Example sentences of "for the third [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 This strategy , for the third year of work of the Enterprise Centre , will facilitate the integration of the work of the Enterprise Centre as a crucial and core activity of the University .
2 Waterloo Boy , placed for the third year in succession , was three-and-a-half lengths adrift in third , and it is highly unlikely that he can reverse the form .
3 Flying the flag : The Fijian team celebrates as it retains its grip on the Cup for the third year in succession : ( l-r ) Fijian supporter , Waisale Serevi , Tomasi Cama , Vesito Rauluni ( captain ) , Mesake Rasari , Viliami Rauluni , Filimone Seru , Ratu Sakeasi ( front ) .
4 Bomb threats by the Basque separatist group ETA disrupted Spain 's rail system over the Aug. 3-4 holiday weekend for the third year in succession .
5 The annual survey on the Norwegian economy published in early March 1991 by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) reported that inflation , then at an annual rate of 4.5 per cent , was " below the rates prevailing in most trading partner countries " , and that there was a current-account surplus for the third year in succession after several years of difficult adjustment following the mid-1980s fall in oil prices .
6 A deep hole has been discovered over Antarctica for the third year in succession .
7 Chairman 's hat-trick : Coun Norman Lantsbery had been elected chairman of Loftus Town Council for the third year in succession .
8 Waterloo Boy , placed for the third year in succession , was 3 lengths adrift in third .
9 COT deaths in England and Wales have dropped for the third year in succession .
10 Yesterday , after purple thunderheads had bled rain over the hills for the third day in succession , the air had dried up .
11 By the time the British , the Americans , and the ultimately successful Rifs from North Africa had made their assaults , the monastery was almost completely destroyed for the third time in history .
12 For the third period of history ( 1801 onwards ) a useful volume is British Population Growth 1700–1850 by M.W. Flinn ( London 1970 ) .
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