Example sentences of "[art] [num ord] [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leamington Spa , the 17th largest society in 1990 , was the first to exit from the market via a merger after declaring a loss . |
| 2 | ABSOLUT vodka , the third largest selling vodka and the 17th biggest-selling spirit brand worldwide , was imported to the UK last month , marketed by Rivalage . |
| 3 | ICI 's pharmaceuticals business is already , in effect , the 15th largest drug company in the world , ahead of such renowned outfits as Wellcome and Germany 's Schering . |
| 4 | Pharmaceuticals production : ICI is the 15th largest drug company in the world |
| 5 | Malaysia has the fourteenth largest gas reserves in the world at some 926 MTOE . |
| 6 | The second loneliest . |
| 7 | Maybe it was wishful thinking that made Thomas Jeffrey show the hill on his 18th Century map with a height of 5,280 feet — the second highest mountain in Britain , its neighbour Whernside supposedly being highest . |
| 8 | The highest point on Elgon is over 14,000ft ( 4,300m ) , making it the second highest mountain in Kenya . |
| 9 | The highest of these peaks , Wagagai ( 14,177ft/4321m ) , is in Ugandan territory and officially out of bounds , but our map showed the international boundary passing through the summit of the second highest peak ( just 20 metres lower than Wagagai ) , called Lower Elgon , so we decided to stay legal and aim for that instead . |
| 10 | Its public debt has fallen to 111% of GDP from a peak of 131% in 1987 , but this is still the second highest ( behind Belgium ) of any industrial economy . |
| 11 | He produced the second highest attendance in 150 years . |
| 12 | The doorstep talk has been mostly of the economy ; Willesden County Court , has dealt with the second highest number of repossessions in the country . |
| 13 | Gary Havelock , their newly-appointed captain , was the second highest scorer with 14 . |
| 14 | Today we stay on the bike route along the Hohenaurern to Neukirchen am Groussvenegiger ( the second highest mountain in Austria ) . |
| 15 | In terms of per capita income Norway has the second highest standard of living in Europe . |
| 16 | Money is the second highest cause for breakdown of second marriages . |
| 17 | A member of the public asked why Liphook had the second highest precept . |
| 18 | Britain has the second highest percentage of tree damage after Czechoslovakia . |
| 19 | He was the second highest wicket-taker in the Red Stripe Cup with 23 ( at 17.61 ) in the five matches and surprised the Englishmen with his lively pace and out-swing . |
| 20 | It is claimed that Altrincham has the second highest capital income in the country . |
| 21 | It is £100,000 more than the estimated cost the council had put on the work , and more than £32,000 more than the second highest bid . |
| 22 | ‘ Britain has the second highest level of taxes on alcohol in the EC and many are suffering as a result , ’ she said . |
| 23 | A spokesman for the group , the second highest chart entry with Bulletproof ! at No. |
| 24 | Mount Tasman , at 11,482ft the second highest mountain , must now be in line for a reversal of the pecking order . |
| 25 | Dutch VAT charges , currently the second highest in Europe ( only Denmark is higher at 22% ) would , it has been argued , put Dutch culture at a disadvantage if , and when , the Maastricht Treaty is ratified . |
| 26 | THERE are renewed fears that the scenically spectacular Cairngorm estate of Mar Lodge — which contains Ben MacDhui , the second highest mountain in Britain — might be lost to the nation following a failure by conservation bodies to put together a financial package to buy it . |
| 27 | Yet Mar Lodge remains a remote and beautiful place , and full of superb examples of almost all the classic Highland habitats , from the flood-plain terraces of the River Dee to the montane grasslands of Ben MacDui , the second highest peak in Scotland . |
| 28 | North Tyneside is a ‘ programme authority ’ for the purposes of urban programming , which puts it in the second highest division of local authorities for central assistance , which is inner-city related . |
| 29 | Pitts ( 1986 ) quotes Midland Probation Service figures which indicate that the second highest category of offence resulting in arrest for young blacks are those arising from confrontation with the police , offences he notes , which occur after the police arrive . |
| 30 | En route to amassing that sum , the second highest of his career , he passed the £1 million mark in career earnings . |