Example sentences of "[prep] ninth [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Instead , he ended up in the unfamiliar position of ninth with only 2.05 metres to his name after failing to get his five-stride training run-up in the groove . |
2 | This president behind me led a delegation of er fourteen of us , one of 'em got a gold badge yesterday , Eric , half of 'em sat down there , and we went canvassing in Rochdale , last election , just before ninth of April , that disaster we had . |
3 | Roberts , who scored a hat-trick in a TV game against Birmingham City earlier in the season , again came alive in front of the cameras to lift Wolves from ninth to sixth place in the First Division . |
4 | As for Hearts , they play Rangers at Tynecastle on Wednesday and a win there would see Sandy Clark 's side elevated from ninth to joint third in the table in just two games , AND keep Rangers four points behind new league leaders Aberdeen . |
5 | Lillywhite , from Walton-on-Thames , started the day with just 20 seconds to spare over Norway 's Ole Simensen , who jumped from ninth to second place when he came in with a four-strong leading group in Liverpool City Centre . |
6 | Public opinion polls revealed the problem of pollution to have risen from ninth of the ten most serious problems facing the nation in 1965 , to second in 1970 ( Jones , 1973 ) . |
7 | He was ranked 18th by the WBC in mid-summer , but promoter Barry Hearn said he would have moved up to ninth on the next list and so qualified for the fight . |
8 | The quiet-spoken Esson has paid the price of seeing Defender slip from being third at one stage of the first leg to ninth in Punta , leaving Watkins to attack a two days , 17 hours , 37 minutes and 25 seconds deficit to make up on the leader , the New Zealand ketch Steinlager , and a 30 hours , 54 minutes , 52 seconds on the other top British challenger , Rothmans . |
9 | TOM KITE , winner of the Bob Hope Classic at La Quinta , California , with a record-breaking 35-under-par total of 325 for the five-round tournament , has moved up one place to ninth in the latest Sony world rankings . |
10 | Our client had it in telephone conversation with the bank on ninth of September only proceeded with the proposed purchase on the express understanding that Frinton property was not to be included particularly as his father 's companion a Mrs eighty years of age , was residing in the property and owned a half share of it . |
11 | Hiding at ninth on the bill , beneath stars like Wet Wet Wet and The Christians , the band found themselves on a remake of The Beatles ' ‘ Sergeant Pepper ’ , called , with a high degree of originality , ‘ Sergeant Pepper Knew My Father ’ . |