Example sentences of "[v-ing] fifth " in BNC.

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1 In Further Education , the PSD module 81188 Induction attracted twice as many candidates as in 1988/89 , becoming fifth most popular ; another large increase in enrolment was for 81095 Introduction to Computer Application Packages .
2 Frenchman Didier Auriol , who was leading for much of Saturday , was disqualified for receiving unofficial help on the second of the day 's seven special stages while lying fifth .
3 Woosnam , who was playing with Parry , salvaged a 73 which left him sharing fifth place with Price , four off the lead , which was rather better than it might have been .
4 Last season they achieved their highest ever standing when finishing fifth in County Div .
5 He finished second to Duke Of Monmouth in the Triumph Hurdle at Cheltenham in March , and will be spot on after finishing fifth on the Flat in the Leopardstown November Handicap .
6 Son Pardo has come on in leaps and bounds since finishing fifth on his debut at Newmarket on 2,000 Guineas day .
7 With the exception of the consistent Heinzer , finishing fifth , traditional Alpine Europe was nowhere .
8 The season turned from trauma … to triumph for Gloucester … finishing fifth in the league after a 25-5 win over Harlequins .
9 Edinburgh Southern 's Elliot Bunney was less happy with his form in the 60m , finishing fifth and third Briton ( behind Jason John , 6.73sec , and Jason Fergus , 6.79 ) , in 6.83 after picking up a false start .
10 Wayward Lad was one and a half lengths further away in third , Silver Buck a tired and remote fourth , and then Ashley House stayed on up the hill to pass Combs Ditch amid cheering never before heard for a horse running fifth !
11 Despite the effect of recession on sales , Mr Thin remained encouraged by Book Tokens ' performance , quoting market research which showed book tokens coming fifth in a table of ‘ vouchers bought in the last 12 months ’ , beaten only by Marks & Spencer , Boots , W H Smith and record tokens .
12 Overall Haslemere gave their best performance ever in these county age group championships , taking fifth position behind Leatherhead , Woking , Dorking and Cranleigh .
13 Taking fifth exit ( f ) at 4 o'clock
14 She will be boosted by her 3,000 metres victory in Canada , even though her time of 8min 50.55sec was slower than her time in placing fifth when she last ran in the world indoors in Indianapolis in 1987 .
15 The British challenge was always expected to be spearheaded by McRae 's Subaru Legacy , but Wilson confounded the pundits by snatching fifth place overall — four seconds behind his domestic rival .
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