Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] a third " in BNC.

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1 The first time one person whispered in the ear of another to make or break a third person 's reputation , then public relations was born .
2 So that you 're not think , Oh You 're first thought cos I know the way you you were working , you 're thinking Oh if I just double that , half it or take a third of it or something like that .
3 But theorists have already been busy for the past few years working on schemes that incorporate a third force , the strong nuclear force , with electroweak theory .
4 Neither bore much fruit ; nor did a third near Basrah in December .
5 Further evidence in support of this comes from studies that introduced a third term , in the form of a nonsense word , in contrast to more and less .
6 A dog that gains a third prize is a dog that lacks quality and is not perfect in construction , but one that still can not be called a poor specimen .
7 Jiminez de Arechaga concludes that recognising a third party 's assent through its actions shows that the third party is taking advantage of a pre-existing right , and is not concluding a collateral agreement .
8 Glentoran 's Neil Candlish , looking like his old explosive self , hit two in eight minutes and made a third for Damien Kelly with a superb cross , as the Glens swept into a three goal interval lead .
9 As long as the Bill goes through Committee and receives a Third Reading , the King 's Cross project will go ahead regardless of the timing of the link between the channel tunnel and London .
10 This behaved in the same way as the first unit , so I took this one back and got a third
11 ‘ We wish to break totally from the liberal capitalism of the West and the state capitalism of the East , and want a third path which is compatible with an ecological society . ’
12 President Bush explained on Wednesday that he decided to send in thousands of marines to capture General Noriega and restore democracy in Panama , after forces under Noriega 's command killed one unarmed US serviceman , wounded another , arrested and assaulted a third and brutally interrogated his wife , threatening her with sexual abuse .
13 Captain Roskill records that due to error there was no effective naval cover for the operation and German E boats succeeded in sinking two landing ships and damaging a third .
14 I have written to the BBC asking them to reconsider and do a third series .
15 The most appealing strategy is integration or collaboration , by which groups in conflict modify their views and seek a third alternative .
16 Manville had pruned Hayman 's original shortlist of five to just two names , and added a third of his own choosing from the original dossier .
17 But Derby kept up their hundred percent home record and added a third goal with thunderous free kick .
18 During the year , GTI added surface mount products for the mobile communications market as well as ISDN devices to its range of offerings , and opened a third manufacturing facility in China .
19 A woman has the right to stop work until her child is three and gets a third of her salary for the first 18 months .
20 They continued to do some work in this area and developed a third expert system for another circuit board in exactly the same way .
21 On July 10 the President then dissolved the entire transitional government for the second time and named a third adminstration which excluded Mohamed Taki on July 16 [ for earlier administrations see pp. 38706-07 ; 38902 ] .
22 The second option is to close the fund to new business , lay off the staff and pay a third party to carry out the investment management and administration on behalf of the policyholders .
23 Further down the road , in 1997 , DEC estimates a total of five million Alphas will be built , with DEC making a third of them and having a third of that left , some 500,000 pieces , to sell on the open market .
24 Further down the road , in 1997 , DEC estimates a total of 5m Alphas will be made , with DEC making a third of them and having a third of that number left , some 500,000 chips , to sell on the open market .
25 The view was that people ordered their affairs on the basis of their contractual liability and to allow a third party to sue in tort would upset this arrangement .
26 The court heard that after the men were arrested the RSPCA returned to the land to try and retrieve a third terrier which was down the sett .
27 With Noakes 's help , they formed a pillow from two sheets , and fixed a third behind the slab to make a screen .
28 A proviso stipulated though , that should the working produce a profit ( nett ) of £10,000 a year , then be could at the beginning of any of the sub-terms enter as a partner and receive one-third of the nett profit instead of the aforesaid one-quarter ; and to pay a third of the expenses .
29 A Mr Ashton had given evidence to the Inquiry and quoted a third party , who appeared to criticise its works .
30 Only when Chuck reloaded and shot a third time did the animal slowly crumple to the ground and roll onto its side , leaving one great horn curving majestically upward above the tall grass .
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