Example sentences of "in three [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Managers were always going to hit the first target once they realised that a one in three rota without prospective cover fitted the limit of 83 hours a week exactly . |
| 2 | By the year 2000 , the Government wants to see one in three school leavers entering a university or college . |
| 3 | Steve McMahon , who figured in three title triumphs at Liverpool , admitted to being unsure of what role he was supposed to play in determining the destiny of this season 's major prize . |
| 4 | The system carries signals in three frequency hands . |
| 5 | This result agrees with our experience for surfaces embedded in three space . |
| 6 | The couple sought information about starting a family , and were advised that there was a two in three chance of the child being similarly affected . |
| 7 | Smokers have a one in three chance of dying from their habit due to lung cancer , heart diseases , strokes and a wide variety of other cancers . |
| 8 | A Countryside Commission survey found that walkers had only a one in three chance of completing a two mile walk along rights of way . |
| 9 | God in three person , father son and Holy Spirit , and yet one god . |
| 10 | ‘ I have shared in three promotion triumphs in my career . |
| 11 | Successful in three hurdle races in the West Country , Mardood won on the Flat at Catterick last month and was completing a nap hand inside seven weeks . |
| 12 | I 've got to cook the meal in three hour and to ( ? ) in Birmingham in the College of Food , and it will be ( ? ) , |
| 13 | Sensiq skin care is dermatologically tested and available in three skin types : Oily , Dry and Normal/Combination . |
| 14 | The project involves studying practice in three court areas with different levels of unemployment and , in each area , in courts with different sentencing patterns . |
| 15 | This project examines the process whereby micro-electronics is being introduced , and its consequences , in three service sectors : banking , hospital care and retail distribution . |
| 16 | Fussler , in an attempt to analyse the importance of journals in physics and chemistry before the advent of the Science Citation Index , selected a single ‘ key ’ journal in each specialty , and listed references in three sample years spaced at twenty-year intervals . |
| 17 | The results for each question were analysed in three attainment bands , each band containing one-third of the lower attaining pupils who took the test during their fourth year in secondary schools ( 1984–5 or 1985–6 ) . |
| 18 | Lloyd won his fourth toss and , after Greenidge had gone for a duck , Richards shared in three century stands . |
| 19 | Cole ( 1986 ) has investigated twelve high-use and twelve low-use campsites located away from the main tourist access routes in three desert vegetation types consisting of desert scrub , catclaw ( Acacia greggi ) and piñon-juniper ( Pinus edulie–Juniperus osteosperma ) communities . |
| 20 | Manufactured of water felted mineral fibre , Donn Products ' new Auratone Nordic ceiling panel has a smoothly pebbled texture with a random surface perforation and is supplied in three edge profiles . |
| 21 | Nearly one in three credit buyers said that the type of credit they used had been a standing arrangement , and so something they used virtually automatically . |
| 22 | One in three credit buyers have still been paying off some previous transaction with the same lender when they have arranged their most recent significant credit purchase . |
| 23 | The research is aimed at identifying middle class fractions in three case study areas ( Gower , Stroud and rural Berkshire ) , and then evaluating the differential impact of these fractions on their local economies . |
| 24 | Setting off from Rosedale village centre ( the bakery there does a rather stunning line in apricot and mincemeat slices ) , we headed up towards the infamous Chimney Bank ( a one in three climb , used for the British National Hillclimb Championships ) . |
| 25 | Nearly one in three experience difficulties before 100 hours , mostly in control equipment and jigs that hold work in place . |
| 26 | COHSE says experience in three West Dorset trusts , the South Devon Healthcare NHS Trust and the East Gloucestershire NHS Trust has not convinced it of PRP 's worth . |
| 27 | ARMAGH put their faith in three championship newcomers against Fermanagh at Irvinestown . |
| 28 | I am fascinated by the roads and tracks and the steeplechase phases in Three Day Events . |
| 29 | London in three day 's time and Virginia . |
| 30 | Observations are derived from a 12-month empirical study conducted during 1986/7 of the interactions between users and staff in three day centres in a large northern town . |