Example sentences of "for the [num ord] [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The operation of this 3% in three year rule is likely to be unduly restrictive when it first applies because of the expected need to grant substantial new options to sharesave scheme participants and at the same time allow for the first allocations under the proposed executive share option scheme .
2 Similarly , for the first interpretations of the sentences in ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) ( a ) , with the attributive adjective , the questions would be : ( 8 ) which general did he paint ? which character does she want to play ?
3 Although the excavators have warned that these dates are only a broad indication of that of the complex and segmented line which is this phase of the Danevirke as a whole , they nevertheless believe that in a period of danger from Germany Harald rebuilt the central section , and was also responsible for the first phases of the flanking lines to east and west .
4 For the first years of the Whig period after The Reform Act of 1832 , the government 's financial policies had seemed successful , but a change for the worse was now taking place .
5 Again , I remember a great many rehearsals , sixty or seventy each for the first performances of the Bach or the Beethoven .
6 The detailed work for the first drafts of the Information memorandum can usefully be carried out by non-MAS staff using example documentation .
7 For the first months of the war , therefore , Franco proceeded with caution as he sought ways of using the conflict to Spain 's and his own advantage .
8 Except for the last Albanians in the Labour party , I do not believe that anyone seriously disputes that the process of competition is essential to maximise what is bought for the taxpayer .
9 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 .
10 lt has set a strategy for the next stages in the development of the information systems and database project and , through the encouragement of user involvement and management participation , a ‘ style ’ likely to lead to its successful completion .
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