Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] for the [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think it was er fairly evident that he had given permission for the three British hostages to be released after Sir Edward Heath 's meeting with Tariq . |
| 2 | There was mixed luck for the two relegated sides in the Third Division . |
| 3 | The engine shares a common block with the 3 litre and the pistons are interchangeable but will give a slightly higher compression ratio To go to 3 litres change the crankshaft and con rods for the 3 litre items It would be beneficial to change the camshaft as well to the 3 litre All the parts interchange as it is basically the same unit |
| 4 | The suppliers lost count of the ancient oaks , not to mention the chestnut and cherry trees , cut down to provide panelling for the two grand offices reserved for the couple , but also for hundreds of function rooms and apparatchiks ' offices . |
| 5 | The pressure to find work for the 2260 staff at ISPRA is intense because of a commitment by research ministers to keep on all of ISPRA 's nuclear scientists — even though their biggest project , Super-SARA , has been abandoned . |
| 6 | This comparative study of five representative prisons for adult males in one region of the prison system , seeks to provide benchmarks for the 1980's as to how far humane containment is achieved in the context of maintaining security and control . |
| 7 | The Commissioners of Woods and Forests invited tenders for the one acre site , and it was sold to the Corporation of the City of London for around £29,000 . |
| 8 | With a bottle of wine this meal cost 28s. for the two of them . |
| 9 | WHO ( 1988 ) provide statistics for the 65 — 74 age group for the United Kingdom for the same time period as Alderson and Ashwood ( 1985 ) . |
| 10 | Trading profits for the six months increased from £6.9million to £8.36million , but profit from property sell-offs fell and interest charges jumped from £32,000 to £461,000 , leaving pre-tax profits just £274,000 ahead at £9.4million . |
| 11 | The PWA went on to achieve an impressive record in building schools , civic buildings and hospitals , but more rapid and extensive programmes of public works were required to provide relief for the millions who remained unemployed . |
| 12 | Teachers were reminded that we would need nominations for the three places becoming vacant on the Executive Committee for the coming year . |
| 13 | Tshwete 's return from Australia saved the day and secured visas for the six beleaguered South Africans . |
| 14 | For the last 10 years I have worked to create environments for the millions of pilgrims who come to Saudi Arabia . |
| 15 | Top town : Lisburn Mayor Alderman Ivan Davis was given star attention from Kathy Reid and Jane Hodgers when he received awards for the 1992 Progressive ‘ Ulster in Bloom ’ competition . |
| 16 | Intel Corp president Andy Grove told the annual meeting that the company 's chip business remains strong and that it is ready to fight new competitors in the market place , Reuter reports : ‘ Our response to all these competitors has been to concentrate on getting better and faster products into the hands of our customers , ’ Grove said , adding that Intel was meeting demand for the 80486 but dealer and customer inventories were tight ; capital spending this year is now likely to hit $1,800m , up from the previously planned $1,600m ; executive vice-president Craig Barrett said the next generation P6 microprocessor will probably be unveiled in late 1995 or early 1996 ; Intel holders also approved a two for one share split to take effect in June . |
| 17 | ONE of the three men serving life for the 1978 murder of a newspaper boy , Carl Bridgewater , has gone on hunger strike . |
| 18 | At Bookpoint , operating profit for the five months from July , when it was acquired , amounted to £35,000 on sales revenue of £1.7m , excluding intragroup business . |
| 19 | Closely related species , however , like chimps and humans , have such large chunks of adjacent contents in common that we can easily identify them as basically the same , even though we ca n't use quite the same addressing system for the two species . |
| 20 | Senior stewards are angry the American company has not commented about speculation that loss of production could put 600 Corporate jobs at risk and 300 who are employed by BAe in the main factory , making wings and fuselage parts for the 125 . |
| 21 | The trainer believes he still has time to get Rodrigo de Triano back to peak fitness for the 2,000 Guineas but stresses that the colt will not take his place in the Classic if the ground softens up : ‘ If there is even a touch of soft , he wo n't run ; he needs to have it like a road . ’ |
| 22 | The mounting protests on all sides came as the outlawed Ulster Freedom Freedom fighters , who claimed responsibility for the four shootings , threatened to step up their murder campaign . |
| 23 | Facing a financially bleak Christmas , he scrimped together every last penny to afford presents for the four boys . |
| 24 | Perhaps by then the Government may have some strategy that will provide work for the million or so unemployed that it overlooks while compiling the official figures . |
| 25 | I offer my sincere thanks to my right hon. Friend for the crucial personal role that he played in securing compensation for the three injured Grenadiers . |
| 26 | Four of the five remaining were auctioned off by Sotheby 's , two going to Cypriot businessman Savvas Constantinides ( who paid £110,000 for the two and who plans an aviation museum in either Pathos or Nicosia ) and two ( WR963 and WL790 ) are now in Coventry , owned by the Shackleton Preservation Society . |
| 27 | She 's used some of that money to buy plaques for the three mine rescue teams who helped in the operation . |
| 28 | The FBI have identified a screenplay touting suspect for the 1990 robbery from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum |
| 29 | This year the Railway has introduced a fully computerised reservation system to handle bookings for the 11,000 seats that are available . |
| 30 | Selling Old Trafford to a first-time buyer on a 100 per cent mortgage would be easier than selling Manchester for the 1996 Olympics . |