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 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | They were thought to have been driven away by a third man in a stolen Golf GTi . |
| 5 | At present the language still has to be adopted commercially by a third party . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | TOP STORES were slammed yesterday after a third of their ham was found to be contaminated with food bugs . |
| 8 | Two have been built already , and work is continuing furiously on the third . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Marsden was bowled early on the third morning for 16 so losing the match by an overwhelming innings and 50 runs . |