Example sentences of "and [noun pl] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In return , the Edinburgh branch of the STA was to maintain peace on all questions of wages and hours for the next three years . |
| 2 | I am afraid I could only manage part of the meal and I cut out the second and third courses completely , and only had gravy and vegetables for the third , but most people at my table went right through the menu ! |
| 3 | As I did n't want to undergo the inconvenience of surgery to remove the offending gall bladder , I opted for virtually fat free eating , with the miraculous side effect of acquiring slim hips and thighs for the first time in my adult life ( see photograph on next page ) . |
| 4 | In 1892 , the union 's expenditure exceeded its income and reserves for the first time . |
| 5 | Once the system has accepted an in put from the tablet it gives an acknowledging Beep from the computer and prompts for the next command to execute the function . |
| 6 | In this way , the novelist Virginia Woolf and the painter Vanessa Bell , sisters at the heart and hearth of the Bloomsbury Group , had established the Sussex outposts which would prove a magnetic draw to friends and acquaintances for the next quarter of a century . |
| 7 | A further promotion will be run on the Pedigree Chum and Whiskas calendars which will be sold through pet shops and supermarkets for the first time ever . |
| 8 | The Department has been organising seminars for writers , publishers and booksellers for the last fifteen years . |
| 9 | The FDIC will keep the worst $5.5 billion of Bank of New England 's $20 billion of assets , and promises for the next three years to take back any more loans that go bad . |
| 10 | There were also special political factors at work : in 1992 Spain was to host both the Olympic Games and celebrations for the 500th anniversary of the ‘ discovery ’ of the Americas , and an improved rail transport system was seen as essential . |
| 11 | In Judaism the bereaved person must be surrounded with friends and relatives for the first week and cared for . |
| 12 | When the first of the pair is to be used alone the tails of the notes should all be turned upwards , and rests for the second player placed below . |
| 13 | His new innovation won approval and orders for the first 10 tankers were placed with NE ship builders . |
| 14 | She 'll be busy with photographers and fittings for the next few days and I 'll join her after the show . ’ |
| 15 | the dates of school terms and half-terms for the next school year ; |
| 16 | copy and photos for the next issue must be submitted by 9 July |
| 17 | Statistics for 1990/91 include enrolments and results for the first batch of candidates undertaking ‘ live ’ courses , as well as for candidates continuing on pilot courses begun in 1988/89 and 1989/90 . |
| 18 | Monitoring of the service has already begun , and results for the first four months will be published in May . |
| 19 | At a later stage new communication technologies and their assumed or actual benefits and pitfalls for the Third World captivated WACC 's attention . |
| 20 | We knew very little about these last clients of the season except that they were two attorneys and a proctologist , all from Georgia and all vacationing with their wives , and we also knew that one of the wives was a vegetarian and that the proctologist hated pasta , but beyond that our guests were utter strangers and so we waited nervously to see what kind of people would be our companions and paymasters for the next week . |
| 21 | Lawyers joined clergy and laymen for the first day of the hearing at the Saint John the Baptist Church in Great Rissington . |
| 22 | All my thoughts , actions and energies for the last four months had been concerned only with Nigel . |
| 23 | And while non-hardware businesses did grow , growth was bought dearly : costs and expenses for the third quarter soared 35.4% to $18,700m . |
| 24 | Discussions focused on the restoration of peace and preparations for the second round of the presidential elections . |