Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [prep] third " in BNC.

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1 The East German won , the Frenchman came second and Allan qualified in third place .
2 Individuals are not accorded the protection given to third States to treaties of having to assent in writing to the imposition of burdens upon them .
3 It read : ‘ Not only is debt partly responsible for the slump in commodity prices ; it also devours the money earned by Third World exports .
4 Clifford Geertz follows with a luminous sketch of anthropological psychology , while Richard Gregory gallops in third with his now familiar but lively inferences from illusions .
5 It must be stressed that one should not rely on the proposition that the grounds of fault contained within third party correspondence are exhaustive .
6 The picture which emerges is not of a remedy in rem in the sense of an initial action granted against third parties in possession of the property under trust ; instead the missio was a means of execution against third parties which was available following a normal action in personam .
7 ‘ Having read your manifesto I feel bound to add that your racist policies , your opposition to aid for third world countries , and your proposals for the quarantining of those carry the AIDS virus are deeply repugnant to the Christian consciousness . ’
8 In the individual years 1980 to 1984 , the proportion of investment going to Third World countries , as derived from a survey of the leading 40 UK manufacturing corporations , varied between 10 and 26 per cent .
9 Rainey 's Italian team-mate Luca Cadalora won today 's event , holding off a late charge by Doohan while Schwantz settled for third after throttling back because of problems with his front tyre .
10 THE GREAT Cordoba bubble burst with the impact of an exploding bomb as Sheikh Mohammed 's heavily hyped colt trailed in third behind the 20-1 outsider , Balla Cove , in yesterday 's Middle Park Stakes at Newmarket .
11 One commercial , or perhaps ‘ propaganda film ’ is a better description , that does this is a controversial piece arguing against Third World debt and calling on viewers to lobby their MPs .
12 In Stockport Labour jumped from third to first place in terms of votes cast , and in Leeds it added almost 10% to take its share to over 55% .
13 The failure of the rule-based systems has led some researchers to talk about third generation machines and others to return to the more basic systems from the 1960's .
14 New Zealander Greg Turner moved into third place on 13 under with a birdie , his sixth of the day , at the last .
15 The world 's population tops five billion.The prices of the commodities exported by Third World countries , which have declined throughout the 1980s , reach their lowest level of the decade , at around 65 per cent of their average value in the 1970s .
16 Wrexham finished in third place overall with 167 points , behind Rotherham ( 231 ) and Preston ( 215 ) .
17 Summit leaders called on all countries to contribute to Third World aid by assisting victims of " the unprecedented drought in southern Africa " .
18 It sealed a comfortable victory and sent Rovers soaring into third place in the table .
19 The agreement is being cited as a model for other companies working in Third World countries .
20 Karate Kids is a ‘ -minute AIDS education cartoon aimed at Third World street kids .
21 Karate Kids is a ‘ -minute AIDS education cartoon aimed at Third World street kids .
22 Widnes lie in third place , three points behind leaders Toft who beat Urmston by 22 runs and one point behind Didsbury who won by four wickets at Cheadle Hulme .
23 With Llanelli held to a draw , Neath took the opportunity to leapfrog into third place with a 27–15 home win over South Wales Police .
24 This obscures the fact that although States act as their representatives in international arenas , individuals remain as third parties .
25 And some of the worst excesses during this period came from Third World governments , such as Sanjay Ghandi 's notorious sterilisation campaign in India in 1976 .
26 Nafuth to win at third attempt
27 CHESTER World Development Day takes place on Saturday , June 26 when people can take part in workshops based on Third World topics or listen to discussions on global issues by guest speakers , including Gyles Brandreth MP , in the Town Hall .
28 In Canada , Niki narrowly lost out to Nelson Piquet and Prost trailed in third ; on Detroit 's bumpy street circuit , which Niki liked no better than he liked Monaco , Piquet scored a double .
29 The document also asserts that Pearl 's market position in new annual premiums for UK life and pensions business fell from third in 1978 to 15th by 1988 .
30 Had Robinson 's throw from mid-on hit the stumps , there would have been no need to call on third umpire Chris Balderstone and TV replays for a verdict .
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