Example sentences of "number [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ to stop in a zebra controlled area ’ See ( B ) 4 of offence number 30 for the meaning . |
| 2 | The number unemployed for more than six months has doubled in the past year . |
| 3 | 14 October , 1969 TONY BENN records in his diary : ‘ In the evening Caroline and I went to Number 10 for a dinner for the American astronauts , the first three men to have been on the moon . |
| 4 | I have no doubt that Nelson Mandela now knows the real voice of Britain is the one which he heard ringing out of Wembley , and not the one he hears calling from Number 10 for the letting up of sanctions . |
| 5 | Similarly , a Tory government would not be helped if Patrick Moore , the astronomer , kept popping into Number 10 for a nightcap . |
| 6 | And since the Tories have been parked in Number 10 for the past 13 years , they 'll do as targets when the custard pies come to be thrown . |
| 7 | ‘ As you probably know , Major Maxim is attached to Number 10 for duties that appear not to be precisely defined but touch on security matters . |
| 8 | Mr Major called in the relevant ministers to Number 10 for what his office officially described as an ‘ updating ’ . |
| 9 | number six for a number one . |
| 10 | Nicky Summerbee will probably move back into defence and Paul Hunt come in at number 7 for his first full league game of the season . |
| 11 | Monday was always busy with everybody stocking up after the weekend and by the time he arrived back at Number 112 for his afternoon tea he was exhausted . |
| 12 | Jack chose the 13th model whose construction began on February 13 , as Jack considered the number lucky for himself . |
| 13 | Haynes and Richardson opened and put on exactly 100 , then Richards , on his home ground , marched out , the first time he had batted at number three for some while . |
| 14 | Harry McDonald was a strong , sturdy left-back , but he possessed a turn of speed that was unexpected in a defender and which frequently surprised his opposing wingers , so that he was our first-choice number three for over three seasons . |
| 15 | Mandlikova was number three for four years between 1983 and 1987 , taken to such heights by two successes in Australia and wins in the French and the U.S. Opens . |
| 16 | Surely it was part of a make-believe , like imagining you were playing number three for Somerset ? |
| 17 | As he watched her , he suddenly thought how childish it had been to imagine you could play number three for Somerset just because you 'd once made seventeen in an over off the indifferent bowling of Philpott , A.J. |
| 18 | It seems to me that the indication you have given on the key diagram to alteration number three for Harrogate Knaresborough is exactly the same as for example the indication given for York and for Harrogate Knaresborough southern on the approved key diagram . |
| 19 | Lot number seventy Lot seventy there we are , there 's in there look , number seventy for three hundred pounds at three hundred pounds , any more , three twenty , three fifty , three eighty , four hundred , four hundred pounds , going on sir ? |
| 20 | Mr Gorbachev and Mrs Thatcher met at Number Ten for talks described as deep , wide-ranging , and very friendly . |
| 21 | ‘ did drive ( or attempt to drive or was in charge of ) ’ See ( C ) 2 of offence number I for ‘ drive ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ See ( C ) 4 of offence number I for ‘ road ’ . |
| 23 | See ( C ) 4 of offence number I for road . |
| 24 | See ( B ) 3 of offence number 8 for vehicles concerned . |
| 25 | Because of the spectacular growth in provision the number of long stay beds in the private and voluntary sectors now dwarfs the number available for long term care in the NHS . |
| 26 | ‘ a motor vehicle , namely a … to which section 47 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 , applied and ’ See ( C ) 3 of offence number 1 for ‘ motor vehicle ’ . |
| 27 | ‘ did drive ( or ride on ) ’ See ( C ) 2 of offence number 1 for ‘ drive ’ . |
| 28 | Now all you have to do is think of number five for me , cos you just say the number . |
| 29 | But he fell victim of the dawning disenchantment when he declared in an interview : ‘ TWO Tribes ' ’ can be number one for nine weeks and then it 's toppled by George Michael 's ‘ ‘ Careless Whisper' ’ . |
| 30 | She was clearly number one for Char . |