Example sentences of "a [noun sg] for the [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A budget for the 1992-93 biennium , providing for expenditure of US$646,000,000 ( representing a cut in real terms of 4.6 per cent ) , was approved without major controversy [ see p. 37054 for 1989 budget disputes ] , and the USA undertook to pay before January 1992 its arrears for 1991 , which amounted to some $34,000,000 out of a total contribution of around $75,000,000 . |
| 2 | There is n't a driver for the i variant of the printer and I 'm not sure there ever will be . |
| 3 | The Oxfordshire Club has been described by some experts as unique and a course for the twenty first century … what makes it so special is a mixture of three styles … of classic English with trees … of links with sand dunes … and of American type holes landscaped by lakes … it 's been designed by Rees Jones |
| 4 | They sang hymns and said a prayer for the 31 people who died and those who suffered from radiation in the April 1986 accident . |
| 5 | The hamper would be a present for the three of them and she 'd be thinking of them having a jolly evening . |
| 6 | At one end was a compartment for the two armed guards who always travelled with a consignment of this kind , and in the partition between their compartment and the portion where the bullion was stored , there were portholes , or bull 's eyes , of stout glass , so that the interior was always under their view . |
| 7 | The Ukrainian settlement in the north west has always been close-knit and Ivan Solowka soon found himself running a club for the 20 or so families in Middleton . |
| 8 | Insignia has already taken a 10% stake in Bridgefield , Connecticut-based Bristol Technology Inc , capping a deal for the two firms to develop and combine products that will allow Windows applications to run on desktop Unix systems . |
| 9 | Insignia has already taken a 10% stake in Bridgefield , Connecticut-based Bristol Technology Inc , capping a deal for the two firms to develop and combine products that will enable Windows applications to run on desktop Unix systems . |
| 10 | If I 'm interviewing you at half past twelve for a piece for the one o'clock news , I do n't want to have to take out reams and reams and reams of tape . |
| 11 | In Environment Issues we do n't usually have room to record every birth , marriage and death ( hatches , matches and despatches ) , however , Hygiene Leeds warrants a mention for the five marriages that have taken place over the last three months . |
| 12 | The Ulster representation in the 30 player squad is small but team leader , Eddie Limberg , Ulster Branch Chairman , has another mission in mind at Perth when he will present a bid for the 1993 Schools event to come to Ulster . |
| 13 | A question for the nineties will be whether credit markets are any different . |
| 14 | Yes , a home for the three of them . |
| 15 | In another sense , it was a manifesto for the 1960s . |
| 16 | The Green Party 's policy has been described as a manifesto for the 1890's rather than the 1980's . |
| 17 | Well it would be I suppose it would be possible that that they could start their time together and work right through for years together , but invariably er that did n't happen because people were picked up and laid off as the boat progressed , er and if er Y you may get a a run for the one yard would need , say , six squads of of riveters , in a hurry . |
| 18 | We have a booking for the ten o'clock shoot . ’ |
| 19 | Couples and Love , America 's top two golfers this year , were irrepressible , gathering 13 birdies between them as they ripped apart the La Moraleja course , suggested as a venue for the 1997 Ryder Cup . |
| 20 | Good to see Elland Road has been chosen as a venue for the 1996 European Championship finals . |
| 21 | The difference between the 13 C of atmospheric CO 2 and leaf carbon of maize ( and certain other C4 species ) is conservative across environments and did not vary significantly with [ CO 2 ] ( B.D.M. et al. , manuscript in preparation ) , enabling us to use the 13 C of C4 leaves as a proxy for the 13 C of chamber air . |
| 22 | 4.2 Multimedia and Training : A Scenario for the 1990s |
| 23 | Nautical William are a band for the Nineties steeped in three decades of pop star culture : Sly Stone meets Marc Bolan in an Adam And The Ants video . |
| 24 | And while my ships does have useful guns of its own , in nose and tail , they were hardly a match for the hundred and twenty flamers ranged against me . |
| 25 | Mar was initially joined by eighteen lords , bringing with them some 5,000 men , which should have been more than a match for the 1,500 regular troops stationed in Scotland . |
| 26 | It was suggested that should enter a team for the 13 mile run , however as the day approached , half of the team members were unexpectedly unable to join in , including who unfortunately sprained his ankle two weeks before , climbing in the Cairngorms ! |
| 27 | But the club was still under threat and hit a low point last year when it failed to field a team for the 1991 season . |
| 28 | A government statement said : ‘ Malta has acceded to a request for the two suspects to be tried in Malta , provided that all parties to the dispute are in agreement and consistent with Malta 's obligations under the UN Charter . ’ |
| 29 | Carlsbad , California-based CCI Coded Communications Inc now has definitive agreement to acquire Decom Systems Inc : Decom holders will receive 0.238 CCI Coded share for each Decom held if the average price for CCI Coded is between $2.35 and $3.15 a share for the 20 trading days prior to the closing . |
| 30 | The time had come to splash out to the tune of forty quid a head for the eight members of his party who had travelled with him from the Forest of Arden to Sussex by the Sea . |