Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [verb] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This series will , hopefully , tell you all you need to know about what makes a PC tick , what the various bits of one are , and how the various types of PC differ for one another . |
| 2 | On that first visit to Iceland we made Lake Mývatn our turning point , but before retracing our route back to Reykjavik and the ferry , we made a detour up the valley of Bárðardalur to look for one of the breeding places of the pink-footed goose . |
| 3 | It is certainly very unwise to use a form of contract designed for one jurisdiction in another , even though both have similar legal systems . |
| 4 | Tours of Czechoslovakia planned for 1992 . |
| 5 | Now if you calculate how much the final value of £1 saved for 93 years is , you find it is only worth £1,103 in 1900 prices assuming an average of 6% inflation . |
| 6 | At 39 Castle Street , the author of Waverley lived for twenty-four years and wrote many of his famous novels . |
| 7 | The development costs of Ariane accounted for 30 per cent of French space spending between 1974 and 1979 . |
| 8 | The south east of England accounted for 58 per cent of all voluntary liquidations with 8,115 up from 7,715 in 1991 . |
| 9 | Planned for this year are centres in Bratislava , Bucharest , Moscow , Riga , Sofia , Talinn , Vilnius and Zagreb , with one in the Albanian capital of Tirana scheduled for 1994 . |
| 10 | It takes the same amount of fuel to cook for 20 as it does to cook for 10 . |
| 11 | In other words , if a Portuguese or indeed even a Polish business is the official employer of workers seconded for three months to a worksite in Germany , these workers would have to make do with the minimum wage provided for by Portuguese or Polish legislation . |
| 12 | In one stroke Lyle has added 230 retailers to their list of customers and Stoddard 's Contract Division has received an order for 15,200 square meters of Custom carpeting for two Stakis Country Court Hotels . |
| 13 | Analysis of statistics obtained for 39 developing countries that participated in the WFS has confirmed that the amount of time that elapses between birth is , indeed , a critical factor in child mortality . |
| 14 | At that time he travelled on a little inter-island plane to the northerly island of Westray to teach for two days a week ; for a while he taught for two days on the island of Sanday as well . |
| 15 | First performed in 1946 this series of concerts ran for 37 years , earning an entry in the Guinness Book of Records . |
| 16 | The level of price increases for 1993-94 have yet to be announced . |
| 17 | However , the funding in real terms of education projected for 1990 –91 , means an increase of only 3.2 per cent . |
| 18 | The combined spend by political parties on posters of £2.7m accounts for 17 per cent of all monies spent on roadside advertising for the four weeks before the election . |
| 19 | Drew Minter , an American , has recorded a choice of arias intended for one of Handel 's castrati , ‘ Arias for Senesino ’ ( Harmonia Mundi CD HMU 905183 ) , as well as ‘ Ayres ’ by Thomas Campion ( HMU 907023 ) . |
| 20 | In October 1685 Louis XIV of France revoked the Edict of Nantes , under which the protestants of France had for ninety years enjoyed freedom of worship and full civil rights . |
| 21 | I will allow questions to the Secretary of State to continue for 10 minutes ; if hon. Members ask brief questions , they will all be called . |
| 22 | It is , therefore , sometimes a little difficult to keep up-to-date , for although what is found may not be in the area being researched by the local historian concerned , it may , nonetheless , have a bearing , for the style of housing suggested for one place may be typical of that formerly existing in another , ten or even a hundred miles away . |
| 23 | Ordinarily , there would be very few behaviour problems with the dogs of Barbados , even if we were viewing the scene with the rose-tinted spectacles of tourists arrived for two weeks of beaching , sightseeing and nightclubbing ! |
| 24 | In other words , the number of dollars exchanged for 1 at the end of the year will be the same : or rearranging , and ignoring small-order terms , . |
| 25 | The number of students enrolling for one or more modules in 1987/88 was just over 154,000 — up 46% on the previous year . |
| 26 | The French boycott of the Council of Ministers lasted for seven months . |
| 27 | In fact , what it boils down to is the most efficient system for regulating your body 's own little micro-climate , without burdening your rucksack with all manner of garments designed for one specific set of conditions — a waterproof duvet jacket for example . |
| 28 | First check whether there is a PIW ( a spell of sickness lasting for four more days in a row ) . |
| 29 | It also offers the chance for customers to decide whether they wish the term of agreement to run for two or three years . |
| 30 | The result of this final count will be an overall majority of votes cast for one candidate , and he will be elected . |