Example sentences of "[noun sg] for the first three " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his travels , Arkle will be staffing the Scripture Union stand for the first three weeks of Spring Harvest at Minehead , where he hopes to spend some time with Frank Shayi , SU South Africa 's Fieldwork Director . |
| 2 | Although the first two rounds of this year 's Davis Cup , one week after the Australian Open and then a week after Lipton , made it possible for him to fit them into his tournament programme for the first three months of the year when his number one ranking was under such threat , he says , ‘ The Davis Cup is certainly one of my priorities now . ’ |
| 3 | Later in the year proposals for specific research projects and the Centre 's overall programme for the first three years will be drawn up . |
| 4 | The Gulamalis received their rent for the first three months , then nothing for four months , and were told the computer was broken , the accounts were being moved , the cheque was in the post , and so on . |
| 5 | On Jan. 29 Kohl promised a further DM8,300 million towards the US military campaign for the first three months of 1991 plus further military assistance to Turkey ( air defence missiles and 600-strong crew ) and to Israel . |
| 6 | In Mexico , the private sector was able to take advantage of the new seeds , but the peasants on ejido land , often unable to get credit and farming for the first three years without fertilisers were not so productive . |
| 7 | We bought it , along with 60 acres , and opened a farm shop for the first three or four years , to sell our surplus . |
| 8 | An elderly lady admitted crying every night for the first three weeks of her marriage because she missed her sister and widowed mother so much . |
| 9 | A Balinese child does not touch the ground for the first three months of life . |
| 10 | Similar deals are available on the remaining two- and three-bedroom properties , but Lovell is also offering free mortgage protection insurance for the first three years , which will pay up to £1,000 per month if the buyer is made redundant . |
| 11 | Military staff ensured that they had no sleep for the first three days , after which short periods of sleep ( 4 hours ) were permitted every twenty-four hours . |
| 12 | The sample size for the first three years of the Social Attitudes Survey was between 1700 and 1800 . |
| 13 | The electricity cable laying to give 'em a job so you could play for the Ipswich Electric Supply Team and we had a jolly good team , we won the cup for the first three years that it was in being but the finals used to be on Portman Road and course that was in those days a thing to be looked forward to . |
| 14 | The main reason for the first three failures to carry the Bill through Parliament was that the then Secretary of State for Education , George Kekewich , objected to the clauses in the Bill whereby it was not compulsory for local authorities to make any provision for the education of deaf children in their area . |
| 15 | The Conservatives were to rule for thirteen years , with Churchill as Prime Minister for the first three and a half . |
| 16 | In some versions of this type of forecasting , the buyer is obliged to purchase the requirements detailed in the first three months of the rolling forecast , so that , in effect , as he rolls his forecast on , he places an order for the first three months ' requirements and forecasts those of the next nine months . |
| 17 | ‘ Everybody is enthusiastic about a house for the first three years . |