Example sentences of "[noun sg] for [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 31 | There 's me been putting sugar in his Ovaltine for the last fifty years . |
| 32 | Now he has called on British Rail for a second time to step up safety and end the easy access to the East Coast main line . |
| 33 | ‘ We 've both been working so hard that this break has given us the opportunity for a second honeymoon , ’ he told her smoothly . |
| 34 | But Anna Pavord 's recognition ( 27 September ) of the opportunity for the twentieth century boldly to turn Uppark 's tragedy to advantage , is a more compelling argument . |
| 35 | Here , within three minutes , Mark Bailey had rounded their defence for the first of his side 's dozen tries . |
| 36 | The government 's overall aim was to freeze spending on state-owned enterprises , social security and defence for the next four years . |
| 37 | Arriving back at the cottage for the last time Ludens paused to look and listen . |
| 38 | I had no regrets as I slammed the door behind me and left the cottage for the last time . |
| 39 | They claim Granada Television has been advertising the two-hour film Hostages as the ‘ full story for the first time ’ . |
| 40 | Last night Granada said : ‘ We 've never promoted the film as ‘ the true story ’ or ‘ the full story for the first time ’ . |
| 41 | These depressions were usually connected with his job ; she guessed he was still irritated by his wasted trip to Glasgow and consequent lack of a story for the next day 's paper . |
| 42 | ‘ Aye , we know , Father , ’ Stanley said , as if hearing the story for the umpteenth time . |
| 43 | Does the Minister agree that , as the Government have curbed night flights , refused planning permission for a heliport at Cannon Street in the City , stopped the Heathrow-Gatwick helicopter link and refused planning permission for a fifth terminal at Heathrow , they are second to none in protecting people from the blight and the curse of aircraft noise ? |
| 44 | A clutch of companies involved in technology from the Soviet space programmes has been given permission for the first time to deal direct with foreigners . |
| 45 | Holyoak believes that the council has been bamboozled into adopting LET's monolithic scheme which has had outline planning permission for the last year . |
| 46 | Small wonder that the estimates of global sea-level rise for the next 100 years are very tentative . |
| 47 | The contract for the first of these smaller cutters was given to Brooke Marine Shipyard at Lowestoft . |
| 48 | In 1987 , the service had to compete for the hospital 's laundry contract for the first time and in 1993 , it will have to submit another tender . ’ |
| 49 | If that were carried forward , the termination of the contract for the fourth boat could be more costly than its completion and subsequent deployment . |
| 50 | A discussion is currently taking place on the contract for the fourth Trident boat . |
| 51 | SINBAD has been cleaning the windows in Channel 4 's Brookside since 1984 , although he has only been on a regular contract for the last two years . |
| 52 | If the answer was ‘ stoppin' ‘ , the labourer would be given an extra shilling to fasten his contract for the next year , but he still had the rest of the day off to attend the merrymaking at the Hirings . |
| 53 | He talks about seeing his publisher , and getting a better contract for the next book . |
| 54 | In 1906 an adverse report by the Board of Education 's inspectors on infant education led to the Board for the first time limiting school provision for children under five — hitherto the normal age for the entry of working-class children to full-time education had been three . |
| 55 | To those leaving we say thank you for your efforts during an especially difficult past two years and to those coming on board for the first time we wish you every success in the future . |
| 56 | There were doubts , however , that the Soviet would be on board for the second leg . |
| 57 | AFTER 21 years service has covered his drawing board for the last time to take up the more leisurely pursuits of photography and walking in his retirement . |
| 58 | AFTER more than 31 years working for , electrical engineer has packed away his drawing board for the last time and started his retirement . |
| 59 | In the Labour party 's view , the Government have not advanced an adequately forceful strategic case for a fourth boat . |
| 60 | Disconcertingly , however , Thomas Kuhn 's account of the development of science in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions makes a strong case for a third kind , even if not quite a kind which would suit Newton . |