Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv] [prep] [art] third " in BNC.
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| 1 | For simplicity , the data are given only for every third year from 1973 to 1985 . |
| 2 | Now the Japanese are gearing up for a third try . |
| 3 | The reader might like to check that , if the second and third digits are used instead of the third and fourth , there will be seven synonyms instead of eight ( 00 , 01 , 01 , 04 , 09 , 12 , 12 ) . |
| 4 | The war in the Gulf was a reminder of the instability along NATO 's southern flank ; long-range missiles are spreading dangerously in the third world ; Eastern Europe is never short of alarming political wobbles . |
| 5 | They were thought to have been driven away by a third man in a stolen Golf GTi . |
| 6 | At present the language still has to be adopted commercially by a third party . |
| 7 | He did not disclose the substance of the Libyan suggestions but a delegate at the meeting told Reuters : ‘ Libya 's proposals are still along the lines of its known positions , that the two could be tried only in a third country and not in the United States or Britain . ’ |
| 8 | TOP STORES were slammed yesterday after a third of their ham was found to be contaminated with food bugs . |
| 9 | ( In fact , over fifty additional questionnaires had been sent in by the third week in November ) . |
| 10 | Independent fieldwork for an honours thesis is carried out between the third and fourth years of study . |
| 11 | This is borne out by the third type of managerialist study — that of the role of external ‘ pressure groups ’ in local politics . |
| 12 | This is brought about by a third type of neurone , which forms synapses close to the synaptic terminals of the sensory cells . |
| 13 | Two have been built already , and work is continuing furiously on the third . |
| 14 | It is even closer to Paul 's description of the man who was caught up into the third heaven ( 2 Corinthians 12:2 ) . |
| 15 | This exercise was carried out by a third year group in a secondary school studying a cholera epidemic . |
| 16 | Haider , in office since 1989 [ see pp. 37688 ; 36596 ] , had caused a furore by declaring on June 13 during a Landtag ( provincial parliament ) debate that " an orderly employment policy was carried out in the Third Reich , which the government in Vienna can not manage " . |
| 17 | For walking scenes involving the full-size model , only the upper half appeared , making things easier for the puppeteer underneath , since the weight was reduced by about a third . |
| 18 | The Congress ( I ) Chief Minister , Pratap Singh Rane , who had been acting in a caretaker capacity after the legislative elections , was sworn in for a third term as Chief Minister . |
| 19 | Following the narrow victory of the Dominica Freedom Party ( DFP ) in the general election of May 28 [ see pp. 37448-49 ] , Eugenia Charles was sworn in for a third consecutive five-year term as Prime Minister and in early June announced sweeping changes to her Cabinet . |
| 20 | It was while Cecilia was running upstairs for the third time to tell Tina she must get up , she really must or she would be late for school , that she heard the Cambridge School bell utter a single toll . |
| 21 | The fastest way to talk to Grosvenor Square was to get back to the third floor . |
| 22 | Marsden was bowled early on the third morning for 16 so losing the match by an overwhelming innings and 50 runs . |