Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Delegates to the signing conference in Lucerne warned that funding for environmental projects would be extremely constrained for the next five to 10 years . |
| 2 | The patient recovered but needed further glucose infusions for recurring hypoglycaemia and remained somewhat confused for the next 48 h . |
| 3 | Legends about the Babylonian and Persian period were revived — or perhaps invented for the first time — to encourage faithfulness to the Mosaic Law in the new conditions . |
| 4 | Fortunately for Napoleon III , Alexander II was so involved for the next six years with the internal reconstruction of his Empire , which the Crimean War had shown to be lamentably weak , that he had no time for a ‘ forward ’ policy in Europe which might thwart French designs . |
| 5 | Many of them are only followed for the first pitch , either because they finish up easier slabs ( which might well suit some people ) or become much harder . |
| 6 | Moments after the fighter had dipped its wings , the RAF ensign was gently lowered for the last time at Biggin Hill , Kent . |
| 7 | When we had all assembled for the first plenary session to approve the agenda , I was all ready with my dissenting speech when it was announced by the Secretary General that the additional items would be included in the agenda if the other matters already there were completed in time to consider additional ones . |
| 8 | Just picked for the first trial . |
| 9 | The weather forecast is good and rain is not expected for the next few days . |
| 10 | Each time one hip thrusts forwards , the other draws back by an equal amount and is thus cocked for the next punch . |
| 11 | ‘ Oh , just make sure we 're not disturbed for the next half-hour , will you ? ’ |
| 12 | He applied for the first chair and then thought better of it and withdrew the application ; refused to apply for the second despite the supplications of Cambridge friends ; and finally applied for the third , the chair of primacy , the regius chair made vacant by the retirement of Charles Raven . |
| 13 | Both knew that the other knew that Steve and Maria Luisa had n't just met for the first time . |
| 14 | The guidance will be similar to that already produced for the first phase of general SVQs . |
| 15 | If clutter is your only problem , be ruthless and get rid of anything hanging around that you have not used for the last six months , and put anything else away in a cupboard , cabinet or closet somewhere . |
| 16 | I 've not cared for the last few at all , but this one I 'd definitely play on the radio . |
| 17 | This show was most generously sponsored for the fourth year running by Next , who take a keen interest in the RCA . |
| 18 | Bidders missing the deadline for offers or not shortlisted for the second phase may not be readmitted . |
| 19 | The price list agreed by masters and men in 1787 was generally observed for the next twenty years and with employment brisk , knitters were able to earn , up to 1810 , 14 to 15s ( 70-75p ) a week for a twelve- to thirteen-hour day : too much for their own good , according to a local clerical magistrate . |
| 20 | From the responses just deduced for the first three Chebyshev orders it may be appreciated that , for all orders , the transfer function ripples between unity and in the pass band . |
| 21 | Because of Berkeley 's criticisms of them , Locke 's views on language and abstract ideas , views which were implicit in the discussion of nominal essences , are best left for the next chapter . |
| 22 | The Brichardi have just bred for the first time and have a healthy brood of 20 or so fry . |
| 23 | With the Royal you are not covered for the first £100 of any claim , unless you pay an additional premium of 10% , which will reduce the excess to £50 . |
| 24 | What pulls Sugar ( and the innocent bystander ) through is their stunningly simplistic pop prowess and the fact that some of the new material — already recorded for the next album — is actually better than ‘ Copper Blue ’ . |
| 25 | Inter-word boundary effects were not implemented for the first prototype . |
| 26 | To see this , imagine repeating for a second country the process just described for the first . |
| 27 | The UK government argues that EIAs are not required for the first two schemes , on the grounds that they date from before July 1988 , when the relevant EC directive came into force . |
| 28 | Payment of income support is related to pension payment days , and she was not remunerated for the first five days of the elderly person 's occupation . |
| 29 | Next morning , through the sheets of rain , another glimpse of Scottish eighteenth-century life : the men of the Macleods left the castle early bound for the next large sea-loch south of Dunvegan , Loch Bracadale , to say goodbye to emigrants bound for America . |
| 30 | The foundations of the colonial era , during which white European nations dominated vast areas of Asia , Africa and Latin America , were fatally undermined for the first time during the turbulent second decade of the twentieth century . |