Example sentences of "for [adj] [verb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told a Labour Co-ordinating Committee rally that it was not enough for Labour to win the next election . |
| 2 | The only way to remove the Government was for Labour to win the next general election . |
| 3 | In particular , will your erstwhile political columnist , R W Johnson , apologise for the appalling piece of sexism that appeared in NSS ( under a previous editor ) on 7 December 1990 , when he suggested that the only way for Labour to win the next election would be for Glenys Kinnock to ‘ have a word ’ with Neil and persuade him to stand down ? |
| 4 | The budget for 1991 allocates the first tranche of the ¥455 trillion ( $3.4 trillion ) that the government has agreed to spend on roads , railways , airports , housing , drains and other public works over the coming decade . |
| 5 | He will forsake china production schedules for fine tuning the first of many travel itineraries planned for ‘ my new career of retirement ’ , as he put it . |
| 6 | For those surviving the first year of life , however , the chances were improving ; death-rate fell from 23 per 1,000 ( living ) in 1841 to 18 per 1,000 in 1901 . |