Example sentences of "[v-ing] third in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the former Scotland manager 's old teams , Airdrie , visit Somerset Park today — on a day when the Premier Division clubs have no matches as Scotland play on Wednesday — lying third in the First Division and keen to maintain form which has helped them overcome an uncertain beginning . |
| 2 | The Second Division outfit , who had a magnificent 18–14 win at Salford , now face a Saints ' side lying third in the Stones Bitter Championship . |
| 3 | It will also create a new ITV company , valued at about £90m , lying third in the league table behind Central in the Midlands and Carlton in London . |
| 4 | Should United beat Forest and then go on to win the championship , the UEFA Cup place will go to the team finishing third in the First Division , sparking off a League scramble between Manchester City , Sheffield Wednesday , Liverpool and Arsenal . |
| 5 | BRITAIN 'S Dave Lewis won £8,000 yesterday after finishing third in the IAAF world cross country challenge at Mol , Belgium , won by Olympic 10,000 metres champion Khalid Skah . |
| 6 | And Lawrie Smith won a bronze to salvage Britain 's disastrous Olympic yachting campaign by finishing third in the Soling Class . |
| 7 | ANDY Jones lifted the Winter League Trophy after finishing third in the final match fished at Pakefield . |
| 8 | Girardelli settled the issue by finishing third in the season 's closing giant slalom in Are , Sweden , behind fast-rising Norwegian Kjetil Andre Aamodt . |
| 9 | That was the only Ulster success of the night but the Bily Rock-trained Tadila was always in the leading group before finishing third in the Ardee Hurdle won by Shareef Alliance and should be all the better for the run . |
| 10 | Two other Section I matches see Schweppes Cup winners North Down entertaining North , with the aim of finishing third in the league to complete what for them has been a fine season . |
| 11 | Woodhill Echo went on last year to win a £1,000 open at Brough Park before finishing third in the Scottish Derby . |
| 12 | Broadhurst , who won £28,650 in finishing third in the Carrolls Irish Open at Killarney on Sunday , said : ‘ It would be nice to carry on from where I left off in Ireland . ’ |
| 13 | Price , who has returned to the sport with renewed vigour after unrelenting injury problems , won three local races before finishing third in the classy Saltwell road race on December 22 . |
| 14 | Harriers have underlined their rapidly improving road-racing status by winning their first national senior team award , finishing third in the prestigious AAA Half Marathon Championships in Bath . |
| 15 | The CDU/CDM coalition came fourth in the Federal Assembly , the CDU coming third in the Czech National Council while the CDM emerged as the second strongest group in the Slovak National Council . |
| 16 | OLYMPIC finalist Mark Foster , who swims for Barnet Copthall , claimed his second medal at the European Sprint Championships in Finland yesterday , taking third in the 50m freestyle . |
| 17 | He said : ‘ It 's terrible , particularly as we 're sitting third in the League . |