Example sentences of "record for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This year 's total of 56 participating nations is a record for the Federation Cup . |
| 2 | In Paris an abstract patchwork of colours by Serge Poliakoff , Composition -1966 , set an auction record for the artist at Fr3.6m ( £360,000 ) . |
| 3 | The latest Disneyland , near Tokyo , has been a roaring success , recently beating the world record for the most visitors at an attraction in a day . |
| 4 | The specimen is believed to be a rough ground record for the south west . |
| 5 | The short session on the mid-tide paid dividends for the fish is believed to be a rough ground record for the south west . |
| 6 | 1964 was the year of the Tokyo Olympics , where Abebe Bikila set a world record for the marathon in 2hrs 12mins 11.2secs and Ken Matthews of Great Britain won the 20km walk in 1hr 29mins 34.0secs . |
| 7 | When Jack Hobbs was approaching W. G. Grace 's record for the number of first-class centuries the massive attention of the press actually caused him a brief loss of form . |
| 8 | This was the first time they had reached the second round and it was reflected in the atmosphere , though the official attendance of 3,877 , a record for the purpose-built Meadow Park ground , was hardly accurate . |
| 9 | The original promise was to allow enough information to be placed on record for the public to know who was breaking the law , and when , so prosecutions could be brought if necessary . |
| 10 | Walsh set a record for the most economical bowling in a one-day international between Test-playing countries with just eleven runs off eleven overs , but 21 no-balls and wides sent down by his chums did not help the struggle , especially as Gooch was ‘ out ’ twice to no-balls . |
| 11 | He had been running , running as hard as he could to break his record for the five miles . |
| 12 | It then transpired that Arkle , under no pressure , had beaten the course record for the distance by no less than eleven seconds . |
| 13 | Kelso also holds the record for the highest-priced winner , Equinoctial , at 250-1 in a handicap hurdle in November , 1990 . |
| 14 | The wheelchair record for the London marathon is 1:52:52 , but speeds are rising . |
| 15 | NEIL KINNOCK vainly sought to put a brave face on a night of setbacks for Labour as he increased his own majority in Islwyn to a record for the constituency . |
| 16 | Alex Bennett , 14 , also of Nova Centurion , shaved 0.05sec off the British junior record for the 50m backstroke set five years ago . |
| 17 | It was voluntary for others at that stage , though from last year those transferring to fellowship had to show their CPD record for the previous three years . |
| 18 | Great dogs do not always make great studs , but Dux sired thirty-six champions , a record for the breed to date in the USA . |
| 19 | In 1915 the New South Wales Swimming Association invited Duke Kahanamoku to the Domain Baths in Sydney where he beat his own world record for the 100 yards with a time of 53.8 seconds . |
| 20 | He added a 72 to tie with England man , Andy Rogers ( Ealing ) , Steve Barwick ( East Berks ) and Stuart Cage , who all had matching scores of 69 , 68 for aggregates of 137 , only one over the record for the event . |
| 21 | ( The pre-war record for the youngest player in League football , incidentally , is held by Geldard of Bradford , who was fifteen when he appeared in a Second Division match in 1929 . ) |
| 22 | Top scorer was Jack Lambert , who topped by seven Jimmy Brain 's record for the club of 31 goals in 1925–6 . |
| 23 | George also holds the record for the number of goals scored in a single season from the flank with a fabulous 22 goals in 1927–28 . |
| 24 | They said in 1976 that a tuned track could shave as much as 7 seconds off the record for the mile . |
| 25 | The Asdex tokamak at Garching in West Germany has what is known as a ‘ poloidal divertor ’ and holds the record for the duration of a plasma in a tokamak — Asdex has sustained its plasma for 10 seconds . |
| 26 | At the other end of the scale , Dall holds the record for the most powerful single-lens microscopes . |
| 27 | The team at the University of East Anglia analysed the month-by-month temperature record for the northern hemisphere over the 48 months following each event . |
| 28 | An academic model for building surveying education has been established by the ‘ centres of excellence ’ , and where the shortfall in employment prospects has chilled the ebullience of some job markets , the building surveyor is currently displaying skills and attributes that stimulate a demand and maintain a 100% employment record for the graduates . |
| 29 | In the 100 metres was Ben Johnson , who had run under 10.10 seconds no less than nine times that season , a record for the era of electrical timing . |
| 30 | The Bristol eight established a new record for the course against Oxford Polytechnic , and after defeating Nihon University from Japan in the semi-final , won one of the best races of this regatta against Imperial College by just three feet . |