Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun sg] for the [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Intel Corp president Andy Grove told the annual meeting that the company 's chip business remains strong and that it is ready to fight new competitors in the market place , Reuter reports : ‘ Our response to all these competitors has been to concentrate on getting better and faster products into the hands of our customers , ’ Grove said , adding that Intel was meeting demand for the 80486 but dealer and customer inventories were tight ; capital spending this year is now likely to hit $1,800m , up from the previously planned $1,600m ; executive vice-president Craig Barrett said the next generation P6 microprocessor will probably be unveiled in late 1995 or early 1996 ; Intel holders also approved a two for one share split to take effect in June . |
| 2 | ONE of the three men serving life for the 1978 murder of a newspaper boy , Carl Bridgewater , has gone on hunger strike . |
| 3 | At Bookpoint , operating profit for the five months from July , when it was acquired , amounted to £35,000 on sales revenue of £1.7m , excluding intragroup business . |
| 4 | Closely related species , however , like chimps and humans , have such large chunks of adjacent contents in common that we can easily identify them as basically the same , even though we ca n't use quite the same addressing system for the two species . |
| 5 | I offer my sincere thanks to my right hon. Friend for the crucial personal role that he played in securing compensation for the three injured Grenadiers . |
| 6 | The FBI have identified a screenplay touting suspect for the 1990 robbery from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum |
| 7 | Three days later 100 paramilitary carabinieri were sent to the island , to join another 100 who were already providing protection for the 5,000 troops ( largely conscripts ) who since July 21 had been stationed there , ostensibly for training exercises . |
| 8 | That was the best way of controlling Gesner for the two remaining acts — through the orchestra . |
| 9 | While the Lockerbie investigation proceeded , Talb was in a Swedish prison awaiting trial for the 1985/6 bombings . |
| 10 | It 's not clear how many people participated in the event in Britain or elsewhere by carrying out local ascents , raising sponsorship for the ten lifeline projects designated by the United Nations . |
| 11 | The senior officer , an inspector , realizing that Myeloski was an important personage because Myeloski told him so , immediately set about arranging transport for the two visitors as well as booking accommodation in one of the local hotels . |