Example sentences of "an [noun sg] for the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It is one thing to win the support of electors by defeating an enemy for the first time ; it is quite another to expect admiration for slaying the same dragon twice .
2 If an agent decides to invest in an act for the first year of its career , this band may not sign a record deal .
3 Module 4 demands more specialised or focused activities and the learner is called upon to act as an intermediary for the first time .
4 To train an infant for the first year is comparatively easy , but after that the child begins to resent authority , and the conscientious mother has to be prepared to fight and win all along the line , in matters small and great .
5 TOURISM 2000 — An article for the next edition of Rural Wales
6 You say that Hatchetfish are not suitable for a beginner , nor should they be sold to someone who is setting up an aquarium for the first time .
7 The subject is dealt with in great detail in the more substantial books on heraldry as being one of great formality — a label for the eldest son , down to an octofoil for the ninth son .
8 A POLICEMAN whose hand was sewn back on after a sword attack yesterday picked up an object for the first time .
9 Added to these is the popular success of the City of Birmingham Touring Opera , which recently staged a production of The Magic Flute in Longbridge in which 48% of the audience was attending an opera for the first time .
10 Seeing him lying in an incubator for the first time was a uniquely distressing experience .
11 After months of restoration the two hundred seat auditorium will have an audience for the first time in thirty years .
12 The company said that it did not see an improvement for the second half .
13 This has to be anticipated although Socata have obviously learnt a lesson from their earlier ranges — now there is an indent for the first stage and second stage is full flap .
14 An indent for the first line of the paragraph , the position of the paragraph in relation to the page and the space above and below can be set .
15 When will the Government place an order for the fourth Trident boat and how much money have the Government already spent on it ?
16 When will he be in a position to make a firm announcement about the placing of an order for the fourth Trident submarine ?
17 It 's very daunting to have to go to an audition for the first time in your life .
18 With funds to invest worth $1 billion and a reputation for picking winners , he can move markets : the gold price has since climbed rapidly by almost $15 , passing $150 an ounce for the first time since October .
19 When you 're 15 and working in an office for the first time it is a new world and a big challenge — especially when all your colleagues are speaking a foreign language .
20 On one occasion when he had failed to produce an essay for the third week running , Betjeman wandered sheepishly into Lewis 's room and threw himself on his knees by the hearth .
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