Example sentences of "[noun prp] the [num ord] [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Judged on that basis , the analysis in the policy document suggested Friern as the best prospect and Claybury the second best . |
| 2 | By 1990 cash spending on the NHS was two and a half times what it had been in 1979 , topping £27 billion and making the DOH the second largest spending department ( NAHAT 1990 ) . |
| 3 | The major success of the development of the Campos Basin has made Brazil the third largest oil producer in South America at some 25 million tonnes . |
| 4 | Madam Speaker I wonder if the minister is aware that in the economically declining fishing port of Brixham in South Devon the second largest fishing port in the West Country that the employment service agency want to build a new building on a prime site in the centre of Brixham in order to put both the payout office and the job creation office in the same building and they 're prepared to pay over the odds with government money and push out private enterprise who want to build that site . |
| 5 | The stunning upset landed Wilkinson the second biggest pay day of his career with a guarantee of nearly £5,400 . |
| 6 | The effect was to make the UK the second largest net contributor to the budget in 1980 ( see Table 4.2 ) . |
| 7 | In November it was reported that the European Communities had agreed to proposals for Namibia to join the Lomé Convention , under which the country would secure an annual beef quota , at an estimated price 40 per cent higher than the world market , which would make Namibia the second largest beef exporter among the African , Caribbean and Pacific countries ( after Botswana ) . |
| 8 | Owners is the second-biggest UK tour operator and Airtours the third largest . |
| 9 | Today the U.S. is the world 's largest debtor and the U.K. the third largest creditor . |
| 10 | The £110m takeover — which made ADT the second largest burglar alarm company in Great Britain — resulted in a £146m goodwill write off in ADT 's 1991 accounts . |