Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] the third " in BNC.
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| 1 | The case for the third , fourth and fifth defendants before this court , as before Sir Nicolas Browne-Wilkinson , is based upon the undisputed fact that none of the payments made by the investors was made to these defendants . |
| 2 | Joseph watched Tran Van Hieu 's father lower himself to the ground with difficulty for the third time . |
| 3 | AC MILAN striker Marco van Basten yesterday won the European Footballer of the Year award for the third time . |
| 4 | VAUXHALL has won a top towcar award for the third year running , scooping five of the seven trophies in the process . |
| 5 | Two goals from Wayne Biggins kept Stoke on course for the Third Division title with a 3–0 home win over Darlington . |
| 6 | She had come to visit her sister for the third year running and , as on the three previous occasions , hoped to stay for a month . |
| 7 | However , in 1977 the Munn Report recommended a common curriculum for the third and fourth years of Scottish secondary schools . |
| 8 | Morley Street carried off the Aintree Hurdle for the third successive year but was far from convincing in holding off Minorettes Girl . |
| 9 | He gained public sympathy after the third Marquess of Salisbury , the prime minister , doubted that ‘ a British constituency would elect a black man ’ . |
| 10 | For the other metals there was little further decrease in contamination after the third collection . |
| 11 | In 15 cases endoscopic treatment was successful after one treatment session , in two cases after the second , and in one case after the third . |
| 12 | SAM Torrance finished three shots ahead of his nearest challenger after the third round of the Kronenbourg Open at Salo but came off the last green a disappointed man . |
| 13 | the hotel then you come to the shops , on the left hand side about the third shop along |
| 14 | When the Foreign Secretary visits the Group of Seven summit in the summer , will he bang some heads together to try to bring forward a new deal for the third world ? |
| 15 | In their conclusion Bennett and Chorley ( 1978 , p. 541 ) suggest that systems methods have illuminated thought , clarified objectives , and cut through the theoretical and technical undergrowth during the third quarter of the twentieth century in a most striking manner but in addition : |
| 16 | It is in this context that the Conservative party presented its new programme for the third term , following the Queen 's speech ; a set of policies lent a coherence by the inner city problem : |
| 17 | Then it is across the road to the social club for the third pint , before tackling the first of the long uphill stretches to the Lamb at Denholme and the fourth pint . |
| 18 | ‘ I want a gap between the second number and the third , and another gap between the third number and the other four . ’ |
| 19 | Premium income in currency was up nearly 17% as a result of substantial rate increases and further rating action will come into effect during the third quarter . |
| 20 | JULIO ANGUITA , the leader of the Spanish Communist Party , is looking for the thief in Madrid who smashed his windscreen and broke into his car for the third time . |
| 21 | Takenhall proved the annual star turn , winning the Quintin Gilbey Trophy for the third year running . |
| 22 | Simon Wilkinson of the St Melyd club won the Aberconwy trophy for the third time in four years with a 72 hole total of 296 in his last amateur tournament before turning professional . |
| 23 | He jerked her case upright , tight-lipped , and put it by the door for her , but relaxed in exasperated pity as he watched her start to check her handbag for the third time . |
| 24 | He saved that humiliation for the third round , when he knocked Tommy out with an uppercut that the lad from Poplar never saw . |
| 25 | To investigate the molecular basis for the wide specificity of protein G for IgG , we prepared crystals of the complex between the third IgG-binding domain of protein G and an Fab fragment from mouse IgG1 ( ref. 5 ) . |
| 26 | Meaningful aid for the Third World |
| 27 | Amal lost consciousness after the third boy raped her . |
| 28 | He admitted : ‘ There was doubt in my mind after the third round and I would have preferred to win by going head to head with Nick Price . |
| 29 | The man behind the wheel of the third vehicle escaped unhurt . |
| 30 | This superiority in the visuo-spatial domain has been found in some studies to extend to perception of the third dimension . |