Example sentences of "a record " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sat in the opposite chair while Lucy put a record on ; she flung one leg across the other knee , rolled a cigarette and contained the volcano surging from her clitoris to tight silent lips . |
| 2 | This year 's total of 56 participating nations is a record for the Federation Cup . |
| 3 | Now who else managed a record like that ? |
| 4 | Jimmy Connors ' career holds a record of one hundred and nine singles titles and over eight millions dollars won in prize money alone . |
| 5 | A record 86 nations entered the 1991 Davis Cup by NEC . |
| 6 | A record quantity of 14 million tonnes was carried in 1987–8 , of which over three-quarters were destined for the South East . |
| 7 | The document which Bishop Tikhon will read puts Raskolnikov in Svidrigailov 's shoes because it is a record of the excesses a mortally jaded palate has got up to . |
| 8 | The Eurobond market is on course for a record year after registering a volume of $165bn for the first nine months according to Euromoney Bondware . |
| 9 | A record balance of payments deficit is not the right background for enforced increases in industrial costs . |
| 10 | Meanwhile new credit was a record £4bn in August , partly because of strong car sales and also credit card holiday bookings . |
| 11 | Ballesteros won the title in 1981 , 1982 , 1984 and 1985 , and will make a record 14th successive appearance . |
| 12 | Page 30 Dow record : A surprise buying rush took the New York Stock Exchange to a record close . |
| 13 | Outlook , page 31 World Markets New York : Programme buying and a rush of panicky short-covering saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average finish at a record 2,754.56 , up 40.84 Tokyo : A flood of sell orders from investment trusts redeeming funds for clients brought a sharp fall in the Nikkei average , down 256.6 to 35,366.37 . |
| 14 | It is safe to assume that these were prominent factors when Biggs was considered as a possible opponent for Mason who will go to his corner at the Royal Albert Hall in London tonight with a record of 31 professional victories , 30 inside the distance . |
| 15 | He finished his career in 1952 with a record of 67 wins , including 52 knockouts , six draws and 10 losses . |
| 16 | In Britain , the home of strong government and political stability , the post-war years — or , at least , since 1964 — have been marked by an instability of policy , intensifying social conflict and a record of economic failure . |
| 17 | It is because Britain will resist that idea in Malaysia that Whitehall is so anxious to build up a record of consultation , commitment and sympathy towards the majority in South Africa . |
| 18 | Mr Adams pointed out that the profits of Ford of Britain had risen for the third year running to a record £673m and he calculated a further increase to £710m was likely this year . |
| 19 | Having lost their captain , Zbigniew Boniek , arguably the greatest of Polish footballers , to Juventus , Widzew saw Dziekanowski as a replacement and so , at 21 , ‘ Jacki ’ was transferred in 1984 for 21m zlotys , a record between Polish clubs , amounting at that time to some £200,000 . |
| 20 | French Glory , who deprived Nashwan of second in the Niel , has the assistance of Pat Eddery , who will be trying for a record fifth Arc win . |
| 21 | The Independent , which celebrates its third birthday today , achieved a record circulation in September of 419,000 copies a day . |
| 22 | DAVID JAMES , the recently-appointed chairman of Eagle Trust which is under investigation by the Serious Fraud Squad and the West Midlands Police , has made attempts to freeze payments totalling £227,000 authorised by the previous chairman Malcolm Stockdale to John Carway , a Dublin-based financier with a record of drugs and fraud offences . |
| 23 | They came straight back down in 1969 , and on a record 14 occasions have owed continued League status to the old block vote system of re-election . |
| 24 | Aubrey Boomer 's tournament career was also confined to the Continent , where he was extremely successful , winning the French Open a record five times between 1921 and 1931 , the Belgian Open twice , the Dutch Open twice and the Italian Open once . |
| 25 | Yesterday , Clark improved his average with a tie-breaking , two-run single in the eighth inning — and a record 13th hit of the series — to give him a .650 average in the play-offs . |
| 26 | Paris : Intense speculative interest in merchant bank Paribas was the feature of a session in which the CAC-40 index posted a record 1,961.74 , up 19.2 . |
| 27 | As for the comparison with regions within the country which do not have balance of payments accounts , the balance of payments is a record of transactions between areas with genuine informational content even in these examples . |
| 28 | Dagenham produced a record number of engines last year . |
| 29 | A RECORD sponsorship deal of £500,000 for fringe theatre , dance and music companies was announced yesterday . |
| 30 | Growing up in Zimbabwe the group were as likely to hear a record by The Beatles as they were one by a local performer . |