Example sentences of "for [art] [num ord] [noun] [to-vb] a " in BNC.

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1 As the visitors pushed forward Ferguson was unlucky for the second time to have a effort cleared off the line , this time by Birney .
2 There is a prize of £14,000 for the first human to out-run a horse .
3 When the county followed on 179 behind Surrey , he and T.C. O'Brien put on 228 for the first wicket to create a win by 79 runs .
4 In 1989 , however , the University allocated the VanDyck Gallery in Park Row to the Collection and the following year , which by a happy coincidence marked its 40th anniversary , the Theatre Collection was able for the first time to mount an exhibition in its own Gallery .
5 During this season in Johannesburg , John unexpectedly had the chance for the first time to dance a real role in public .
6 On Oct. 17 , 1989 , the PAN voted with the PRI for the first time to pass an electoral reform bill .
7 To this end , it is calling a World Summit for Children to be held at the UN in New York next September , bringing together heads of state for the first time to discuss an important social issue .
8 Evidence collected by a new computer-controlled water monitoring and sampling device developed by the National Rivers Authority ( NRA ) has been used for the first time to prosecute a company for polluting a waterway .
9 And I believe it was then , looking on that view , that I began for the first time to adopt a frame of mind appropriate for the journey before me .
10 It may be convenient for the last record to have a pointer which points to the first record in that list , in which case the list is a circular list , ring or chain ( see Figure 5.11 ) .
11 ‘ Just take these other duties off my shoulders and give me a day a week for the next year to attend a decent training course so that I can master it , and I 'm yours . ’
12 Wivenhoe Town have never won the competition and are looking for a first success to complete a meteoric rise to the summit of the Essex non-league football hierarchy .
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