Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun sg] [noun pl] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yesterday both Scots put the nightmare of Barcelona behind them , and made their dreams of becoming world champions for the first time come true . |
| 2 | The decision was made in the form of new guidelines issued by the Education Ministry in approving school textbooks for the next three years . |
| 3 | She had been amassing clothing coupons for the last six months and was determined that Constance would have a magnificent dress from one of the London stores . |
| 4 | Note : sandstone grades are for on-sight ascents using rope knots for the first time . |
| 5 | Sir : I am writing first to congratulate you all on an excellent magazine , I have been reading Computer magazines for the last 10 years and can honestly say that Practical PC is the most informative and enjoyable one to date . |
| 6 | The never-say-die 69 year-old widower is also taking piano lessons for the first time . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | For example , it was pointed out to me that some teachers were making lesson notes for the first time in years ! |
| 9 | The scheme , along with other CAP reform details on sheep and suckler cow quota , as well as new stocking density calculations , was explained to the meeting by a senior Meat and Livestock Commission economist , Mrs Lesley Greene , who has been monitoring CAP changes for the last six months . |
| 10 | Alongside the new universities themselves , starting their degree courses from scratch and employing large numbers of sometimes rather dubiously qualified new lecturers , there was a parallel development in the polytechnics , many of them offering degree courses for the first time , and devising courses in subjects such as literature , languages , and philosophy that had nothing whatever to do with the technology-based courses for which they had first been invented . |