Example sentences of "the [noun] [to-vb] for [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hence began the campaign to enable the President to stand for a second term of office . |
| 2 | ELDERLY council tenants living in easily-accessible housing will gain the right to buy for the first time , under a government amendment to be tabled in the House of Lords on Monday . |
| 3 | Financial difficulties caused by the fall in the oil price in the late 1980s and by the increasing budget deficit forced the government to turn for the first time to the international financial markets . |
| 4 | But the report says : ‘ The museum must be attractive enough to persuade customers to make the effort to visit for the first time . |
| 5 | That morning Sara had been up with the dawn to walk for the last time in the castle grounds to say goodbye to her doves , her servants , her horses and her hounds , the last of which seemed to sense what was happening and started howling as soon as she had departed . |
| 6 | Full-time students who pass only 3 to 9 modules in their first year have , by right , the option to return for a second year in Stage I to take additional modules to meet the requirements . |