Example sentences of "a [noun sg] for the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ranald , do you find a rock the size of these two , and we 'll use them as a base for the first skep . |
| 2 | Renault showed they had a winner for the first time at the 1979 French Grand Prix when Jean-Pierre Jabouille ( Fra ) was first , with team-mate Rene Arnoux third . |
| 3 | The Volkskammer approved on July 22 a budget for the second half of 1990 . |
| 4 | When a missionary report estimated how much it cost per capita to convert people to Christianity , and presented a budget for the next harvest of souls , then conversion had become a business venture . |
| 5 | County councillors look set to take on the Government tomorrow , when they set a budget for the next year way above Whitehall limits . |
| 6 | Jarbas Passarinho , the federal justice minister and an outspoken opponent of the park , must now agree a budget for the next stage of Operation Free Jungle . |
| 7 | Others are less clear without some explanation : an attacker was known as ‘ the Bizarre Beast ’ because of the strange clothing he wore , which included a gas mask and a dress ( Star ) ; however , no explanation was needed why a sex fiend who struck near a university for the second time in four days was known as ‘ The Balaclava Rapist ’ ( Sun ) . |
| 8 | When removing a drain for the first time , the suture must be removed , and the safety pin replaced about 1″ down the tube if it is to be shortened . |
| 9 | United States trade figures for the second quarter of 1971 showed a deficit for the first time . |
| 10 | These depressions were usually connected with his job ; she guessed he was still irritated by his wasted trip to Glasgow and consequent lack of a story for the next day 's paper . |
| 11 | I expect that I shall think of the term 's work as a preparation for the second teaching practice . |
| 12 | Nearly fifty years ago Peggy Lucas walked out across an airfield to fly a Spitfire for the first time … now she 's about to come bang up to date with a helicopter . |
| 13 | Nearly fifty years ago Peggy Lucas walked out across an airfield to fly a Spitfire for the first time … now she 's about to come bang up to date with a helicopter . |
| 14 | One essential requirement , before attempting to fly a model equipped with a gyro for the first time , is to ensure that the gyro is working in the correct sense . |
| 15 | Jenny Pitman 's Do Be Brief stepped onto a racecourse for the first time in the first division of the Christmas Pudding Novice Hurdle and made quite an impression in beating Sailor 's Luck , but not half as big as his stable-companion Egypt Mill , who looked something special in landing the second division by 10 lengths . |
| 16 | After she arrived home , she went to the bathroom for a quick wash and then she went to the kitchen to make a sandwich for the next morning at the factory . |
| 17 | Some respondents answered ‘ no ’ to the first part of this question and then quoted a figure for the second part — making it difficult to discern their real attitude to the issue of capping institutional claims , and complicating the interpretation of the statistics . |
| 18 | The danger and the extra effort needed to shoe a colt for the first time was recognized by a custom called in some districts of East Anglia by the term First Nail which presumably referred to the violent shock the first nail would give to the colt . |
| 19 | Turn on to a side for the next quarter , then the other side and breast side up for the final cooking time , removing the foil . |
| 20 | It expects a loss for the first quarter and the loss will be substantially larger than analyst estimates — the average forecast has been for a loss of two cents a share on turnover of $565m — a figure the company says is way too high . |
| 21 | He is trying to joke , she senses he is at a loss for the first time that afternoon . |
| 22 | ‘ A study for the last head he ever made , ’ said Isambard , watchful and patient at his shoulder . |
| 23 | At the last , slightly shorter if I remember , it had been a 3- or a 4-iron for the second shot and I thought back to 1958 and the fourth at Lytham , But this rime the boss and I agreed on the 3-iron . |
| 24 | A gig which saw The Smiths performing as a five-piece for the last time . |
| 25 | Electing a President for the first time ( Mauritius having become a republic in March 1992 — see p. 38804 ) , the National Assembly on June 30 chose Cassam Uteem , hitherto Minister for Industry and Industrial Technology ; Uteem 's ministerial post went to Bashir Khodabux , also of the Mouvement militant mauricien ( MMM ) . |
| 26 | Every year , some 100,000 people in England and Wales suffer a stroke for the first time — one third will die within two to three weeks whilst around half the survivors remain permanently disabled . |
| 27 | When I tell you that , every year , 100,000 people in England and Wales suffer a stroke for the first time and that some of these may be unborn babies or small children , then I am sure that you will want to help . |
| 28 | A&R staff do n't listen to a tape for the first time in front of a new artist . |
| 29 | Have a drag for the next hour ! |
| 30 | As an added incentive the Chester-le-Street group of clubs provide a trophy for the first CIU member past the post and this year the clubmen 's shield went to Paul Casey from Osborne Social Club . |