Example sentences of "for the [num ord] [noun] before the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For another 150 years after this , the Ottoman empire continued to expand northwards and westwards until a high-water mark was reached in 1683 , with Ottoman forces assembled for the second time before the gates of Vienna . |
| 2 | Kevin Arnott and Alistair Campbell put on 51 for the second wicket before the former was bowled by Maninder for 21 . |
| 3 | The Legal Services Committee continued in 1992 where it left off in 1991 and in January 1992 representatives of the committee appeared for the third time before the Lord Chancellor 's Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct . |
| 4 | As well as coaching many of Britain 's leading international crews , Spracklen is a key member of the Oxford University team , and he will be returning from Canada in March to look after them for the last fortnight before the Boat Race . |
| 5 | Goyigama Buddhists normally organized thefts in both areas , but Muslim or Sinhalese Roman Catholic traders usually took control of the animals for the last stages before the slaughterhouse . |
| 6 | For another , the ‘ war party ’ may already have taken over within the Vietminh : at least when Sainteny , attempting his last act of mediation , saw Ho for the last time before the war started , he complained about the moderate elements who had been eliminated from the government to the benefit of the notorious Francophobes ; and as the war was on the point of beginning , and as attacks on French soldiers and civilians had not ceased , nor had French retaliation , Sainteny 's exasperation was to be seen in his demand that culprits should be punished within 24 hours . |