Example sentences of "was [verb] for a [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus Saxony was conquered for a second time . |
| 2 | The case was heard for a second time in mid-1986 , when he was convicted on six counts of espionage and sentenced to life imprisonment , but the verdict was later overturned . |
| 3 | Haygarth Jackson was reappointed for a second term as chairman of Publications and Information Board . |
| 4 | At this point I could have gone home , foreseeing a frustrating week ahead full of missed takes ; nevertheless after a few words ( all unprintable ) from Rick the cat rod was recast for a third time . |
| 5 | The deal took place at a public inquiry in 1981 , when the owner , Wedgwood , was applying for a second time for consent to demolish . |
| 6 | Ben Gill was re-elected for a second year as deputy , and Tony Pexton for a second year as vice-president . |
| 7 | At the last presidential elections , held on Jan. 31-Feb. 1 , 1988 , Mauno Koivisto , the candidate supported primarily by the SSDP , failed to win the required absolute majority but was re-elected for a second term by the electoral college on Feb. 15 [ see pp. 35853-54 ] . |
| 8 | Diouf was re-elected for a second term at the same time . |
| 9 | President : Chaim Herzog was first elected by the Knesset to the largely ceremonial post of President in 1983 ; he was re-elected for a second term in 1988 . |
| 10 | The horn was sounded for a third time , a single blast , long and mournful . |
| 11 | No new date was set for a ninth round of talks . |
| 12 | The contract was extended for a third year and we shall be endeavouring to obtain a further extension beyond its current time limit ( October ) . |
| 13 | Ieremia Tabai has been President since independence and was elected for a fourth term on May 12 , 1987 , despite a constitutional prohibition on any individual serving more than three terms in the post . |
| 14 | In 1987 the Conservative Party was returned for a third term . |
| 15 | Geaga stood unsuccessfully on June 8 against the incumbent leader of the Phalangist Party ( also called the Ktaeb ) , George Saadeh , who was returned for a third term as party president . |