Example sentences of "england for the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The son came to England for the first time in 1922 as a Rhodes scholar . |
| 2 | Today , South Africa play rugby in England for the first time in nearly 23 years when a line-up containing five current internationals faces the Midlands at Leicester 's Welford Road . |
| 3 | They will also be showered with gifts like top-of-the-range Mercedes cars and luxury apartments if they can spring a World Cup upset and beat England for the first time . |
| 4 | Many Irish women , including myself , who had come to England for the first time were truly shocked by the levels of anti-Irish racism directed at us . |
| 5 | Here he 'd smelt the air of England for the first time , the crisp October air ; here he 'd fed first , drunk first ; first had cause for laughter , and later , for tears . |
| 6 | The England captain is a level-headed man , and Javed Mianded , who turns 35 on June 12 , is a much matured person with the added responsibility of leading his team to England for the first time , although he has captained Pakistan in 28 previous Tests , winning 11 and losing five , the rest being drawn . |
| 7 | As pesticide concentrations in the environment fall , birds of prey are returning to areas of eastern England for the first time in decades . |
| 8 | DAVID PLATT , the Juventus midfielder , will captain England for the first time in the World Cup clash with San Marino at Wembley tonight . |
| 9 | When the £5 million Juventus midfielder leads out England for the first time he will spare a thought for the man who captained England to 1966 World Cup glory , just 48 hours after Bobby Moore revealed that he was battling cancer . |
| 10 | A year later Moore captained England for the first time , against Czechoslovakia . |
| 11 | The plan is that none of these people will be able to purchase any of the seven thousand tickets available to England for the first round matches . |
| 12 | NEIL FOSTER , recalled by England for the second Test against Australia at Lord 's this week , was today fined £250 by his county Essex for his ‘ stump kicking ’ outburst . |
| 13 | His career-highest came next season , 188 in five hours against Queensland at Brisbane , followed by a couple of nineties , and he was on the ship to England for the 1934 tour . |
| 14 | Between 1912 and 1928 Lutyens was responsible for redesigning eighty square miles of offices , avenues and palaces in New Delhi to house the British Government in India , an undertaking that kept him out of England for the best part of every winter . |
| 15 | Ramsay MacDonald , while he was Prime Minister , spoke at the annual dinner , and Gandhi accepted an invitation while he was in England for the Round Table Conference in 1933 . |
| 16 | His partnership of 322 with captain Javed Miandad set a new Pakistan record against England for the fourth wicket . |
| 17 | ‘ You can win money but you can not eat , ’ said a member of the Ukrainian-Russian squad who have been in England for the past fortnight . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The society now moved from the rather passive position of regretting ( as it did on 5 August 1789 ) that ‘ there was no appropriate educational establishment in England for the desired improvement of farriery ( in this context comprehending the medical treatment of horses , cattle and sheep ) by a regular education in that science on medical and anatomical principles ’ , to a positive position of recommending such an institution as had been established in France , Germany and elsewhere on the Continent , as being necessary in this country . |
| 20 | GOVERNMENT STANDARD SPENDING GRANT : The amount of Standard Spending Grant ( Otherwise known as Revenue Support Grant ) for each area is calculated on the basis that ( subject to the effect of the safety net ) a standard level of service can broadly be provided everywhere in England for the same community charge — this year £278 . |
| 21 | Former Hull coach Smith , who has agreed a new 12-month contract with St George , claims he has had two offers to return to England for the 1993-4 season . |