Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] for a [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tests of the head do not definitely identify its age and Oxford has asked for a second sample . |
| 2 | Under Article 37 , an obligation that has arisen for a third party can not be revoked or modified without the consent of the parties and the third party unless they have agreed otherwise . |
| 3 | Lalande wrote of him in 1763 : ‘ Sisson has been several times in prison for failing to pay his workmen [ of whom Jesse Ramsden , q.v. , was one ] ; he starts many things and finishes nothing : he takes his instruments to the pawnbroker , where they have been seen selling for a tenth of their value . |
| 4 | After two decades cotton came to account for a third of the increase in manufactured exports from 1784 – 6 to 1794 – 6 . |
| 5 | As we saw in chapter 12 , there is another quite different intellectual reason for wanting to control for a third factor when assessing the relationship between two variables . |
| 6 | To see this , imagine repeating for a second country the process just described for the first . |
| 7 | During November the three largest parties announced their candidates for the presidential elections scheduled for April 26 , 1992 , to elect a successor to Kurt Waldheim , who had in June 1991 declined to stand for a second term [ see p. 38298 ] . |
| 8 | I 'm just waiting for my international clearance now , which should only take a few days , and then I 'll be aiming to challenge for a first team place . ’ |
| 9 | I know the ‘ next steps ’ , i.e. when I will be contacted and when I might have to return for a second interview . |
| 10 | Kenneth , last seen nineteen eighty two , lived in the Sleaford area , a retired senior nursing officer at Hospital Holbeach , er m may have married for a second time , Kenneth he 's got a son Ian Mark . |
| 11 | Nicandra was standing waiting for a second turn at her reflection , her attitude a droop of pure unhappiness . |
| 12 | Ghozali 's immediate reaction to the amendments had been to threaten to ask for a second reading of the bill . |
| 13 | Such a page , offered to the Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York , for £25,000 , finally led to James 's arrest , as the sheet was recognised by Dr Estelle Whelan of the Centre for Iranian Studies at Columbia University , to whom the Met had turned for a second opinion . |
| 14 | Fignon said in a statement that he had asked for a second test at a different laboratory but his request had been turned down . |
| 15 | Love , the second round leader , could not maintain the pace he set over the first two rounds and had to settle for a third round 71 . |
| 16 | Although the gas industry retained the larger market share for cooking overall , more than a quarter of consumers had electric cookers by 1958 and electricity for cooking continued to account for a fifth of domestic electricity sales . |
| 17 | Nursing staff at the famous Beeson Ward had hoped for a last minute reprieve , but the Health Authority stuck by its decision to close down the only ward in the country where nurses , not doctors , have the responsibility for admitting and discharging patients . |
| 18 | They 've asked for a third . |
| 19 | They 've asked for a third of what |
| 20 | It was in her honour that he , too , had shaved for a second time and puffed Carole 's deodorant over his private parts . |
| 21 | By the time that Orchard made his last will in January 1504 he had married for a second time . |
| 22 | Hulme did n't get his weekend , and was ordered to train for a third team match the following Wednesday . |
| 23 | He intended to challenge for a third successive 800 metres title but withdraw last night because of a shin injury . |
| 24 | Going Rates In recent years most SCE entrants have attained grades A , A , A , B , B or better and have returned for a sixth year at school . |