Example sentences of "[noun sg] for the [adj] three " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thomson , singles winner for the past three years , is not at Melton Mowbray in the Manchester Unity Championships to thwart Allcock this year — he is playing in Australia — but there were others . |
| 2 | While the Secretary of State 's announcement is good news for Yarrow and the Clyde , it is none the less a disappointment for the other three shipyards that submitted tenders , not least VSEL in Barrow , although the order for the 4.5 inch gun would be welcome . |
| 3 | Barnet players have not been paid by the club for the past three weeks and , although the Professional Footballers ’ Association have moved in to pick up the £30,000 tab , £80,000 in promotion bonuses remains unpaid . |
| 4 | The reason that his brush has stroked not a lot on these pristine pages of late is twofold : firstly , he 's been very busy providing illustrations for the soon-to-be-seen N-Force magazine ( which Europress are launching for Nintendo fans = both of them ! ) , and he 's been sunning himself on the golden shores of beautiful Bali for the past three weeks ! |
| 5 | MEGADETH have revealed they 've been in group therapy for the past three years . |
| 6 | He still retains a keen interest in criminal justice , and has chaired the ADSW 's criminal justice services committee for the past three years . |
| 7 | Opportunities exist for students in their first year to gain sponsorship for the remaining three years from major civil engineering companies . |
| 8 | The Thurston Upper School pupil is a member of the Stowmarket Kyokushinkai Club and has only taken part in the sport for the past three years , progressing from third to runner-up to national champion at his last championships as a junior . |
| 9 | A sturdily middle-class society does not sit easily atop political immobility ; and , indeed , Taiwan has been experimenting with reform for the past three years . |
| 10 | Waasen lies at the mouth of the Meien valley and for the motorist with a day in hand to spare it can be an ideal starting point for the famed Three Alpine Passes round trip . |
| 11 | The charter provides evidence of a surprisingly well-worked-out system to ensure castle-guard of the town : in April , May , June , July and August , it was the count 's responsibility , though he paid only for the first two months directly out of his own treasury ; , the inhabitants of the town produced a tax for the following three . |
| 12 | The Carpathian mountains receive powdery Russian snow from the north and have had the best European snow record for the past three years . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Yasmin has worked with the company for eight years , initially in the Sales Office and laterly as secretary to the Managing Director for the past three years . |
| 15 | He trained twice a day for the previous three days and Graham Taylor says he was doing everything . ’ |
| 16 | Jesus Christ , you have been in that pit for the past three hours . |
| 17 | He 's been the British Champion for the past three years . |
| 18 | I assure the hon. Member for Normanton — with whom it is a pleasure to be debating again ; it has been our daily dose for the past three weeks , and he is a worthy opponent — that my party and I are not living in the past . |
| 19 | Kelburne , winners of the title for the past three years are always at their best when forced into a tight corner and so on this occasion Magee was the man responsible for getting them out of jail . |
| 20 | It was that dream again — the one which had haunted her sleep almost every night for the past three weeks . |
| 21 | Texas does not need the economic stimulus offered by Mr Clinton : the state has a muscular economy with an employment-growth rate that has exceeded the national average for the past three years ( see chart on next page ) . |
| 22 | Reed has published Steinbeck for the past three years , having taken over his novels and short stories from Pan . |
| 23 | Second seed Amanda Grunfeld , from Manchester , joined Durie in the last 16 with a 6–1 , 6–4 victory over Banbury 's Claire Spencer , while Devon 's third-seeded Sara Gomer , runner-up for the past three years , crushed Fulham 's Claire Spencer 6–4 , 6–2 . |
| 24 | The Government does not have to pay young people the paltry allowance of £29.50 per week for the normal three months between Easter and the summer leaving date . |
| 25 | In national parks or Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty ( AONBs ) , or in areas designated by the Secretary of State as ‘ rural ’ , the sale contains a covenant limiting the freedom of the purchasing tenant and his successors to resell the dwelling ; houses can be resold only to ‘ locals ’ who fulfil certain criteria , such as living or working in the designated rural area for the previous three years ; or , for ten years after the original purchase , the tenant has first to offer to resell to the council ( Liell 1981 ) . |
| 26 | AMATEUR golf in Scotland received a boost yesterday when it was announced that Martell Cognac , sponsor of the Scottish Club Championship for the past three years , has extended its support of the event until 1995 . |
| 27 | From 1982 to 1989 the debts of non-financial firms in America rose by nearly 12% a year , way ahead of the 8.3% average annual growth for the previous three decades . |
| 28 | Also on that side were the late John Joe Sands , Martin Walsh , the Down team doctor for the past three decades , and Malachy Finnegan , a former President of the College . |
| 29 | The Air/Sea Rescue training school at RAF Mountbatten , Plymouth provided the type of training course relevant to our needs and they kindly consented to a selected few of our senior crew members attending the school for the necessary three months session . |
| 30 | The Londoner has starred at the Upper Malone arena for the past three meetings and his clashes with arch rival Colin Jackson have been something special . |