Example sentences of "for the [adj] six " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had won the court case , had obtained over £2,000 in costs , was due £4,750 as his half share of the sale price of the Baron , and William Dunlop had still to pay him half of the stallion 's considerable stud earnings for the preceding six years . |
| 2 | After weighing for the heaviest berry — duly recorded in the ledger by the recorder — any prizewinning berry is removed before they are weighed for the heaviest twelve awards and then again selected for the heaviest six . |
| 3 | Two other records were broken that day ; for the heaviest six , and for a plate of four colours . |
| 4 | The Esso England Youth team for the annual six nations international contest in Nijmegen , Holland , includes Vicki Horner ( Newburn ) , Susan Colling ( Derwentside ) , Joanne Park and Joe Leveridge ( Newcastle ) . |
| 5 | These authors indicate that the incomes of the 65 — 74 age group in Britain are 76 per cent of the population average compared with 94 per cent for the other six European and North American countries included within their study . |
| 6 | Trees grown on MM111 rootstock will reach a robust 18–20ft in height , but wo n't crop for the first six years . |
| 7 | Her mother had both children late in life , and was wonderful for the first six years of Jay 's life . |
| 8 | Group profits before tax for the first six months of the year soared by 46 per cent but the final result to 30 June , announced last week , showed a less than sparkling advance of 26 per cent to £1.28m compared to earlier City predictions of £1.4m-plus . |
| 9 | At present , patients are prevented from receiving the benefit for the first six months of a terminal illness . |
| 10 | Admits , though , that he stayed in the clubhouse for the first six innings of a game ‘ because I do n't want anyone to see me sweat ’ . |
| 11 | If your employee qualifies for the higher rate , it should be paid for the first six weeks that higher rate SMP is due . |
| 12 | Higher rate of SMP is payable for the first six weeks of her absence . |
| 13 | IF YOUR New Year resolution is to become a home owner , the Yorkshire Building Society is offering first-time buyers mortgages at two per cent below its standard interest rate of 14.75 per cent for the first six months of the loan . |
| 14 | For the first six months they have to live in at a training centre . |
| 15 | A cow , reared for the first six months of its life in an environment of people and horses , may refuse to have anything to do with cows in its own paddock for all the years that follow . |
| 16 | In the UK , statutory maternity pay is 90 per cent of earnings for the first six weeks of maternity leave and then a lower rate of £39.25 for a further 12 weeks . |
| 17 | In fact , Los Angeles scared him a little and for the first six months he barely ventured out of the house alone . |
| 18 | For the first six months of my mother 's pregnancy , I was assumed to be indigestion . |
| 19 | For the first six years , it will give an additional 2 per cent if you were not contracted out of SERPS already . |
| 20 | The society 's bad debt charge for the first six months of this year was £29.7 million compared with £7.2 million for the same period in 1991 . |
| 21 | As part of a five-year probation , Griffin must not leave the jail-like clinic for the first six months . |
| 22 | The AirBreak group , which also includes Next Holidays , Peter Pan Ltd and Suntan Tours , revealed a £2.9 million loss for the first six months of this year . |
| 23 | TENNIS WORLD 'S ABC figures for the first six months of the year will show an increase in sales of almost 30% in spite of the deep UK recession . |
| 24 | Many puppies are infected at birth with the roundworm Toxocara canis and so must be wormed frequently on a vet s advice for the first six months of life , and regularly thereafter . |
| 25 | For the first six months , those who were further advanced towards full Marinehood had simply treated the latest Necromundan intake as juveniles , as sprats who might or might not grow into sharks . |
| 26 | The tigress suckles them for the first six months , by which time they will weigh 100 lb ( 45 kg ) . |
| 27 | For the first six months of its financial year , Tadpole turned round from losses of £1.4m last time to pre-tax profits of £26,800 this . |
| 28 | Although the period from Christmas to the end of February — MMT 's accounting period for the first six months of its fiscal year ends then — was very quiet because a lot of orders were completed around that time , Haines says trading has now picked up again . |
| 29 | It 's aiming for deliveries of 1000 copies of V4.2 a month for the first six months from October . |
| 30 | For the first six months of its financial year , Tadpole turned round from losses of £1.4m last time to pre-tax profits of £26,800 this . |