Example sentences of "the [noun sg] for [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BOOKMAKERS , whose intelligence service makes MI5 look like a bunch of amateur sleuths , for once appear to have led themselves rather than punters up the garden path over the well-being of Travelling Light , the favourite for next Saturday 's Cesarewitch Handicap at Newmarket . |
| 2 | COULTON , the favourite for next month 's Cheltenham Smurfit Champion Hurdle , has his final workout in today 's Nottingham Tote City Trial Hurdle , writes Isobel Cunningham . |
| 3 | Scotland can reverse the earlier defeat in Berne and bring Roy Hodgson 's team into the scrap for second place . ’ |
| 4 | The effects of the use of mother-tongue in the preparation for second language writing |
| 5 | ALTHOUGH the biggest crowd today will be at St Helens to watch the runners-up play the champions , Wigan , more relevant fixtures take place at Bradford and Hull KR as the fight for First Division survival approaches its climax , writes John Whalley . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'd like to put it back into the auction for next week , ’ said the lady . |
| 7 | And I am certain he would love to have been given the chance to impress the NIBA selectors as they prepare to pick the side for next month 's senior championship in Dublin . |
| 8 | Overall , 20th Century publications showed a lower-than-average need for repair ( 3% ) , but items published in the early decades of the century came close to matching the figure for 19th Century publications , with , for example , 19% of all items published between 1900 and 1909 requiring treatment . |
| 9 | Duck numbers were down to 503 in eight species with tufted duck heading the list at 313 , twice the figure for last year 's May count , but there were only 46 shelduck whereas last year we found 121 . |
| 10 | The Programme for next year was fully discussed . |
| 11 | The programme for next season will be compiled in June . |
| 12 | Being a Friday , he was already considering the plan for next week , when he would be away from home for five nights , visiting Inverness , Thurso , Elgin , Brora , Wick , Tain and Huntley . |
| 13 | Solent look booked for the Division Three title but the battle for second place may run on until the final game . |
| 14 | Middlesbrough face an important week of three home matches , with the battle for second spot wide open . |
| 15 | Sunderland could virtually clinch safety at Brighton on Saturday , but Middlesbrough could face final-day drama at Wolves after losing the initiative to Leicester City in the battle for second spot . |
| 16 | Simon Lyster sets the scene for next week 's meeting in Gaborne , Botswana on endangered species |
| 17 | Should we too except part of the blame for last week 's turbulent defence ? |
| 18 | By updating this one period we can derive the process for next period 's price , , as which , after substituting for m t and t from equations ( 5.3 ) and ( 5.4 ) respectively , we can write as |
| 19 | But the second function is no less important — to consult all the representatives of the parishes on the way ahead , both in regard to the theme for next year as well as the needs to be met . |
| 20 | May I ask the Leader of the House to tell us the business for next week ? |
| 21 | The business for next week will be as follows : |
| 22 | The Brazilian , reckoned to be on £10 million a year with McLaren Honda but wanting to get away , has been ruthless in setting his sights on getting the best car in the business for next season . |
| 23 | Gehan Mendis had fallen to Mark Ilott 's second ball of the day , with the left-armer also hoping to impress Gooch before the England captain joins his fellow selectors on Saturday night to pick the team for next week 's Second Test against Australia . |
| 24 | It was pipped to the post for first UK practice by West Country-based Bishop Fleming , which received the right to display the IP 's laurel wreath emblem in April . |
| 25 | Arising from the meeting on Wednesday a number of details arose which will be important in planning the site for next year . |
| 26 | The journal for 15th June 1844 records the presence of 269 inmates . |
| 27 | IRELAND 'S women 's hockey coach Terry Gregg got an unpleasant surprise when he heard the draw for next year 's World Cup finals , which are scheduled for Dublin from July 12-24 . |
| 28 | The draw for next season 's competition pits the holders against Lancashire in round one and — if they survive that hurdle — they travel to Essex in the second round . |
| 29 | Erm , I 'm not in a position to add anything very much to the article for next year , I spent most of Friday afternoon with the Tech last week , erm , but there 's still obviously a good deal of uncertainty about programmes for next year , erm , what I think has been very positive is that we have now er , this year for the first time since the Tech 's formation , they 've started to discuss some of the issues about the programmes with a group of providers . |
| 30 | to , to , to a meeting for the group for next year , you know , she 's gon na say well you know we tried it and nobody came |