Example sentences of "[num] for the third " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oxford have dropped down into the bottom half of the table , after losing by 1-0 for the third match running . |
| 2 | Agency new business increased in value and in the number of appointments in 1991 for the third consecutive year , according to the New Business Monitor compiled by Anthony Rau & Associates . |
| 3 | The rate of destruction of the Amazon rainforest slowed during 1991 for the third year running , according to satellite evidence . |
| 4 | With Kallicharran , who made 97 , he put on 303 for the third wicket , with some wonderful strokes all round the wicket that culminated in 36 runs off his last 13 balls before holing out on the boundary . |
| 5 | They collapsed from 200–2 after Nick Speak ( 99 ) and Neil Fairbrother ( 53 ) belted 141 for the third wicket , with Essex paceman Steve Andrew grabbing a career best 7–47 . |
| 6 | So sixteen in the first block , sixteen for the third block and sixteen for the intervening block . |
| 7 | Fowler and Gower held him up for a while with 91 for the third wicket , but by the close of play he had two more — including a caught and bowled — and on Monday morning , cutting down his run-up , he polished off the tail to finish with 7 for 53 . |
| 8 | Ashok Patel ( 48 ) and David Borthwick ( 50 ) added 77 for the third wicket . |
| 9 | Martyn moved past 50 for the third successive innings and by the close had reached 84 off 153 balls . |
| 10 | Last year I was fifteen for the third time round . |
| 11 | The Llandudno star figured in a stand of 96 for the third wicket , partnering team captain Dave Wallace , who hit a steady 38 . |
| 12 | West Indies soon lost their openers , but then Gomes went glory-chasing ; with Richards , he put on 206 for the third wicket and , with Lloyd , 124 for the fifth . |
| 13 | Experts from 118 signatory countries met in Geneva on Sept. 9-27 for the third review conference of the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention [ see p. 25237-39 ] . |
| 14 | At Adelaide came 150 in 3½ hours ( a record 281 for the third wicket with Keith Rigg ) , then 128 at home against Queensland . |
| 15 | Then , at Moor Allerton Golf Club in August 1978 , George , with a net 73 , won the Maxwell Hart Trophy for Greenkeepers over 60 for the third successive year ! |
| 16 | England wicketkeeper Alec Stewart hit 75 and helped Thorpe put on 136 for the third wicket but Surrey could only manage 233 for six in 83 overs . |
| 17 | The dismal figures of a net loss of $7.7 million for the nine months ended September 1992 , compared to $5.4 million for the same period last year , and a net loss of $13.2 million for the third quarter with a loss per share of $0.25 ( compared to $0.22 per share last third quarter ) were almost obscured by the announcement that the company will be raising its buyer 's premium from 10% to 15% as from January 1993 . |
| 18 | Representatives of Japan and North Korea met in Beijing on May 20 for the third round of the ongoing normalization talks . |