Example sentences of "in [adj] for [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On visiting Hawes Water in 1801 for the first time , Wm . |
| 2 | 1992 — THE Prince tries to kiss his wife in public for the first time in four years on the Indian tour in February . |
| 3 | As right-wing supporters , many appearing in public for the first time in almost three years , welcomed their liberators with monarchist flags and fascist salutes , many other Spaniards faced a terrifying future : so terrifying , indeed , that to some suicide was preferable . |
| 4 | Our President , Lady Braithwaite , appearing in public for the first time in her new role , was warmly greeted , and during the afternoon she drew the first lucky winners of our 200 Club , a most important new venture to raise badly needed funds for the Society . |
| 5 | I vividly recall meeting the young man in 1979 for the first time . |
| 6 | Use of animals in experiments in the UK increased in 1991 for the first time in 15 years . |
| 7 | Agency new business increased in value and in the number of appointments in 1991 for the third consecutive year , according to the New Business Monitor compiled by Anthony Rau & Associates . |
| 8 | Brunel would have nothing steeper than 1 in 660 for the first eighty-five miles out of Paddington ; Robert Stephenson planned the London and Birmingham Railway with no gradient steeper than 1 in 330 ( except the first rise from Euston to Camden ) ; and Locke nothing steeper than 1 in 250 on the difficult London and Southampton line . |
| 9 | Carlisle 's negotiations for the restoration of the long-standing English trading privileges withdrawn on the execution of Charles I were unsuccessful , as were Hebdon 's own efforts when he returned to Russia in 1667 for the last time , this time as envoy himself . |
| 10 | Levels of pesticide and chemical residues in drinking water in England and Wales rose in 1992 for the second year in succession , according to the Drinking Water Inspectorate , although overall water quality remained the same , with 98.7 per cent of the 3.75 million tests complying with national and EC standards . |
| 11 | The new organisation is concerned by the increase in 1992 for the first time in six years of fur imports to £22 million , the equivalent of two million animals , and a renewed popularity in fur clothing or trimmings . |
| 12 | In 1749 for the first time a single system of tactics was laid down for the entire army , while in 1765 the Hofkriegsrath assumed the power to appoint to all ranks above that of captain and from 1776 an organized State military transport corps began to be built up . |
| 13 | The pension can be drawn in full for the first eight weeks in hospital , after which your parent will be notified that it will be reduced by a few pounds ( for the exact amount of the reduction see the current issue of leaflet NI9 ) . |
| 14 | Questions about shareholdings were put in 1987 for the first time , at the request of the Treasury , anxious to confirm and expand the conclusions of previous surveys by market research groups . |
| 15 | Howell 's A Sequence for St. Michael was composed in 1961 for the 450th anniversary of the foundation of St. John 's College , Cambridge . |
| 16 | The one at Harewood ( Fig. 23c ) , erected by Carr in 1760 for the first earl , is designed to form an appropriate approach to the great gate ( Fig. 23b ) of the new Palladian house . |
| 17 | When interviewed by the Standard in 1982 for the 75th Anniversary Celebrations , Lorna Bloxam recalled her biking years in about 1910 when she was in her early teens and lived by Henley bridge . |
| 18 | Once Otto had consolidated his hold over Germany and secured his external frontiers , he went to Rome in 962 for a second coronation , following again in the steps of Charlemagne . |
| 19 | Britain 's engineering industry went into trade deficit in 1983 for the first time ( see chart ) . |
| 20 | The survey predicted that France would have lower inflation and higher growth than the OECD average in 1990 for the first time since 1970 , with retail price inflation expected to be 2.9 per cent and growth estimated at 3.1 per cent in 1990 . |
| 21 | The Commission published a report on competition policy on June 24 , 1991 , in which it said that the number of intra-EC mergers among larger companies had in 1990 for the first time exceeded that of purely national mergers . |