Example sentences of "[num] [prep] the three [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Federal Republic of Germany was constituted in 1949 from the three western zones of occupied Germany ; on Oct. 3 , 1990 , it was joined by the territory of the former German Democratic Republic ( created in 1949 from the Soviet-occupied eastern zone ) and by Berlin ( previously under four-power administration ) . |
| 2 | In 1893 the eminent physiologist J. S. Burdon-Sanderson ( 1828–1905 ) told the British Association for the Advancement of Science that ‘ oecology ’ was one of the three great divisions of biology , along with physiology and morphology , and was in some ways the most attractive of the three because it came closest to the spirit of what had once been called the ‘ philosophy of living nature ’ . |
| 3 | Walking to the right in its shadowy depths , one would come sooner or later to one of the three great heaps of rubble that now patched it . |
| 4 | But for various reasons that strand within our sporting literature — and we had one of the three great literatures of sport , along with cricket and boxing — is now seriously threatened . |
| 5 | Visitors come by yacht , or stay in one of the three small hotels on the beach north of the village . |
| 6 | Injury was one of the three essential elements of responsibility , and without injury , no action would lie . |
| 7 | Production is declining for all three grapes and the vineyards are gradually being replanted with one of the three classic varieties . |
| 8 | Angry with herself , she sat up in bed , turned on the light ( wonderful electric light ) , and reaching for one of the three modern novels laid out for her , forced herself to read . |
| 9 | The Union démocratique pour le progrès sociale ( UDPS ) , was expected to become one of the three legal parties . |
| 10 | On the same day the Revolutionary Justice Organization ( RJO ) , one of the three pro-Iranian cells still holding Western hostages , confirmed that a Western hostage , Joseph Cicippio , would shortly be released . |
| 11 | Death is usually due to one of the three major diseases caused by smoking — lung cancer , chronic obstructive lung disease and coronary heart disease . |
| 12 | Although teacher training represented one of the three major priorities identified by the Warnock Committee , the resources devoted to this priority have been meagre , despite a strong commitment to training from teachers , LEAs , staff of higher education , HMI and the DES itself . |
| 13 | One of the three major sectors of PRI represents labour and within this , the CTM , the main confederation uniting Mexican unions , predominates . |
| 14 | The placing of the Socialist League on the " proscribed list " meant the elimination of one of the three sponsoring bodies . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm not anti-drink , I 'm anti the abuse of drink and the hassle that it causes , ’ he told me during an interview carried out in one of the three plush hotels he owns . |
| 16 | The lecture programme , together with its associated tutorial and laboratory work is based entirely at one of the three participating universities , but for the project work students will join the institution at which the appropriate special facilities or expertise exist . |
| 17 | Shaw joined the company in 1944 and was still only 17 when Ashton used him as one of the three male dancers in Symphonic Variations . |
| 18 | Only one of the three warm-up competitions was against the clock — the other two both had jump-offs — and the winner of this , Alain Vaillancourt , is not even qualified for the cup . |
| 19 | Such distribution profits are one of the three historic advantages that the big studios have inherited . |
| 20 | Mexico , in effect , refused to honour the old loans — creditors either signed up to one of the three new deals on offer , or lost all their money . |
| 21 | Illustration shows ‘ Giverny ’ , one of the three new combinations of carpet borders and matching patterns launched at the Interior Design International Exhibition , London in May . |
| 22 | Dealing takes place between GEMMs and investors in gilt-edged ; between GEMMs themselves , usually but not invariably through one of the three inter-dealer brokers ( IDBs ) ; and between GEMMs and the Bank of England . |
| 23 | And the Beau Nash Room might just as well have been their luxury coach : twenty-three of them only for the minute , with Eddie Stratton now being held in custody by the New York Police , distanced by only a few yards , as it happened , from the mortal remains of his former wife ; and with Sam and Vera Kronquist , one of the three married couples originally listed on the tour , still in their room on the second floor of the hotel — Sam watching a mid-morning cartoon on ITV , and Vera , fully dressed , lying back lazily against the pillows of their double bed , reading the previous February 's issue of Country Life . |
| 24 | An analysis of cases in a trial of thrombolytic therapy in 1984–5 demonstrated that two thirds of the patients had coronary disease affecting only one of the three coronary vessels . |
| 25 | We asked Denys Zacharopoulos , one of the three assistant curators , under the leadership of Jan Hoet , of Documenta IX , for further enlightenment about the 1992 version of this seminal exhibition , being held at Kassel from 13 June to 20 September . |
| 26 | The discussion will be led by Professor Frank Lees , of Loughborough University , who was appointed in 1988 as one of the three technical assessors to sit with the judge in the public enquiry into the Piper Alpha disaster . |
| 27 | For the latter you will probably join Lincoln 's Inn , for the former one of the three other Inns . |
| 28 | Gillit has to compete with fellow countrymen Rijkaard and Van Basten , plus Papin , Savicevic and Boban for one of the three permitted places open to non-Italians . |
| 29 | There they had been born , their wicker bassinette had been bumped down the shallow flight of steps to the pavement by their trim nursemaid , young men had called , but not one of the three tall sisters had emerged from the house as a bride . |
| 30 | Emili F. Miró , grandson of the artist , recently confirmed that one of the three finest collections of works by Miró is now the possession of the Japanese shipowner and real-estate dealer Katshuda . |