Example sentences of "our [noun] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Table 2.2 demonstrates changes over the seventeen years to 1987 : western Europe took over half our exports for the first time in recent history ; by 1987 , the EC alone took virtually half , and most other destinations , except for North America , had declined in relative importance . |
| 2 | The Museum is a registered Charity with no public funding and Mick Miller , Finance Trustee , said : ‘ This sponsorship is a very generous gesture and we are delighted that this has come from an enterprising local company which has pledged support for our activities for the next three years . ’ |
| 3 | After that I do n't remember very much , except that in our ecstasy the fatal word ‘ love ’ passed our lips for the first time . |
| 4 | Even with such a drastic cut , we estimated our losses for the first year as being in the region of £148,000 . |
| 5 | Our data for the first demonstrate that A-tracts repeated at helical turn periods can display no mobility anomaly if they are appropriately phased with GGGCCC motifs . |
| 6 | Should not we include such a policy in our manifesto for the next general election ? |
| 7 | On Sunday 6th we have a free day — a much needed respite to enable us to prepare some of our work for the next week — but in the evening we went to dinner with from the embassy , as well as with two senior visitors from London , one from the British Council ( , who is responsible for all Chinese visits ) and one from the Foreign Office . |
| 8 | After two pitches I suffered one of those inexplicable aberrations and instead of following the blatantly curving crack into which we had been cramming our limbs for the last 60ft I launched up an unerringly straight vertical groove above the belay . |
| 9 | Our plan for the next day was to attempt the Austrian route on the north face of les Courtes . |
| 10 | We bought him and his friends a drink which gave him a chance to quiz us on our movements for the next day . |
| 11 | The next day we spent the forenoon ashore at Smeerenburg looking at the remains of the old Dutch whaling-station , and setting our feet for the first time on the Spitsbergen tundra . |
| 12 | Morrison East is now well poised to make a profitable contribution to our business for the first time . |
| 13 | We all met at a pre-luncheon reception and then adjourned to the dining hall to sample the culinary delights which were to space our classes for the next five days ; four classes with dancing after dinner was the order of the day , all meticulously time-tabled . |
| 14 | God introduces us to our true selves , so that we come to recognize ourselves , and our God for the first time . |
| 15 | Right , very good , that 's all from Headquarters , right then we move on to then any other business , erm I think mainly it 's just the odd verse with arrangements for next meeting , because our next meeting is our own A G M , erm , at , which we erm elect our officers for the next year , er , and there are , are other arrangements to make , erm we sometimes put a little form do n't we on the end of the minutes that , people to fill in if they wish to nominate someone , I think we should do that even though very , very rarely gets actually filled in , erm , and we have some post which we have elections for others where we can phone the people who are doing those jobs and , and hope they 'll carry on . |
| 16 | Two ideas over-large for reconciliation are fronting each other now , and there 'll be no peace until there 's been — no , ’ he checked himself , ‘ I wo n't say a settlement , but at least a temporary losing and winning that shall silence us both until we get our breath for the next bout . |
| 17 | Our advice for the first launch is — hands together , arms outstretched ( but never above your head as is so often attempted by first time flyers ) and as the kite rises , sustain an even line tension . |
| 18 | Resembling the proverbial Cheshire Cat , SDR General Manager Richard Elliott commented : ‘ I 'm delighted to have ‘ City of Truro ’ on our railway for the first time . |
| 19 | Our efforts at self-help have been much encouraged by the generosity of Mr Peter Leaver , Q.C. , Mr Samuel Stamler , Q.C. , and other members of Mr Stamler 's Chambers , who have undertaken to meet the cost ofthe Law Reports and some of our journals for the next five years . |
| 20 | our party 's we 've arranged our Christmas party for our residents for the nineteenth of |
| 21 | It has n't taken its eyes off our table for the last ten minutes . ’ |
| 22 | It was partly because he was tired and unhappy , leaving home and our mother for the first time … ’ |