Example sentences of "on [prep] a third " in BNC.

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1 Where two agencies put forward conflicting options , the search is inevitably on for a third option , which may involve negotiation .
2 ‘ We are now in our second recruitment round , and if that does n't succeed we will go on to a third . ’
3 The facilities for travellers and the ever present interest of the Inca remains made this an easy city to spend time in , but the darker side of Peru 's history had found its way into the present and thus highlighted the problems of fitting a comfortable tourist face on to a Third World country .
4 At present , truckers can take a load from one country to another but face obstacles , as do airlines , in picking up a second load to take on to a third country .
5 But then to pass them on to a third party is heinous . ’
6 Another is the dialectic , a pattern of movement which proceeds from a starting-point ( the thesis ) to another which stands over against it in opposition or contradiction ( the antithesis ) , and then moves on to a third stage in which the two are reconciled and reintegrated on a higher level ( the synthesis ) .
7 One can go on to a third group that I did not discuss , " all-ischaemic events " , including non-fatal and fatal reinfarction ; it includes the development of unstable angina , and revascularisation procedures .
8 This leads us on to a third important point about the relation of the Holy Spirit to Jesus .
9 Otherwise passing it on to a third party , but you 're not in the case of a married couple .
10 This leads on to a third aspect — the redistributive effect over a person 's lifetime , rather than just in the current period .
11 ‘ A person who receives goods on sale or return and at once passes them on to someone else under a like contract is entitled to demand them from that third person just as soon as the original owner of the goods has the right to demand them from him , but I am clear that , if he allows a period to elapse before he hands them on to a third person on sale or return , he has done an act which limits and impedes his power of returning the goods .
12 For instance , a manufacturer may sell defective goods which the buyer then sells on to a third party who suffers loss or injury because of the defect .
13 He seemed about to move on to a third when Thomas gave a sudden yell .
14 Erm erm two tapes on the end of my second tape , I 'm hoping to get on to a third but it depends how erm far this conversation goes .
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