Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] for the [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second was the request for payment for the three lessons . |
| 2 | In addition to the closure of two military bases , the USA also agreed to continue military aid to Greece at the level of US$345,000,000 for the year from October 1990 as rent for the two remaining bases , and promised Greece 62 aircraft and four naval destroyers , together worth over $1,000 million . |
| 3 | The Ulsterman ( right ) , severely injured during practice for the 1990 Spanish Grand Prix , lapped within 1.6 secs of the fastest lap set by a F3000 car in a recent British F2 meeting , but continuing problems with his left knee prevent Donnelly from thinking seriously about an F1 return . |
| 4 | DeRoburt was a key architect of Nauru 's campaign for compensation for the 80 years of phosphate mining which had left 80 per cent of Nauru uninhabitable and incapable of sustaining vegetation . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've said I 'll stand in as coach for the under-fifteens . |
| 6 | Despite enthusiasm for the 1959 Act , criticism of its operation developed , particularly during the 1970s . |
| 7 | From his investigations into the divisions that the fighting produced within the village communities of Wiltshire , Somerset , and Devon , David Underdown concluded that ‘ the distribution of support for the two sides in the western counties shows how strongly Church and King were associated with the old festive culture ’ . |
| 8 | The final section will then examine the socio-economic configuration of support for the two parties . |
| 9 | As many observed at the time , the question could have similarly been asked nearly fifty years earlier with regard to the relative lack of support for the 1926 General Strike in the same county : as Sunley ( 1990 ) describes the two geographies , they have ‘ striking parallels ’ . |
| 10 | The work on which much of this chapter was based ( Griffiths and Johnston , 1991 ) was oriented towards answering a geographical question concerning the relative lack of support for the 1984–5 NUM strike in Nottinghamshire . |
| 11 | Lawton ( 1977 ) has summarized the interaction between components of change for the 1950s and 1960s ( figure 3.5 ) . |
| 12 | They were thinking , like Berbizier , of building for the 1995 World Cup , but now they realise that confidence comes from getting your senior players right and winning each game as it comes along . |
| 13 | There were the usual number of new faces to get used to , but they all seem a bit vague to me now , except of course for the one face that greeted me on my arrival in the Guard Room . |
| 14 | Size alone can never be the sole determinant when considering types of provision for the 16–19 age group . |
| 15 | This was a return to the test of outrage , with all its faults , but it met little outrage in Standing Committee and fell only because of the dissolution of Parliament for the 1987 General Election . |
| 16 | Herodotus was able to establish some kind of time-sequence for the two centuries before his time , but he was a more diffuse writer than Thucydides , who was concerned with many events occurring in a shorter time interval . |
| 17 | Anita makes a pot of tea for the three of us . |
| 18 | Moreover , the economic outlook for the company hardly warranted no dividend payments , as Sir Humphrey made clear in his chairman 's statement last November : ‘ There is a degree of optimism for the 1991 year in the expectation that the negative effects of the economy may be offset and minimised by the advancements being implemented in many areas of our business ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ So I 'm really hoping for some sort of sponsorship for the eight months we 're away , ’ she added . |
| 20 | This three-dimensional model can also be used to analyse the undergraduate curriculum , and will provide the three broad frames of reference for the three chapters that follow , which examine first degree courses in terms of concepts of knowledge , the economy and society , and the development of student ability or potential . |
| 21 | Nor was there any significant difference in direction of gaze for the two types of questions unless specific items were picked out which apparently reflected most clearly the verbal-spatial distinction . |
| 22 | They still have a problem in managing the demands of Bob 's mother , but this is now a shared problem which they discuss and handle together rather than a seat of battle for the two women with Bob torn between them . |
| 23 | Near the foot of the Chilterns , Aylesbury was the natural point of exchange for the two regions of Buckinghamshire . |
| 24 | It was the first week of work for the two new directors , Monsieur Armand Moncharmin and Monsieur Firmin Richard . |
| 25 | A final choice of engine for the Il-103 has yet to be made , but it will be either a Lycoming or Continental in the 200/210hp class . |
| 26 | Despite the reductions in grant , Mr Cecil Parkinson , the Transport Secretary , is steering BR towards a record £5billion investment programme of modernisation for the 1990s , and is welcoming private sector involvement . |
| 27 | The choice of venue for the 1996 World Cup was not decided : those countries wishing to host the tournament have to submit bids by Dec 1 . |
| 28 | The CAB invests considerable time and energy in improving the standards of advice-giving for the seven million enquiries each year . |
| 29 | The 50th anniversary of the death of the crew of a 50 Sqn Hampden was marked with a Service of Remembrance for the four who died and the dedication of a granite marker at the crash site . |
| 30 | THEY stood in the chill wind in Dryfesdale cemetery — Lockerbie people , relatives of the victims of PanAm flight 103 , and a scattering of dignitaries — to dedicate a garden of remembrance for the 270 victims of Britain 's worst air disaster . |