad for the first time in several days .
21 The Chobham establishment therefore redesigned the hull and turret for the next version , Challenger .
22 The goal is to renew the earth and to cherish it so that its fruits , its resources and its wealth may be shared by everyone — and without leaving a legacy of pollution and destruction for the next generation .
23 It 's 7.15 a.m. and time for the first break of the day .
24 Flu sunk his chances , but back for the second year running is Kingsley Poole .
  Next page