Example sentences of "[noun] for [num] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 In March 1982 , matters came further to a head when the ILEA informed the polytechnic that it was withholding its block grant for 1982–3 until the financial crisis had been resolved .
2 This increase , accelerated by the recession , has meant inequality and discrimination for hundreds and thousands of workers .
3 Apple Computer Inc says it is fighting a claim by the US Internal Revenue Service that it owes $290m in back taxes for 1987 and 1988 : issues include transactions with offshore entities , transfer pricing and the timing of deductions ; Apple has appealed to the US Tax Court .
4 Jenny , , she 's worked for Express for three and half months , and she previously worked for A N C , er , on their pallet service in Sheffield and South Yorkshire area .
5 The current population is mostly made up of scientists and support staff working on contract for one or two years .
6 Casserole with bacon and vegetables for seven or eight hours ; drain , wipe , sprinkle with pepper and turn in melted lard .
7 The youth training element of the budget for 16 and 17-year-olds is £7 million — roughly half the total budget .
8 The Regional Council approved a new item in the Capital Budget for 1992/93 and successive years specifically to promote a programme of works targeted at reducing the incidence of injuries to children whilst on journeys to and from school .
9 the main purpose of the four-day tour was to review the Colombian budget for 1993 and to introduce LASMO plc executives to members of the government and local oil industry representatives .
10 In forming this view the Directors have reviewed the Group 's budget for 1993 and outline projections for the subsequent two years , including capital expenditure plans and cash flow forecasts .
11 What was the budget for 1979-80 and what is the predicted budget for 1992 ?
12 We now wish to compute the price indices for 1985 and 1986 .
13 A small clutch of local authorities have evolved coherent and articulated policies for under-fives that automatically include special needs , as an integral part of a shared philosophy .
14 I 've had the guitar for six or seven years but have only recently started playing it again .
15 For the first set of songs , I had more to do with that side mainly because I 'm the guitarist , and I sit down with the guitar for 3 or 4 hours every day , so there 's always a riff there .
16 The students learned to work what were often open invitations rather than clearly defined topics or themes into coherent lesson plans for two or three lessons of which they taught the first .
17 It has also ensured that some of the proposals , particularly those concerned with improving access to health services , have been incorporated into the federal budget plans for 1992–3 and the five yearly hospital funding agreements between state and federal governments .
18 By the way , I 've seen to it that there are enough knives , forks and crockery for three and I 've told Gladys that it 's also her responsibility to keep the flat clean and tidy .
19 When you are considering the problem of diet for an elderly parent it would also be helpful to have a copy of Easy Cooking for One or Two ( published by Penguin ) , by Louise Davies , who is a dietician .
20 Be shall mow two meadows in Wodemed for 7 days and on Westmede for 2 or 3 days until it is reped , and what is mown in 2 days there he shall make with his companions … and the lord shall give the mowers of the two meadows 4s. for making the hay .
21 Will the Minister confirm what my hon. Friend the Member for South Down ( Mr. McGrady ) said , which was that the Housing Executive has lost about £19 million of funding for 1991-92 and that that will have a serious effect on new build ?
22 If , however , your weight stays at this higher level for four or five days , take the necessary measures to bring it back down .
23 ‘ He played tennis on a high level for two and half hours , and did n't give me time to breathe , and that caught me by surprise a little bit , ’ said Boris Becker , his prize scalp , after the German had lost .
24 Inflation is at its lowest level for three and a half years .
25 ‘ Even so , I 've been trying to get to this level for seven or eight years , even though I knew that people liked what I did .
26 Choose either a suite with double bed or large suite with double bed plus double bed settee for one or two children .
27 Boycott stayed over five hours for 70 but had no lengthy support , Botham holed out in the deep when his responsibility as captain was to put his head down , and England never looked as though they were going to make it .
28 He 'd be lucky if he was merely broken back into the Scouts for ten or twenty years .
29 If we write T for 3 or 4 , and S for 1 or 2 , then any infinite sequence of Ts and Ss has one and only one representation in Is , 2s , 3s and 4s which obeys the Fig. 6.6 rules .
30 Electoral studies of the period show that an increasing number of people were making their support for one or other of the main parties conditional upon the calculation of ‘ rational self-interest ’ or ‘ governmental competence ’ , rather than basing their voting upon a ‘ class reflex ’ .
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