Example sentences of "for [num] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the moment they 're just a voluntary body , but it looks as though works councils will become mandatory for eleven of the twelve states in the E C , with the implementation very soon of the European Social Works Council Directive , Britain as usual being the odd one out , because of course it 's part of the Social Chapter . |
| 2 | The proportion of the national area of thirteen tropical American countries described as steep sloped is very high — 80 per cent for Honduras , Panama , Haiti and the Dominican Republic and not less than 50 per cent for eleven of the thirteen . |
| 3 | This is all logical enough given Fforde 's conviction that collectivism comes from ‘ areas other than the British Conservative party ’ , but Fforde seems to forget that the Conservatives were in power for fifty-five of the 100 years from the dawn of collectivism to the edge of Thatcherism , and must , therefore , have been at least partly responsible for some of Keith Joseph 's ‘ detritus ’ . |
| 4 | For eight of the 13 partial responders treamtent was stopped at week 24 and viral replication rebounded to pretreatment values . |
| 5 | For eight of the 13 partial responders , treatment was stopped at 24 weeks . |
| 6 | The report could guide UK chemistry teaching into the 21st century , yet it allows children to be taught without atoms or molecules for eight of the 11 years that it covers . |
| 7 | — CONSETT Number One Central Club 's chairman Jim Harris has headed the management team for 21 of his 26 years in the boardroom and treasurer Jimmy Hope has been treasurer for eight of the 11 years he has been on the committee . |
| 8 | In the 250 race Gary Jess set the pace for eight of the 12 laps , before front fork failure forced him to slow down . |
| 9 | Lists of candidates for 547 of the 551 constituencies have been drawn up , of which 278 will be fought by Les Verts and 269 by GE . |
| 10 | Chasing a massive 287 for six , which included a powerful 122 off only 113 balls from Phil Simmons , South Africa succumbed to some accurate bowling to be all out for 180 in the 43rd over to give West Indies victory by 107 runs . |
| 11 | Slow left-armer Tufnell had just removed opener Navjot Sidhu for 79 in the 13th over of the day , to leave India 174 for two , when Kambli charged Emburey but failed to connect properly . |
| 12 | In the last quarter , council workers accounted for 468 Of the 5004 visits to mothers , 13 , 796 Of the 44,169 visits to children ( ibid. 12 March 25 ) . |
| 13 | Frankly , it is not an outstanding record of achievement , considering there has been at least one Second Division club in the semi-finals for 30 of the 47 seasons since the last war . |
| 14 | Negotiations between the husband and wife will often have been on the basis that the wife 's solicitors will hand over an application for cancellation of the land charge ( Form K13 or application for the cancellation of the notice if registered land Form 202 ) on completion in return for one-half of the net proceeds of sale ( or whatever other figure is agreed ) . |
| 15 | ‘ The greatest mistake any adversary could make would be to doubt America 's resolve during this period of transition , ’ Clinton said in a statement outside the Arkansas governor 's mansion in Little Rock , where he has lived for 12 of the last 14 years . |
| 16 | England then had lost their last seven wickets for 58 in the first innings and eight for 67 in the second . |
| 17 | There was little turn , but great accuracy from the spin twins , and by capturing four wickets for 67 in the last session , England had done well . |
| 18 | Towards the end of the 3-day FFA meeting , the Japanese , ‘ in a spirit of goodwill and co-operation' ’ , offered to hold the drift-net fleet for 1989–90 to the same level as the previous season — 60 vessels . |
| 19 | Figure 8.1 shows for the United Kingdom the estimated public expenditure for 1989–90 on the highest spending services . |
| 20 | But whereas they had been held for just a few years by his grandfather and father , they were in royal hands for thirty-one of the last forty years of Edward III 's reign , from 1337 to 1360 and then from 1369 onwards to the end of the century . |
| 21 | Christleton were all-out for 118 in the 39th over as Hall called upon their reserves of experience . |
| 22 | laker had his first 10-wicket haul in the visitors ' first innings , and Lock took 7 for 49 in the second . |
| 23 | He took the wickets of Pakistan captain Javed Miandad and Wasim Akram in the first innings and followed up with three for 49 in the second , including Pakistan 's two top batsmen , Aamir Sohail and Salim Malik . |
| 24 | Sir Aubrey also became the first man in Test history to dismiss a namesake when he bowled F.W. for 7 in the first innings . |
| 25 | The 22-year-old left-hander batted for nearly three hours for 69 to help the leaders to 266 for six at the close — still 29 short of avoiding the follow-on . |
| 26 | Steffi Graf has won it for six of the last seven years , picking up a cheque for around £45,000 for her latest victory in October . |
| 27 | The narrow range of referral rates after the guidelines for six of the seven zones ( 69.2–81.9/1000 registered patients ) suggests an appropriate target referral rate of below 75/1000 registered patients a year . |
| 28 | The research will involve the creation of a computer database of segmental information for 100 of the largest publicly quoted companies . |
| 29 | Glamorgan Colt all rounder Ben Thomas claimed 4–48 as Builth Wells dismissed Burghill for 186 in the only game to get underway in the Multisigns Marches League . |
| 30 | This means that the Board will have issued exposure drafts for 10 of the 11 standards affected by the Statement of Intent . |