Example sentences of "of [v-ing] for [art] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 But the Stokesley sprinter , whose season has been delayed by the combined effects of study and injury , summarily dismissed her chances of qualifying for a second successive Olympic Games after winning the 200 metres title for the third time in seven years .
2 Roxburgh put the occasion , a friendly with no bearing on Scotland 's prospects of qualifying for a sixth , successive World Cup , even more sharply into perspective .
3 Reading Neale 's articles in the immediate context of teaching for the first time a course dangerously titled , ‘ Television Theory ’ ( is there such a thing ? ) ,
4 She could recall the excitement of spending for the first time money she had actually earned .
5 The act of controlling for a third variable can have many possible results .
6 He might have insisted , ‘ You can never recreate the feeling of winning for the first time , ’ but his palms were sweating with anticipation as the tapes went up .
7 Some people may feel that Rawls ' original position is already a description of a process of compromise , of settling for the second best .
8 It is all too easy under the euphoric conditions of a degree congregation to minimise the physical discomfort , the mental struggles , the times of desperation , the sheer hard work that are a part of working for a first degree .
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