Example sentences of "for the [num ord] [adj] [noun] before " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bridget looked after her son for the first eighteen months before getting a job so he recognises her as his mother , whereas it could be quite easy for a baby to start calling its grandmother " Mum " . |
| 2 | We would increase the public sector borrowing requirement for the first two years before reducing it sharply for the rest of our term of office to balance the books over five years . |
| 3 | Observations for the last six days before maturity were dropped , as was the period around the October 1987 stock market crash . |
| 4 | An intermittent moorland path to the coast , with a hard track for the last two miles before joining road ; route-finding moderately easy . |
| 5 | João went off hunting in the Alentejo with his friends for the last three days before the wedding , so Sara had little opportunity to get to know him better . |
| 6 | The pension in these schemes is generally based on 1/80th of your earnings for the last few years before retirement , plus a lump sum of 3/80ths of the same earnings . |