Example sentences of "[verb] the third [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IN 1891 , St Cuthbert 's became the third new church to be opened in Bradford in the space of four years . |
| 2 | Lithuania thus became the third Soviet republic to conclude an economic agreement with Bulgaria , following Russia and Byelarus [ see p. 38350 ] . |
| 3 | Livingston became the third British athlete after pole vaulter Jeff Gutteridge and shot-putter Neal Brunning to be banned for failing a drugs test . |
| 4 | Andrew , the left-handed elder brother , became the third Zimbabwean Test century-maker with 115 , while Grant made 96 . |
| 5 | Healy reached 1000 runs in Tests when 19 , becoming the third Australian wicketkeeper after Rod Marsh and Bert Oldfield to complete the Test ‘ double ’ of 1000 runs and 100 dismissals . |
| 6 | The hoped for recovery in the UK economy in 1992 failed to materialise , but the last few months have seen several actions by the Government intended to prevent 1993 becoming the third consecutive year of recession . |
| 7 | Surprisingly , Northern Ireland has the third highest death rate from skin cancer in the world . |
| 8 | Clacton has the third highest rate in Britain . |
| 9 | Larry I. Guerrero was elected Governor in the November 1989 elections , succeeding Pedro P. Tenorio and gaining the third successive term for a Republican . |
| 10 | The investigation is being led by Det Supt Eric John , and the murder inquiry will mark the third unsolved killing in the Lothians in the last five weeks . |
| 11 | Should the shareholders of Tyne Tees accept their directors ' recommendation the combined group will become the third largest television company in the UK . |
| 12 | Broca 's ( 1861 ) contribution ( for a review of the very early literature see Benton ( 1964 ) ) was to identify the third frontal convolution of the left hemisphere as the " centre " for " articulate speech " . |
| 13 | Rosenthal has returned to Israel for a World Cup qualifying game against Sweden and will miss the third round replay , a blow to Liverpool after Saturday 's display . |
| 14 | London University 's Birkbeck College in collaboration with information technology consultants Brameur Ltd are holding the third annual conference on electronic imaging and the visual arts . |
| 15 | Adversely affected in the 1970s by the United Kingdom 's entry to the European Communities and by fluctuating oil prices , New Zealand declined from a position of having the third highest standard of living ( as measured by per capita GDP ) in 1951 to 15th in 1971 and 23rd by 1991 . |
| 16 | When Philip in 346 settled the Third Sacred War , he was ( personally ; not the Macedonians as a race ) admitted to the Delphic Amphictyony , the body which managed the prestige sanctuary at Delphi ; and so he gained admission to the Greek fraternity . |
| 17 | Usenix is hosting the third annual Unix Security Symposium September 14–16 at the Sheraton Inner Harbor Hotel in Baltimore , Maryland along with the Computer Emergency Response Team : Usenix is be holding its annual Winter 1993 Technical Conference at the San Diego Town & Country Hotel in California January 25–29 . |
| 18 | What happens is that the council is Liberal Democrat controlled and the area council is Labour controlled and these two fight and that 's allowed the third obnoxious force to creep through so it 's not just Conservative cabinet government that is the problem . |
| 19 | I think the third general point I 'd want to make is this : if you 're applying for a course at university , then it does n't matter what A-levels you 're taking , or what courses you 've put down for at the five universities . |
| 20 | The fifth seeded American won the third round encounter 6–3 6–4 then raced for shelter as the rain flooded the Edgbaston Priory club . |
| 21 | They decorated the third little bedroom for her before they finished their own , putting up a sprigged paper , installing a fat armchair , a fringed table lamp , a satiny quilt and a dressing-table with a glass top , all fetched by Daniel from the relinquished Sheffield house . |
| 22 | The special pressures and problems of the major urban areas form the third common theme to emerge . |
| 23 | Computing had the third highest percentage of SERC students in work ; |
| 24 | Computing had the third highest percentage in work , but was average in terms on those still looking at the end of their courses . |
| 25 | The Scottish industry minister , Allan Stewart , said that the rise in the seasonally adjusted figure was the lowest since last March and Scotland had the third lowest unemployment rate of all UK regions . |
| 26 | However , the Scottish industry minister , Allan Stewart , said Scotland now had the third lowest unemployment rate of all the UK regions . |
| 27 | We now move on to examine the third major priority of many of these new churches , namely their intimate involvement with their community as they evangelise . |
| 28 | Where French is the main degree subject , students spend the third academic year abroad , either as students at a French or Belgian University , or as English Assistants in French schools . |
| 29 | As it turned out , Donovan Reid won and I came second , missing the third individual place but feeling that I was in with a chance of making the relay team . |
| 30 | The Greens remained the third strongest party with 0.2 per cent more than before at 8.3 per cent . |