Example sentences of "for [pron] fourth " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My parents had given me a little electric keyboard for my fourth birthday , and I quickly learnt to play the tunes in the manual . |
| 2 | I remember very little of the four years spent in Windsor except the arrival of a small suit sent by one of the powerful aunts for my fourth birthday . |
| 3 | Dermot joined me at Magdalen for my fourth year at Oxford ; Roddy did not go up to Oxford until the year after I had left . |
| 4 | She first represented her country when she was just 15 and only last month , Tennis Ireland selected her for her fourth international match , which was played in Italy at Easter . |
| 5 | Borland International Inc reports ‘ strong initial reception ’ to its long-delayed Windows version of Paradox , and says it expects to report profits of 10 cents a share for its fourth quarter to March 31 , double the average analyst forecast ; Microsoft Corp said it had sold about 700,000 copies of its new Access database program , and Borland says that its Paradox for Windows has done about as well . |
| 6 | Pyramid Technology Corp is cutting some 110 jobs , about 10% of the total , and will take a restructuring charge of between $22m and $24m against figures for its fourth quarter ended September 30 . |
| 7 | It was the NAPSS which brought both Emily Faithfull and Bessie Rayner Parkes to Scotland for its fourth annual conference , held in Glasgow in October 1860 . |
| 8 | The refurbishment was overseen by the Property Department in London whose brief was to ensure that Drummonds maintained its traditional character and ambiance while creating a ‘ state of the art ’ working environment to equip the Bank for its fourth century . |
| 9 | And it came as no surprise when Saints ' strong-running second row Chris Joynt touched down for their fourth and final try in the dying seconds . |
| 10 | David Rush , Brian Mooney and Warren Hawke stand by as Sunderland go for their fourth win in a row . |
| 11 | Villa go to Everton tonight for their fourth match in 10 days and Atko said : ‘ It 's barmy . |
| 12 | The NIBA have yet to taste defeat in this championship which started three years ago , and following their 48 shot victory over the Bowling League of Ireland in their opening game the Parks are heading for their fourth successive title . |
| 13 | The NIBA are going for their fourth successive Under 25 title since the championship took the place of the meaningless Junior Championship in 1990 , and it will be a very hard mission for the PGL to upset the talented Parks side which has tremendous strength in depth . |
| 14 | Delegations representing the ruling Marxist MPLA government and the US-backed rebel UNITA movement met near Lisbon ( the Portuguese capital ) on Sept. 24-28 for their fourth session of direct negotiations on a peace agreement [ for inconclusive meeting in August see p. 37643 ] . |
| 15 | Charlton , bidding for their fourth successive League win , include on-loan striker David Whyte from Crystal Palace and another loaned striker , John Hendry , who returns to Tottenham on Monday . |
| 16 | Said she , she 's going in for her fourth operation presumably to have this stapling done again , she says I believe that she 'd be far more counsellor , I , I would of thought she , she would of had counselling anyway before they go to stage of operating , surely , I mean , er do n't they look in into sort of psychological aspects of it , it 's usually a |
| 17 | On the appointed time for his fourth , however , his young instructor failed to turn up . |
| 18 | Dilip Vengsarkar came in looking for his fourth hundred in as many Lord 's appearances and immediately joined Shastri in exploiting the unpatrolled third-man boundary . |
| 19 | Since then , communism has fallen , and his once-faithful compatriots will no longer welcome him with the same fervour when he arrives for his fourth visit on June 1st . |
| 20 | Thomson was going for his fourth British Open title . |
| 21 | After a goal each from Tony Marchant , for Northern , and Tony Thorniley , loose forward David Heron and skipper David Hobbs combined to put Great Britain second rower Fairbank over for his fourth try of the season in the 17th minute . |
| 22 | Another soft ground specialist , Green Lane , looks set for his fourth win in a row in the Krug Trophy . |
| 23 | Gower settled in , and after an hour , square-cut Aqib juicily for his fourth four , only then to under-edge a cut and rather unluckily play on . |
| 24 | For his fourth defence in June 1938 Lynch was six pounds overweight and he was stripped of his title . |
| 25 | Gagong Apang was re-elected leader of the Congress ( I ) legislative party on March 5 and was sworn in for his fourth term as Chief Minister on March 7 . |
| 26 | He has opted for the island county this time qualifying under the residential rule which also applies to captain Mark Harris , who has switched clubs from Menai Bridge to Bangor but stays on for his fourth campaign in charge . |
| 27 | Boro saw a 16-point lead cut in half as Long Eaton , outclassed in the opening races , won four of the last seven heats and the margin of defeat would have been less had the impressive Dane Jan Staechmann not slid into the safety boards in the final race when set for his fourth win of the night . |
| 28 | In the same over Snell bowled two consecutive wides and White reached his 50 and won the match by driving him through mid-off for his fourth boundary . |
| 29 | Andrew Castle is the defending champion while British No. 1 Jeremy Bates will be bidding for his fourth title . |
| 30 | This evening , for our fourth sermon in the series on disciples , we 'll be looking at Matthew . |