Example sentences of "the [noun] [be] [verb] for [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 Last season they won the Fourth Division title and Corden believed the club were heading for second division football .
2 Microsoft Corp says it has now shipped the second and final pre-release version of the Windows NT operating system to 70,000 customers and software developers , and says it offers significant improvements in performance , application support , networking and hardware compatibility ; release of the product is set for next quarter .
3 The official opening of the canal was arranged for 9th August 1814 .
4 The strike was called for 2nd May .
5 Mr Major has said privately that he does not believe it is necessary to follow the Taylor recommendations to the letter , but he will insist that the changes are made for First and Second Division clubs .
6 Originally , the replay was scheduled for next Wednesday at Villa Park , but West Midlands Police objected , pointing out they did not have the manpower to handle a match of that magnitude on the eve of polling day .
7 The operation is booked for next month , but Sam 's parents have so far only raised about £23,000 .
8 A dual-chip 75MHz , 450 MIPS version of the Sparc is planned for next year — that should score 240 SPECmarks , the firm claims .
9 A 5 p.c. reduction in gross margins on lower-margin desk-top computer products and the weakness in the market were blamed for last year 's downturn but ICL says its share of the British computer market rose by one point to 19 p.c .
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