Example sentences of "for the [num ord] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh no , not again , ’ remarks an attractive blonde whose car is stopped for the second ti me in a day . |
| 2 | Such semantic contrasts are impossible to duplicate ; for the second elements of these words , it is usually impossible even to find a recurrence of the form contrast . |
| 3 | From these , we can derive ( using the assumptions about the random terms ) the difference equations for the second moments ( variances and covariance ) , and then solve for the steady-state values to which they converge . |
| 4 | By the end of the nineties , we could be set for the first Oscars awarded to synthetic actors . |
| 5 | If a pup from the England A team should over-pitch the new ball , then , sure as eggs are eggs , England 's captain will tonk it back past him and set off for the first runs of 1992 . |
| 6 | If a pup from the England A team should over-pitch the new ball , then , sure as eggs are eggs , England 's captain will tonk it back past him and set off for the first runs of 1992 . |
| 7 | Lynda said that getting ready for the first visitors was proving quite a challenge . |
| 8 | The single-sex environment of mid-nineteenth-century US women 's colleges seems to have provided a uniquely supportive environment for the first women psychologists , for example ( Furumoto and Scarsborough 1986 ) . |
| 9 | Of the elite , only hurdler Colin Jackson and 200 metres man John Regis are entered for the first championships to be staged in Birmingham 's new National Indoor Arena since the move from nearby Cosford . |
| 10 | His mind recalled the familiar ambience of his trade ; men moving like black shadows behind the glare of the arc-lights the police cars tidily parked ; the flap of the screens , desultory voices conferring as they watched for the first lights of his approaching car . |
| 11 | As for the first reactions from employees and visitors to the Taste Sensation launch preview , said : ‘ Most people have been very positive about it . ’ |
| 12 | Variable speed allowed the most aggressive setting — 7 on the control dial — to be used for the first stages , and a gentler 3 or 4 cleaned up the veneer surface . |
| 13 | Meanwhile as hospitals wait for the first evacuees … surgeons say they 'll work for nothing to save the sight of a ten year old bosnian boyu . |
| 14 | To pass beyond it is to cross the threshold into another dimension which , for all its pragmatic gifts to the West over the centuries , remains as mysteriously little-known to us now as it was for the first explorers . |
| 15 | A spank on the bottom never failed to produce its first howl of protest , then the cleansing process took place , and the ‘ miracle ’ was wrapped inside a cosy , warm blanket — then it was placed next to Mother for the first looks of adoration and wonder . |
| 16 | My advice would be not to follow the Gadarene rush if the prices are significantly higher than last year 's ( around £300 per dozen for the first growths ) . |
| 17 | The operation of this 3% in three year rule is likely to be unduly restrictive when it first applies because of the expected need to grant substantial new options to sharesave scheme participants and at the same time allow for the first allocations under the proposed executive share option scheme . |
| 18 | On 25th May , while the German army raced ruthlessly across Belgium and the inhabitants of England watched their skies for the first signs of airborne invasion , the scientists in the Oxford Pathology Department performed a crucial experiment . |
| 19 | The old nomes grumbled among themselves , and scanned the sky anxiously for the first signs of robins or reindeer . |
| 20 | Over in Cheltenham , Frank Ford has been watching out for the first signs of winter . |
| 21 | Prices for the first properties to be released are likely to be from just £49,995 . |
| 22 | Claudia lying in her hut listening for the first sounds of life . |
| 23 | Motorway bollards were due to be removed at one thirty for the first customers to stream in . |
| 24 | Finally , in the Western Hemisphere region where , among developing regions , infant mortality is lowest , the pattern resembles that observed lately in low infant mortality , developed countries , i.e. , the chances of surviving infancy are greatest for the first births and the relationship tends to be linear . |
| 25 | Derry were the better side at Gortakeegan for the first minutes they squandered several chances to kill off newcomers Monaghan and paid the penalty when the home side clawed their way back to force an equaliser . |
| 26 | This concern was top priority for the first apostles as Paul and Barnabas reported about their discussion with Peter , James and John . |
| 27 | They have 75 for the first readers whose names are pulled out of the bag on July 8 1992 to try . |
| 28 | He sat on a couch of deerskin , under the awning of his tent , a long , sinewy man in the prime of his powers , forty-eight years old , black of eye and black of hair , but for the first frostings of grey at temple and lip . |
| 29 | Senior counsel Edward Targowski had already proved that when he made such an effort to travel to Orkney for the first Children 's Hearing . |
| 30 | It was exciting — they were good advertisements , and we waited for the first children to come . |