Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [noun sg] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it has been that way for five seasons . |
| 2 | Siddhi , who had been Foreign Minister for 10 years but was considered hostile to Chatichai 's Cambodia policy and to any rapprochement with Vietnam [ see p. 37654 ] , was dropped altogether from the government . |
| 3 | Fairfax has n't been this way for twenty years . |
| 4 | They 'll also want to know why you 're doing it , when there 's been constant obstruction for two years . |
| 5 | He had been Prime Minister for eight years and 241 days . |
| 6 | Another notable resident then was the Honourable Thomas Walpole , the second son of Lord Walpole of Wotterton , Norfolk , and the younger brother of the great Sir Robert Walpole , who had been Prime Minister for twenty-two years during the first half of the eighteenth century . |
| 7 | The hon. Gentleman is clearly under the misapprehension that I have been Prime Minister for 50 years — not yet . |
| 8 | There may be little rain for ten months of the year — and in some years there may be no rain at all . |
| 9 | It 'll be essential reading for hundreds of parents pinning their hopes on Peto . |
| 10 | If exclusive purchasing is then instituted , there may be enough custom for one retailer of each product . |
| 11 | The break-up of the Soviet Union could be big business for one Darlington resident . |
| 12 | A three-and-a-half hour run can be superhuman effort for one person and a slow training run for another . |
| 13 | If this is the first plan to be drawn up , this will probably be sufficient matter for one meeting ; in subsequent years it will be possible to proceed more quickly . |
| 14 | It is easy to compile a list of books for a national curriculum which are essential reading for 16 year olds , and which is so long no average 16 year old will have time to read them all . |
| 15 | And so a couple of hours later , it was Burkett who drove the coach and four to the top of Dunmail Raise while Hope and Sylvia walked behind to spare the horses the effort , even though , as Burkett had pointed out , two passengers were light work for four horses . |
| 16 | Congress , not so long ago we had Panorama and I T V , and I congratulate both of 'em , for highlighting to the world the problems of temporary and low paid part-time workers , where one agent went under cover and where Panorama highlighted that temporary working conditions , not of back-street sweatshops , not of the little corner shops down the road , or th or the little needlework factories , but of E M I , one of our biggest producers in this country , that they were employing labour for one year eleven months and twenty eight days and then sacking 'em . |
| 17 | In the morning foursomes Alliss and Dawson were level par for 17 holes in defeating Bruce Critchley and Warren Humphreys on the 18th green , the only blemish on their card coming in the shape of a 7 on the 7th hole . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've been practising golf for two weeks in Florida and now I ca n't hit the ball properly . |
| 19 | is eight pound for four packs and all the spacers and everything . |
| 20 | There is specific provision for two items to be taken into account as a prior charge on the assets before any division is made . |
| 21 | So that what is acceptable practice for one group might not be acceptable practice for another . |
| 22 | There 's another silence for five long seconds . |
| 23 | There is sleeping accommodation for 25 people at Postgate House . |
| 24 | There is widespread support for two recommendations , that history has an important place in the National Curriculum and that teachers should be sensitive to the developmental needs of children . |
| 25 | Although BSC says it is halting production for three weeks because of a sharp drop in demand , unions and all Scottish parties fear the unprecedented break could be a prelude to something much worse . |
| 26 | While this is good news for millions of borrowers and mortgage holders , it is not such a rosy picture for those people who have come to expect a healthy return from their savings accounts . |
| 27 | I could n't figure out which were and when the girl er , you know , when , when I took it to the counter she she said , ooh this is good value for four ninety nine ! |
| 28 | Numbers — Although it 's good fun for three or more people to abseil down a rope at the same time , normally no more than two should be attached to the same descendeur . |
| 29 | I think it 's I think it 's one voucher for fifteen litres . |
| 30 | Reluctant at first — there 's one grin for one glare , |