Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] third " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said the gross cost of the scheme would be £150million , but the liquidators expected to be able to return over £60million and the net cost would be reduced still further if sums were received from third parties . |
| 2 | The Liberal Democrats were pushed into third place in most seats , and failed to win their target constituencies of Hereford and Birmingham Yardley . |
| 3 | THERE was a time when nepotism and fleecing the public purse were associated with Third World countries , while our government and civil service were held up as models of rectitude . |
| 4 | The Gunners were edged into third spot overall by Liverpool , whose £5.8m haul included £1.3m for their FA Cup final triumph . |
| 5 | Labour held Hemsworth , where the Conservatives were beaten into third place by the Liberal Democrats . |
| 6 | Amery was convinced of the need to introduce a scheme of family allowance even if , in the interest of economy , it was limited to third and subsequent children ; and now he was finding more support for that view from the Conservative benches as well as from other parties . |
| 7 | Following failure to make any progress at conciliation on the above issue , the matter was referred to Third Party Mediation . |
| 8 | He was succeeded as third Baron Northwick by his nephew , George Rushout-Bowles , MP . |
| 9 | Mr Peter Allen , the Liberal Democrat candidate was pushed into third place with about 8,400 votes . |
| 10 | For brief moments that day she could almost believe she was talking about third parties . |
| 11 | The men retained the 5,000m gold , although last year 's winner Jeremy Freeman , was beaten into third spot by England international Dale Laughlin , former Anglo-European pupil now living in Romford , who showed a smart pair of heels . |
| 12 | The crushing defeat of the NDP raised questions as to the political future of Haynes — once commonly described as " the second most powerful man in Barbados " — who was beaten into third place in his own constituency . |
| 13 | The Labour candidate was beaten into third place with only 12 per cent . |