Example sentences of "for the eighth " in BNC.
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1 | Knowles , in the final year of a three-year contract , decided to resign on Saturday after the team lost for the eighth time in 10 games . |
2 | Alain Poher , for the eighth time . |
3 | The number of parents sending their children to private schools has risen for the eighth year running , despite a downturn in the economy and an upturn in school fees , the Independent Schools Information Service revealed . |
4 | 236 for 2 overnight became 296 for 7 next morning as England bowled themselves back into the game , but Lloyd and Garner put on 83 for the eighth wicket and then Holding and Croft an unbeaten 67 for the tenth as the bowlers tired , enabling Lloyd to declare on 468 . |
5 | It proved to be a decisive victory for the Eighth Army and it was followed by further swift advances across northern Africa . |
6 | Deportivo Coruna stay top of the Spanish First Division for the eighth successive week after a 2–1 home win over Sporting Gijon . |
7 | BORIS BECKER yesterday beat John McEnroe for the eighth time in 10 meetings . |
8 | Richard Hannon fields two of the nine runners in the ‘ Heinz 57 ’ Phoenix Stakes at Leopardstown and his Son Pardo can bring the prize back to England for the eighth time in nine years . |
9 | Listen to the Ink Spots , watch Paris , Texas for the eighth or ninth time , shut the doors and lie back on those same damp pillows . |
10 | THORNHILL College , Londonderry , won the All-Ireland Senior Netball Title for the eighth time yesterday when they defeated Mount Anvil , Dublin , 30–20 at Shankill Leisure Centre . |
11 | China was now formulating a tentative 10-year plan , he said , and would present the outline for the eighth five-year plan ( 1991-95 ) to the party 's seventh plenum originally scheduled for September , but now likely to take place in December . |
12 | The proposed targets for the eighth five-year plan ( 1991-95 ) and the 10-year strategic development plan ( 1991-2000 ) , as adopted at the seventh plenum of the 13th Central Committee on Dec. 25-30 , 1990 [ see p. 37917 ] , were released on Jan. 28 . |
13 | On Nov. 5 , Yugoslav leaders met EC Foreign Ministers at The Hague for the eighth session of the Peace Conference on Yugoslavia , chaired by Lord Carrington . |
14 | Leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) met in Bishkek ( Kirgizstan ) on Oct. 9 for the eighth CIS summit , following preliminary meetings between Defence Ministers in Bishkek on Oct. 7 and Foreign Ministers in Moscow on Oct. 5 . |
15 | The Arab participants in the negotiations attended the Islamic Conference Organization Foreign Ministers ' meeting in Jeddah in late November where they discussed strategy for the eighth round . |
16 | Although Brown took two more wickets to make it 121 for seven , Rennie and chunky left-hander Steve Peall added 87 for the eighth wicket , with Peall successfully chancing his arm against the luckless Phil Berry . |
17 | Philip , a compulsive run-getter , returned to play for Scarborough in Perth , Western Australia for the eighth successive season and the Stenhousemuir batsman averaged almost 40 with the highlight being an innings of 125 . |
18 | She 's married for the eighth time is n't she ? |