Example sentences of "[prep] [num] for [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rate of destruction of the Amazon rainforest slowed during 1991 for the third year running , according to satellite evidence . |
| 2 | Pfizer reported net profits of 4900000 for the fourth quarter of 1991 , including compensatory heart-valve charges of $195m , compared to $154m last year . |
| 3 | A novelty ladies ' night boosted the attendance mark past 8,000 for the first time this season , and Chief Executive Frank Corfe said : ‘ The evening was a success . |
| 4 | A novelty ladies ' night boosted the attendance mark past 8,000 for the first time this season , and Chief Executive Frank Corfe said : ‘ The evening was a success . |
| 5 | ANDY GOODWAY and David Hobbs , two former Oldham forwards , were yesterday rehabilitated at international level when Malcolm Reilly named a squad of 21 for the first Test against New Zealand on Saturday week . |
| 6 | OUTPUT inched up again in the fourth quarter of 1992 for the second quarter running , which could be taken to mean the recession has formally ended . |
| 7 | Lara and Arthurton raised West Indian hopes with a left-handed partnership of 52 for the fourth wicket but both were undone by Donald 's speed in the final session and the match seemed all but signed , sealed and delivered to South Africa entering the rest day . |
| 8 | Martyn moved past 50 for the third successive innings and by the close had reached 84 off 153 balls . |
| 9 | The home side were 8–3 , but after a fourth wicket had fallen cheaply Neil Fernyough ( 62 ) and Richard Conlan ( 33 ) put together a stand of 65 for the fifth . |
| 10 | The Llandudno star figured in a stand of 96 for the third wicket , partnering team captain Dave Wallace , who hit a steady 38 . |
| 11 | He had two principal supporters ; Willey made 67 in a stand of 136 for the fourth wicket , but when the sixth wicket fell there were nearly four hours left and the lead was only 58 . |
| 12 | Fowler and Broad then got off to a good start with 90 for the first wicket before things began to go wrong . |
| 13 | Fowler and Gower held him up for a while with 91 for the third wicket , but by the close of play he had two more — including a caught and bowled — and on Monday morning , cutting down his run-up , he polished off the tail to finish with 7 for 53 . |
| 14 | In the case of the Hannibalic War as many as fifty-four hoards have been found , compared with eighteen for the next whole half-century ; in the case of the Civil War there are ninety-eight , compared with twenty-four for the period 1625–41 and nine for 1649–60 . |
| 15 | Tokyo rose above 21,000 for the first time since March last year , but it finished the week only 0.1% up . |
| 16 | The fact that O'Keeffe was so well-known in her time makes it even more astonishing that we have had to wait until 1993 for the first major European show of her work . |
| 17 | On visiting Hawes Water in 1801 for the first time , Wm . |
| 18 | I vividly recall meeting the young man in 1979 for the first time . |
| 19 | Use of animals in experiments in the UK increased in 1991 for the first time in 15 years . |
| 20 | Agency new business increased in value and in the number of appointments in 1991 for the third consecutive year , according to the New Business Monitor compiled by Anthony Rau & Associates . |
| 21 | Brunel would have nothing steeper than 1 in 660 for the first eighty-five miles out of Paddington ; Robert Stephenson planned the London and Birmingham Railway with no gradient steeper than 1 in 330 ( except the first rise from Euston to Camden ) ; and Locke nothing steeper than 1 in 250 on the difficult London and Southampton line . |
| 22 | It was arranged that Hetty would stay on in the shop for a while , and Sarah would work from ten o'clock until three for the first few weeks . |
| 23 | Carlisle 's negotiations for the restoration of the long-standing English trading privileges withdrawn on the execution of Charles I were unsuccessful , as were Hebdon 's own efforts when he returned to Russia in 1667 for the last time , this time as envoy himself . |
| 24 | Levels of pesticide and chemical residues in drinking water in England and Wales rose in 1992 for the second year in succession , according to the Drinking Water Inspectorate , although overall water quality remained the same , with 98.7 per cent of the 3.75 million tests complying with national and EC standards . |
| 25 | The new organisation is concerned by the increase in 1992 for the first time in six years of fur imports to £22 million , the equivalent of two million animals , and a renewed popularity in fur clothing or trimmings . |
| 26 | In 1749 for the first time a single system of tactics was laid down for the entire army , while in 1765 the Hofkriegsrath assumed the power to appoint to all ranks above that of captain and from 1776 an organized State military transport corps began to be built up . |
| 27 | Questions about shareholdings were put in 1987 for the first time , at the request of the Treasury , anxious to confirm and expand the conclusions of previous surveys by market research groups . |
| 28 | Howell 's A Sequence for St. Michael was composed in 1961 for the 450th anniversary of the foundation of St. John 's College , Cambridge . |
| 29 | The one at Harewood ( Fig. 23c ) , erected by Carr in 1760 for the first earl , is designed to form an appropriate approach to the great gate ( Fig. 23b ) of the new Palladian house . |
| 30 | When interviewed by the Standard in 1982 for the 75th Anniversary Celebrations , Lorna Bloxam recalled her biking years in about 1910 when she was in her early teens and lived by Henley bridge . |