Example sentences of "in three [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 By midsummer 1992 , according to a poll carried out for the newspaper The European , only in three of the twelve countries was there support for the Maastricht Treaty of over 50 per cent .
2 Mixed marriages of all kinds in fact declined in three of the Muslim republics , Uzbekistan , Azerbaijan and Tajikistan , during the 1970s ; and differences in the incidence of mixed marriages between one republic and another became slightly greater .
3 Undoubtedly one of the most important milestones in the Nicol career was his selection for the Scottish tour to North American in May 1991 , during which he played in three of the six games and scored a try in each one : ‘ That really was the start of things .
4 In three of the six subjects ( responders ) methane excretion showed a pronounced fall a few days after SO 4 was added to the diet , so that by 10 days with added sulphate methane concentration was less than 2 ppm in all samples measured in these three subjects .
5 In three of the six subjects , sulphate reduction rates were low and did not show any change throughout the study .
6 Also , when staff were asked what features of a text would cause them to reject its use as a class reader , ‘ sexism ’ was volunteered as one such reason by staff in three of the six schools visited .
7 In the last five partial responders prolongation of therapy up to week 38 led to a definite response and HBsAg seroconversion in three of the five patients .
8 In three of the four cases , engraftment was successful , resulting in amelioration of symptoms .
9 STEPHEN DUNDAS , the 18-year-old British Amateur champion from Haggs Castle , is to play in three of the four majors this season .
10 Real GDP fell in three of the four quarters in the year to September , with output down 6.4% at an annual rate in the third quarter .
11 Given that science is often thought of as a laboratory-based activity , rather than as a " bookish " subject , it is interesting to note that in three of the four schools , science departments had pioneered activities to develop basic library and information retrieval skills as part of their lower-school curriculum .
12 Almost two in three of the 897 housewives surveyed in June believed homeopathy and acupuncture were effective .
13 RAY DUCKWORTH , the West Yorkshire Police and British international marksman , won the Army Open Pistol Championship and the Standard Pistol match at Bisley yesterday after a determined challenge from Andrew Lamont , who was runner-up in three of the main events .
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