Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [prep] the third " in BNC.
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| 1 | The number of people out of work has fallen for the third month running . |
| 2 | DECADENCE has come to the Third Rome . |
| 3 | Under headlines such as ‘ Fiend 's third victim ’ ( Daily Mirror ) and ‘ Terror of tape bondage rapist ’ ( Sun ) , it was noted how ‘ a sticky-tape sex-fiend has struck for the third time ’ bringing ‘ terror to a triangle of Hampshire towns ’ . |
| 4 | Over 70 per cent has moved under Title I , concessional sales , of which 80 per cent has gone to the Third World , representing almost one-third of total US direct aid to them . |
| 5 | It also contained her unconscious valedictory : As a Catholic observer who has lived in the Third World for nearly 30 years , I have followed developments in the Church , at times with despair but mostly with optimism . |
| 6 | I thought I 'd won after the Kevin I thought , I thought I 'd won after the third round so I ate them . |
| 7 | If Jack had had to protect his pitch at Dagenham and White City in the days when men were men , he would n't have survived until the third race . |
| 8 | In successive seasons , he took United from the Third to the Second and into the First Division . |
| 9 | The town is unlikely to have appeared before the third century . |
| 10 | A different form of core appears to have existed from the third century at Godmanchester , after the creation of the open marketplace and the construction of the official ‘ Basilica ’ building adjacent to the mansio compound . |
| 11 | She was to be the Honourable Lady Penelope , a British aristocrat who was seeking the protection of an influential Wehrmacht officer after Britain had fallen to the Third Reich . |
| 12 | Mr Adams pointed out that the profits of Ford of Britain had risen for the third year running to a record £673m and he calculated a further increase to £710m was likely this year . |
| 13 | Those who stared through telescopes or field glasses saw how drastically the two climbers had slowed on the third day . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've played in the Third Division with Walsall and I do n't want to go back to it . ’ |
| 15 | He remembered that the rat had disappeared inside the third picture on the right . |
| 16 | COT deaths in England and Wales have fallen for the third consecutive year , Government figures revealed yesterday . |
| 17 | COT deaths in England and Wales have dropped for the third year in succession . |
| 18 | ‘ To sustain healthy profit margins , multinational tobacco companies have turned to the Third World for new customers . |
| 19 | Simon Rankin lost 5–9 4–9 6–9 to Duncan Cameron but David Gotto ended his injury-hit season with a victory over Billy White who retired injured in the third set . |
| 20 | MEAN-HEARTED thieves have struck for the third time at the Wrexham depot of the Operation Christmas Child charity , stealing a fax machine used to send out vital documents for aid convoys . |
| 21 | Immediately before school entry ( provided at least three years have elapsed from the third and last dose of the primary course ) and between 15–19 years or before leaving school are the times for boosters . |