Example sentences of "[to-vb] for a [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Heavy rain stopped everyone after 18 laps , so it was back to go for a second start .
2 Hulme did n't get his weekend , and was ordered to train for a third team match the following Wednesday .
3 Hence began the campaign to enable the President to stand for a second term of office .
4 During November the three largest parties announced their candidates for the presidential elections scheduled for April 26 , 1992 , to elect a successor to Kurt Waldheim , who had in June 1991 declined to stand for a second term [ see p. 38298 ] .
5 We do know that it was not until the late summer of 1965 that he gave private indications of his intention to stand for a second term , and not until 4 November that he made his decision public .
6 Two days before the speech ( i.e. on Aug. 14 ) a petition signed by a group of 58 human rights activists , academics and retired armed forces officers had called on Suharto not to stand for a sixth term as President in 1993 .
7 I 'm just waiting for my international clearance now , which should only take a few days , and then I 'll be aiming to challenge for a first team place . ’
8 In the case of Professor Fang Lizhi , the dissident leader who is still holed up in the US embassy in Beijing , Mr Bush has been unable to say when or whether the Chinese may allow him to leave for a third country , as reportedly urged by Mr Scowcroft .
9 There may be a general tendency to exaggerate ; couples seem to be more willing to abandon expectations of a third child than they are to opt for a third child after stating an earlier preference for two .
10 Opposition leaders stated their concern that the PRI would push through an amendment to allow Salinas to run for a second term as president in 1994 .
11 Another leading Democrat widely perceived as a contender for the party 's next presidential nomination , Governor Mario Cuomo of New York , had announced his intention on June 4 to run for a third term and was automatically nominated as his party 's choice .
12 SCOTLAND — SCOTLAND have qualified for the last five World Cup finals , but with only one point from two games they already face an uphill struggle to qualify for a sixth time .
13 In big years , Aube wines may also possess too much alcohol to allow for a second fermentation and effect the correct balance .
14 There are different ways to control for a third factor when investigating a relationship between two variables .
15 As we saw in chapter 12 , there is another quite different intellectual reason for wanting to control for a third factor when assessing the relationship between two variables .
16 Love , the second round leader , could not maintain the pace he set over the first two rounds and had to settle for a third round 71 .
17 On mentioning that I was not happy to pay for a second hour of parking , for the privilege of waiting for their delayed train , I was told ‘ That 's no problem .
18 She rang again and was about to ring for a third time when the door was pulled abruptly open .
19 Full-time students who pass only 3 to 9 modules in their first year have , by right , the option to return for a second year in Stage I to take additional modules to meet the requirements .
20 I know the ‘ next steps ’ , i.e. when I will be contacted and when I might have to return for a second interview .
21 Ghozali 's immediate reaction to the amendments had been to threaten to ask for a second reading of the bill .
22 Russell Ferrante has been given permission by the High Court to ask for a second inquest into his son 's death .
23 If Labour on Thursday becomes the largest single party , would Mr Kinnock as Prime Minister be entitled to ask for a second dissolution ?
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