Example sentences of "[num] for the first [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | More than 680 homes were sold in January , rising to 750 for the first three weeks of this month . |
| 2 | Brunel would have nothing steeper than 1 in 660 for the first eighty-five miles out of Paddington ; Robert Stephenson planned the London and Birmingham Railway with no gradient steeper than 1 in 330 ( except the first rise from Euston to Camden ) ; and Locke nothing steeper than 1 in 250 on the difficult London and Southampton line . |
| 3 | It was arranged that Hetty would stay on in the shop for a while , and Sarah would work from ten o'clock until three for the first few weeks . |
| 4 | The charge will be 0 for the first 6 months that a property is empty . |
| 5 | That is about £2 billion for the first five years . |
| 6 | An Israeli trade delegation visited Beijing on Nov. 18-22 for the first official talks on establishing trade ties following a secret visit by Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Arens on Nov. 4-8 to discuss military co-operation and China 's arms sales to the Middle East . |
| 7 | The rate depends on the engine size , and gives two figures : one for the first 4,000 miles , with the second rate for all business mileage over 4,000 miles . |
| 8 | Ideally , you should use factors 12 to 15 for the first few days , while your skin 's natural defences are being activated ( the body produces more pigment cells , or melanin , and skin begins to thicken , which can take up to 48 hours to start becoming effective ) . |
| 9 | The country recorded a current-account deficit of US$2,430 million for the first 11 months , a 63 per cent increase over the equivalent period for 1989 . |
| 10 | " Last year our friends and allies provided the bulk of the economic costs of Desert Shield , and having now received commitments of over $40,000 million for the first three months of 1991 , I am confident that they will do no less as we move through Desert Storm . |
| 11 | Was n't it in the budget the two point seven for the first two months ? |
| 12 | De Klerk arrived in the United States on Sept. 24 for the first official visit by a South African government leader in 44 years . |