Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun sg] in [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cray Electronics in fifth position saw a 21% decline in turnover . |
| 2 | He knew he was very much in the reckoning to skip a Northern Ireland rink in next year 's Commonwealth Games in Canada and yesterday 's double defeat could well be talked about when the Irish selectors sit down in the not too distant future to pick their side . |
| 3 | Adoption of Motif application programming interface specifications by X/Open Co Ltd offers a politically acceptable means for Sun Microsystems Inc to offer Motif products on its price list for the first time : its SunSoft Inc subsidiary plans to market Santa Cruz Operation Inc-owned IXI Ltd 's Motif toolkit under a deal already signed and due to be revealed soon ; subsequently SunSoft will offer a combined ‘ MoLook ’ -type COSE toolkit in first half 1994 . |
| 4 | Halkopous stormed to the head of the Champion market at 5-1 with Coral following his 10-length success from Granville Again , with Morley Street back in third . |
| 5 | Runner-up was film star Michelle Pfeiffer , with Hollywood heart-throb Tom Cruise in third place . |
| 6 | The scores for the top 20 are remarkably close : less than 11 points separate Marks and Spencer from Wessex Water in 20th place . |
| 7 | That 1-0 defeat means Swindon finish in 5th place in Division one . |
| 8 | All square as Ainsdale tie in last ball drama Merseyside Competition |
| 9 | The Fellow , a comfortable winner from Docklands Express in last year 's King George and twice touched off in the Gold Cup , has apparently thrived since finishing third in last month 's Hennessy . |
| 10 | Robson was ruled out after a week-long struggle to overcome a niggling calf injury in the hope of helping United put right their Wembley disappointment in last year 's final , when they surprisingly succumbed to Second Division Sheffield Wednesday . |
| 11 | Fujitsu Ltd ranked second with a market share of 9.8% , followed by Toshiba Corp in fourth place with 7.6% . |
| 12 | It means Oxford finish in 14th place ; a million miles away from the relegation zone . |
| 13 | Gerhard Berger was fifth quickest , with Senna back in ninth . |
| 14 | Perhaps John 's best game for us was the FA Cup 3rd round replay at Nottingham Forest in last January 1991 , when he provided the cross from the right wing from which Ian Wright volleyed our opener , and then scored our last-gasp equaliser , which showed considerable vision and no little technique , to catch the Forest goalkeeper off his line with a dipping , curling shot from some 45 yards ' range . |
| 15 | [ For narrow SPD victory in last Land elections in March 1985 see p. 33746 . ] |
| 16 | The first 16-bit generation was won hands-down by MS-DOS with Macintosh System in second place — and winning a moral victory by setting the agenda for what should have been the 32-bit generation but in effect became the second 16-bit generation , which seems to have been won by Microsoft Windows , even though for the majority , MS-DOS is all most people want or use . |
| 17 | During his busy day , will my right hon. Friend take time to look at the Harris poll in last Sunday 's issue of The Observer which clearly showed that two thirds of the people of this country , including 60 per cent . |
| 18 | Not everyone , however , fully accepts that TNC involvement in Third World agriculture always does lead to food insecurity . |
| 19 | ' Mr Kinnock 's confidence was bolstered by an NOP survey in last night 's London Evening Standard , which gave his party a 9-point lead over the Conservatives ( 46 per cent to 37 ) . |
| 20 | Saturday 's victory leaves the north Belfast side in sixth place in the league , points ahead of bottom side Bangor . |
| 21 | After his short head win from the favourite Unique Bay , with the Jimmy Johnston-trained Premier Slippy from Greenisland back in third , owner Dave Johnston ruled out a crack at the English classic now underway at Wimbledon . |