Example sentences of "for the third [noun sg] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pfizer reported net profits of $274.7m for the third quarter of 1991 , 13 per cent higher than in the same period in 1990 . |
| 2 | The fall of 17 per cent in company liquidations for the third quarter of 1991 brings us down to a figure which is still 44 per cent higher than the same period ; it does not yet represent a net recovery . |
| 3 | The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OPEC ) held its 91st ministerial meeting in Vienna on May 21-22 , and decided to " roll over " for the third quarter of 1992 the overall output ceiling of 22,982,000 barrels per day ( bpd ) , in view of the relative firmness of prices ( around US$18.50 for the representative " basket " of crudes on which the OPEC reference price , currently $21 , was calculated ) . |
| 4 | The current account showed a surplus of US$6,000,000 for the third quarter of 1990 , compared with a deficit of US$49,000,000 for the same period in 1989 . |
| 5 | Either an early access or a general availability announcement has been set for the third quarter of 1993 , three to six months before OSF . |
| 6 | For Leconte , who only four months earlier had undergone back surgery for the third time in little more than two years , it had seen the re-birth of what was — and can be again — a gloriously entertaining , as well as effective , career . |
| 7 | For the third time in recent months residents sufferered the nuisance and threat of unwanted neighbours . |
| 8 | Economics ( and the fear of being bored witless for the third time in 10 days ) demanded that I , and my son , only got to the first two matches and watched from the Kop . |
| 9 | DERRY City manager , Roy Coyle , made another bold move into the transfer market for the third time in 10 days to gain the services of yet another Scottish player . |
| 10 | DERRY City manager Roy Coyle has entered the transfer market for the third time in 10 days . |
| 11 | Troubled by a cold and a painful left shoulder , he managed only a 73 and for the third time in four starts missed the cut . |
| 12 | And next weekend they 'll be attempting to win Ulster golf 's prestigious under-age tournament , the Fred Daly trophy , for the third time in four years . |
| 13 | Simon Wilkinson of the St Melyd club won the Aberconwy trophy for the third time in four years with a 72 hole total of 296 in his last amateur tournament before turning professional . |
| 14 | Another Briton , Martin Brundle , driving a Ligier , finished fifth , collecting points for his team for the third time in four races , and Austrian Karl Wendlinger finished sixth in a Sauber . |
| 15 | While Baldwin 's succession to Bonar Law in 1923 has been almost overdiscussed , practically no attention has been given to the way in which he slipped in for the third time in 1935 . |
| 16 | On April 13th the government devalued the peseta , by 8% , for the third time in eight months . |
| 17 | A Fire engine stands outside Bullingdon prison for the third time in ten days . |
| 18 | For the third time in twenty-four hours , the King replied that it was out of the question . |
| 19 | The third wicket saw 81 added , Atherton presenting a broad bat-face to Mushtaq Ahmed 's spin mixture , before Smith fell to Mushtaq for the third time in seven Test innings . |
| 20 | But the Stokesley sprinter , whose season has been delayed by the combined effects of study and injury , summarily dismissed her chances of qualifying for a second successive Olympic Games after winning the 200 metres title for the third time in seven years . |
| 21 | For the third period in general management for the rest of her working life , I assess her annual salary at fifteen thousand nine hundred pounds net , to which I apply a multiplier of twelve to reach the figure of one hundred and ninety thousand eight hundred pounds . |
| 22 | A sensible aid policy — not just for Russia and Eastern Europe , but for the third world in general — calls for careful priorities , realistic goals and , above all , an understanding that the quality of aid matters much more than the quantity . |