Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] the [num ord] [adj -est] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sunderland has the fourth highest number of smoking related deaths in the U K. Low birth weights are more common . |
| 2 | Clacton has the third highest rate in Britain . |
| 3 | Mexico has the seventh largest oil and gas reserves in the world but the country 's comparatively recent admission to the hydrocarbon élite has proved a mixed blessing in the face of the fall in crude prices and a massive debt burden caused by extravagant , ill-managed and grandiose schemes to kick a Third World country into the twentieth century . |
| 4 | Surprisingly , Northern Ireland has the third highest death rate from skin cancer in the world . |
| 5 | The Scottish industry minister , Allan Stewart , said that the rise in the seasonally adjusted figure was the lowest since last March and Scotland had the third lowest unemployment rate of all UK regions . |
| 6 | A member of the public asked why Liphook had the second highest precept . |
| 7 | Bel-Korhadris had the second longest reign of any Phoenix King . |
| 8 | Canada has the eighth largest coal resources in the world and the eighth largest gas reserves . |
| 9 | It will be recalled from discussion of Table 1 , Expenditure on libraries and computing , that Strathclyde had the second lowest expenditure per student on libraries in 1986-87 . |
| 10 | A measure of the scheme 's effectiveness is that the United Kingdom has the fifth highest drug prices in Europe ( about where we should expect to be ) . |
| 11 | Excluding Belgium , the United Kingdom has the second lowest life expectancy for females in the Community , but as Table 3 demonstrates , the differences are small . |
| 12 | Malaysia has the fourteenth largest gas reserves in the world at some 926 MTOE . |
| 13 | Egypt has the second largest population in Africa ( after Nigeria ) and in 1983 was the fourth largest oil producer . |
| 14 | It is claimed that Altrincham has the second highest capital income in the country . |
| 15 | In terms of per capita income Norway has the second highest standard of living in Europe . |
| 16 | ‘ Britain has the second highest level of taxes on alcohol in the EC and many are suffering as a result , ’ she said . |
| 17 | Britain has the second highest percentage of tree damage after Czechoslovakia . |
| 18 | Boccara/Boucherit of France had the next fastest time but they were seen to be wash hanging , not for the first time at this level , and a protest was upheld , posing the question why the umpires Riccardo Guala and Glyde Brytt had given white flags . |
| 19 | In terms of recoverable energy reserves India has the tenth largest coal reserves in the world while Pakistan has gas reserves almost as large as the UK , yet economic growth in both countries is hampered by recurrent energy shortages — particularly electricity — while the cost of importing oil is a severe drain on weak exchequers . |
| 20 | Although he can not escape from the linearity of language ( see 7.2 , 7.5.3 ) , James does the next best thing , which is to fasten our attention initially on the most immediate feature of Pemberton 's predicament : his uncomfortable sense of indecision , and then to expatiate on it so that by the time we have threaded our way through two paragraphs , we have built up a sensitive grasp of the coexisting intricacies and ironies of that predicament ( the ironies will concern us in section C below ) . |
| 21 | In communal elections in Innsbruck on Sept. 24 the FPÖ and the local version of the Green Alternatives ( Grüne Alternativen — GA ) won seats and votes from both the ÖVP and the SPÖ , although the ÖVP remained the strongest party ; in Salzburg province on Oct. 8 the FPÖ improved its position while the SPÖ and the ÖVP both suffered losses ; in Lower Austria and Styria on March 25 , 1990 , the ÖVP retained its dominant position despite losing votes and seats to the FPÖ and the GA , while the SPÖ remained the second largest party ; and in Vorarlberg on April 1 the SPÖ lost its absolute majority on the Bregenz municipal council , which was taken over by an ÖVP chair . |