Example sentences of "for the [num ord] [noun] [prep] its " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the second time in its history , New Scientist is attempting to move from a printing process based on solid metal type to one in which a computer stores the words . |
| 2 | Preparations started in 1984 to return No 4468 Mallard to full working order for the fiftieth anniversary of its record–breaking run in 1988. 1986 saw the locomotive 's return to steam in original streamlined condition . |
| 3 | Groupe Axime SA , France 's third-largest software and systems integration house , reported net profit equivalent to $2.9m for the first half of its 1992-93 fiscal year to December 31 , compared with net losses for both the first half and the full year 1991-92 . |
| 4 | Japan turns out a vast number of graduates every year , but it begins to look as if the unthinkable in Tokyo , graduate unemployment , is about to become a serious problem : Fujitsu Ltd says it plans to slash the number of new hirings next spring to less than a seventh of this year 's figure — just 300 engineers , and , for the first year since its founding in 1935 , will take on no staff in its sales and administrative departments ; it will add 2,200 new staff to its 52,000 base this year compared with 3,000 in 1992 and nearly 4,000 in 1991 . |
| 5 | If an agent decides to invest in an act for the first year of its career , this band may not sign a record deal . |
| 6 | Another further piece in the puzzle was the presence of a Training In Evangelism team full-time with the new church for the first year of its life . |
| 7 | A new style of rugby … ten-a-side … came to Gloucester yesterday … for the first tournament of its kind in England . |
| 8 | Reporting for the first time on its environmental emissions , the UK subsidiary of Swiss chemicals and drugs giant Ciba-Geigy says it increased the amount of waste it incinerated in 1991 while reducing the amount sent for landfill . |
| 9 | These efforts have proved — regrettably — to be unsuccessful , and the essay is therefore printed here for the first time without its owner 's permission . |
| 10 | Until then , Cambridge had looked set to record only their second win in 17 years and to take the trophy for the first time since its introduction by the present sponsors in 1987 . |
| 11 | Kent , taking full advantage of the disciplinary action that ended the 11 year reign of Essex as boys ' champions , won the Midland Bank Junior County Cup for the first time since its inception in 1967 , at Bournemouth during April . |
| 12 | In elections to the National Assembly on April 26 [ see p. 36019 ] , the DJP emerged as the largest single party but failed to retain an overall majority for the first time since its formation in 1981 . |
| 13 | In elections to the National Assembly on April 26 , 1988 , the DJP emerged as the largest single party but failed to retain an overall majority for the first time since its formation in 1981 [ see pp. 36019-22 ] . |
| 14 | THE QUESTION of just who would even want to be a partner with the US was underlined last night as the American Administration headed for default for the first time in its history . |
| 15 | The canal , closed for the first time in its 75-year history , will reopen for daytime operations today . |
| 16 | For the first time in its brief history , the semiconductor industry is going to be making , and trying to sell , three generations of memory chips in large volumes at the same time . |
| 17 | This week The Economist appears for the first time in its own new type-face — known as Ecotype . |
| 18 | The Lloyd 's insurance market opened for trade on a Sunday for the first time in its 300-year history . |
| 19 | IBM , which announced a major restructuring after plunging into the red last year for the first time in its history , made an after-tax profit of $595m in the three months ending March . |
| 20 | John Sewell has a unique claim to a place in any gallery of Palace heroes , because he was the popular and talented skipper of the team which took our club into the 1st Division for the first time in its history , back in 1969 . |
| 21 | For the first time in its history , Dovercourt was news . |
| 22 | The Railway 's annual spring Enthusiasts ' Weekend — normally held two weeks before Easter — has been moved for the first time in its 20-year history . |
| 23 | For the first time in its history , the Conference of European Churches ( CEC ) has decided to give priority to communication issues , placing particular emphasis on media ethics . |
| 24 | A fascinating collection of architectural fittings and other objects relating to the history of London 's architecture will be on permanent display for the first time in its ninety-year history from April . |
| 25 | For the first time in its 28 year history , the Study Centre for the History of the Fine and Decorative Arts is offering a six week History of Painting Course from May 4 to June 10 . |
| 26 | Mr Rowland and his chief executive , Peter Middleton , want to run Lloyd 's as a business , for the first time in its 300-year history . |
| 27 | For the first time in its history D'Oyly Carte is receiving an Arts Council grant , support denied to the old company because of both its sliding standards of production and its refusal to widen its brief beyond Gilbert and Sullivan . |
| 28 | Five years into his term , in 1972 , the BDDA at long last established headquarters at 38 Victoria Place , Carlisle , so that for the first time in its history the Association was run from its own national office by full-time paid officers . |
| 29 | The Monster blinked , for the first time in its life it looked shaken . |
| 30 | For the first time in its history the Irish Bank Officials ' Association attended and was represented at the Conference by fifteen Delegates led by the President , Leonard Coote . |