Example sentences of "[vb past] for the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The figures show that the number of pollution incidents rose for the fifth successive year and have doubled since 1985 . |
| 2 | At the decade 's start everything was gloom and doom , cutbacks the order of the day since in 1979 the number of commuters going into London dropped for the tenth successive year . |
| 3 | As a result of the bad weather , the Royal Bank of Scotland 's oil index fell for the second consecutive month to 114.5 , the second lowest January since the index began ten years ago . |
| 4 | Your comment was made in a week when manufacturing output fell for the seventh successive quarter and unemployment rose for the 23rd successive month . |
| 5 | America 's industrial production fell for the fourth successive month in January , by 0.4% , to give a 12-month decline of 0.9% . |
| 6 | UNEMPLOYMENT fell for the third consecutive month in April , by 1,400 . |
| 7 | The barely acknowledged hope caused her heart to beat faster as she reached for the first round iron latch . |
| 8 | He then waited for the next major religious festival — Whitsuntide — and made the translation into a great occasion , although with troops at hand in case of trouble . |