Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun pl] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are building programmes for the next financial year drawn up in time to be available to managers before holidays are allocated ? |
| 2 | In August 1899 , Joseph revisited his Valley of Winding Waters for the first time in twenty-two years . |
| 3 | As one commentator noted wryly , there are more companies announcing Pentium-based machines then there are actual processors : a couple of dozen manufacturers spread their wares and Intel topped the whole thing off by announcing prices for the first time , and they are not cheap — 60MHz Pentiums cost $878 , while the 66MHz chip is $965 in quantities of 1,000 . |
| 4 | Bully Boy 's owner , Ron Taylor , who is involved in various interests in Lambourn , admitted to having ‘ a nice punt ’ on the six-year-old , who was tackling fences for the first time . |
| 5 | Derek says … they 've broken a few boats in testing … they 've been building prototypes for the last six months and have been putting in hours at sea to make sure everything is right |
| 6 | The American Psychiatric Association has chosen eating disorders for the first of its series of detailed practice guidelines , derived from the literature and from a consensus of expert reviewers , to assist doctors in clinical decision making . |
| 7 | I have already suggested that in speech we normally plan at the point of utterance and that is evidenced in those typical features of speech which appear so surprising and , indeed , shocking to people inspecting transcripts for the first time . |
| 8 | The French authorities did something to safeguard communal property among their Moslem subjects in Algeria , even though Napoleon III ( in the Senatus-Consulte of 1863 ) found it inconceivable that individual property rights in land should not be established formally among the members of Moslem communities ‘ where possible and opportune ’ , a measure which actually had the effect of permitting Europeans for the first time to buy them out . |
| 9 | In the 1950s , when the late Heinz Under was presenting Torontonians for the first time with the symphonies of Gustav Mahler in the York Concert Society series in Massey Hall , I will never forget the ecstatic moment , after a dozen tumultuous curtain calls at the end of the Resurrection Symphony , when the elderly maestro lifted the heavy score off the stand — and shook it as vigorously and as high as he was able , in homage to the great composer . |
| 10 | Sheila and Jim Smith from Abingdon have been fostering children for the last twenty-five years . |
| 11 | DOTING couple Alf and Jean Smith are on speaking terms for the first time in TEN YEARS . |
| 12 | You should read this section if you are installing FMS for the first time , or are not sure if you have sufficient global sections and global pages available . |
| 13 | This is a month of changeover in the greenhouse , with this year 's plants providing cuttings for the next |
| 14 | According to Reuter , he is known on Wall Street for his prowess as a cost-cutter and an asset-seller , a reputation that is likely to cause consternation among IBM employees already facing lay-offs for the first time in the company 's history . |
| 15 | We have set out our tax and spending plans for the next three years . |
| 16 | McEvoy , 39 , is back on the amateur circuit after being chosen as England captain , and has been having lessons for the first time ‘ to stimulate my game . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ They are much smaller than I expected ’ is the usual remark from people seeing puffins for the first time . |
| 18 | Although widely described as boat people , a large number of the January arrivals had made most of the journey to Hong Kong aboard Chinese buses , only boarding boats for the last leg of their journey . |
| 19 | Amanda Mares , the producer , might bear in mind that listeners hearing things for the first time need a second or two to focus . |
| 20 | At half time a mental breakdown resulted in a couple of the boys ( names no mentioned to save their embarrassment ) swapping positions for the second half which was a mistake on par with buying a timeshare in Bosnia . |
| 21 | In fact , we in methodism we 've been ordaining women for the last twenty-five years , and it has become as natural as breathing to us . |
| 22 | Although I have n't been making records for the last six years , I have been working behind the scenes at Artists Against Apartheid , and me the Mandela concert last month , seeing that speech go out live on the BBC to all those people , was a culmination of all that work . |
| 23 | Or suppose that I am eating escargots for the first time and can not bring myself to forget the disgustingly slimy look and feel of snails in the garden . |
| 24 | Two TODAY reporters took their children on skiing trips for the first time . |
| 25 | We were famous for bombarding teams for the first 20 mins of games … beating them into submission … p[laying at a pace . |
| 26 | Melanie , their new PR , has been watching proceedings for the last few minutes . |
| 27 | Beating Rangers for the first time in a year ( the first time for two years at home ) did nothing other than give a long suffering Celtic support one night of remission . |
| 28 | Anyone who , like Shoreditch , did n't quite get round to placing that bet on the Tories , may like to know that the bookies are now quoting odds for the next election . |