Example sentences of "for [adj] quarter [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Historical data on claims for night visits were derived from the manual payment ledgers of the family health services authority for each quarter for the 10 years beginning October 1982 . |
| 2 | He also organized the compilation and publication of charts showing the prevailing winds and currents for each quarter of the year . |
| 3 | A separate ( 1,0 ) dummy was added for each quarter of the post-sample forecast and a test of their joint significance was undertaken . |
| 4 | George nodded and motioned her to silence again ; although they waited for another quarter of an hour , it was a vain vigil ! |
| 5 | Thus in Aldridge v Johnson ( 1857 ) 7 E & B 885 there was an agreement to transfer 32 bullocks valued at £192 in return for 100 quarters of barley valued at £125 , the set off of £23 to be paid in cash ; this was construed as a reciprocal sale ( see also Forsyth v Jervis ( 1816 ) 1 Stark 437 ; Sheldon v Cox ( 1824 ) 3 B & C 420 ) . |
| 6 | He recognised his ex-pupil 's handwriting on a letter and thereby identified the highwayman — even though Turpin had only been his pupil for three quarters of a year . |
| 7 | For three quarters of the race she was within the time for for another British mark , but as she explained afterwards : ‘ Two hard 50-metres just before meant I was lacking at the end . ’ |
| 8 | Turn left along this road for three quarters of a mile until the road turns sharp right to become Marsh Road . |
| 9 | For three quarters of an hour they stood there , and bitterly complained and rejoiced in rumours of police intervention , faintings , and thefts and then , slowly , the floor began to clear a little . |
| 10 | It is a remarkable fact that although Edward II received almost £240,000 in taxes from his clergy , for three quarters of that amount he was indebted to the papacy ; Edward managed to get his hands on 92 per cent of the papal tenths imposed on the English clergy in his reign . |
| 11 | So it was er hell 's pells for three quarters of a mile nearly for your dinner and hell 's pells back and I guess time you 'd done it you 'd have worn it off anyway . |
| 12 | A WHO analysis published on Nov. 11 in Geneva showed heterosexual intercourse to be responsible for three quarters of all cases of HIV infection . |
| 13 | Whenever I hear Chris I 'm illumined for three quarters of the time , and dazzled for the other quarter . |
| 14 | Forced Sales of players like Paul Simpson and Lee Nogan for three quarters of a million pounds simply to keep the club alive have become a neccessity . |
| 15 | News just in Swindon Town striker Duncan Shearer has signed for Blackburn Rovers for three quarters of a million pounds . |
| 16 | But the Queen will see just about every past and present RAF aircraft a flypast which will go on for three quarters of an hour . |
| 17 | And the figures would have been higher still , but for a smaller rise in car offences which account for three quarters of all reported crimes . |
| 18 | Despite having the majority of play for three quarters of the game the home side squandered numerous chances . |
| 19 | This weekend the southbound carriageway will be closed and a contraflow will restrict the motorway to two lanes in each direction for three quarters of a mile . |
| 20 | I , I , I mean I do n't know , I was n't there for half the things she was talking about last night , I mean I was upstairs for three quarters of an hour trying to go to sleep |
| 21 | Right , well let's generate the do , discussion and er get you all er involved in something else for three quarters of an hour . |
| 22 | Will he now confirm , since he seems to regard all problems as being entirely domestic , that over the second half of the last year industrial production fell in the United States , in Japan and elsewhere and that Germany 's gross domestic product has now declined for three quarters in succession and Germany is in recession ? |
| 23 | Yet even today America is responsible for one quarter of world oil consumption and almost half the non-Communist world 's petrol consumption . |
| 24 | In 1983 America was responsible for one quarter of the world 's consumption of primary fuel , 25% of the oil , 19% of the coal , 32% of the gas and 34% of the nuclear power generation . |
| 25 | It is characteristic of the Government that although the Minister spoke for one quarter of an hour , he did not once refer to new clause 2 or defend the Government 's record . |
| 26 | Is it not a ridiculous situation when the motoring correspondent of The Times ( 30 Jan. ) describes how he intended travelling from Brighton to Birmingham by rail , but found that he could drive for one quarter of the price , despite sole occupancy of a largish estate car ? |
| 27 | The brandy market in Germany accounts for one quarter of spirits sales in that country . |
| 28 | Wall Street yesterday finally woke up to what we have been saying since January — that IBM Corp sets its dividend for one quarter at a time , and that there is no guarantee that the level declared for fourth quarter 1992 will be maintained quarterly this year : market dealers in Europe say a rumour surfaced here yesterday morning that another cut may be coming . |
| 29 | The company , which is projecting a $80m to $100m loss for 1992 and a sizeable loss for first quarter of 1993 ended October 31 , also cut another 200 workers before Christmas . |
| 30 | Amdahl Corp , Sunnyvale has launched a consulting service and data storage feature to facilitate the migration of customers to Escon Architecture : the company accompanies the new service with a new Serial Channel Feature for next quarter for use with its 6100 Storage Processor , which attaches to parallel channel adaptors on the 6100 and enable it to support serial Escon channel connections ; a 6100 with the feature will support up to 32 Escon serial channels or a mixture of serial and parallel channels ; native serial channels cost $62,560 for the first four and $32,280 for each additional pair ; the Serial Channel Feature start at $21,000 . |