Example sentences of "[adv] for the [num ord] three " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Pavlova Works will carry on for the next three months and some jobs will be made available at the group 's other centres . |
| 2 | In the mid-1990s , object-oriented programming promises to bring the next irresistible revolution , but until that happens , no-one should be too surprised if the mass of desktop users splits into two camps , one that goes down the Unix-with-everything route , the other that decides as a matter of policy to remain in the ‘ do n't know ’ came , judging MS-DOS with a touch of Windows here and there to be good enough for the next three or four years until the picture of the future becomes a bit clearer . |
| 3 | Only for the first three batches . |
| 4 | It was only for the last three years of his life , from 1630 to 1633 , that he served as a country parson , as Vicar of Bemerton in Wiltshire and Canon of Salisbury . |
| 5 | The UNEP Executive Director , Mostafa Tolba , said that this target would require governments to " increase their voluntary contributions by 35 per cent annually for the next three years to reach the target " . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's a very good thing he 's been involved in the pre-tour training at Lilleshall and is going along for the first three weeks of the Indian tour to bowl in the nets . |
| 7 | So for the last three years she 's lived alone , existing on income support and other allowances totalling about £80 a week . |
| 8 | We did so for the next three years . |
| 9 | The last ten minutes of the journey were so exciting , I just could n't wait to plonk my feet in a nice bowl of water , then we reached the village we were to stay in for the next three weeks . |
| 10 | This procedure is depicted above for the first three values of the repeated median smooth , shown in full in figure 9.9 : Thus 47 is the value to be smoothed , the skip mean 43.5 is the mean of 40 and 47 and the smoothed value 45.2 is the rounded mean of 47 and 43.5 . |
| 11 | Speaking last night from the motel in Kelowna , 400 miles north of Vancouver , where she has lived on and off for the last three years , Mrs Allan said : ‘ I am not coming home until I have got my child . |
| 12 | Acheson told the committee that aid would be required for Korea , probably for the next three years . |
| 13 | If McHale reverts to a 4–2–4 system Thompson will push on the right flank with Mark Ash recalled to right-back after being left out for the last three games . |
| 14 | As well as contributing to Oslobodjenje Camo is editor-in-chief of Nedjelja , a weekly magazine published by the same company , but which has n't come out for the last three months . |
| 15 | We should be getting at least to March all supplied from us now for the next three or four months it should all be from us . |
| 16 | I mean they 're probably booked up now for the next three or four years anyway |
| 17 | It might go well for the first three or four months , and then all of a sudden we might have a lapse in a few months , |
| 18 | And the the policy now with is that this will ta now take place I know that there 's been somebody here for the last three years , but this will now take place every two years . |
| 19 | I 've got you down as here for the last three . |
| 20 | But the only , I think the only course he 'll pass is mucking about course , let's see who can muck about for the next three years the most . |
| 21 | By comparison , the risks of ‘ doing nothing ’ , at least for the next three or four years , are less acute . |
| 22 | Bet you never even noticed I was there for the first three years . " |
| 23 | Crawford returned to repertory work to be there for the first three months , appearing alongside stars such as Leo McKern , who had turned down two films and offers from the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company to go to Nottingham , and classical actor John Neville , who had just starred in Alfie on the London stage and was giving up 200-a-week West End rates for the 20 to 50 Playhouse level . |
| 24 | I had no idea of doing anything else but study there for the first three years after school , for which my hardworking and frugal parents had saved enough money . |
| 25 | Speaking yesterday in Edinburgh at a press briefing Dr Graham Dalton remarked : ‘ We can see the way ahead for the next three years and the overall picture for Scottish farming is reasonably encouraging . |
| 26 | Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel have been touring seriously for the last three years , having played to over a million people in a stint of two hundred and eighty-five concerts . |
| 27 | I put this on the agenda erm the phrase at the moment seems to be flagging things up and my concern is opposite Dave is the but as everybody I 'm sure is aware we 've got erm divisional A L O's based within as Crime Prevention Officers , the main concern for my particular area is Bill although based at has actually for the last three years built up a good working relationship and inspected staff from and . |