Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] to third " in BNC.
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| 1 | Argentina 's Jorge Recalde , who had been Sainz 's main challenger through the six-day rally fell to third place , 59 minutes behind the leader after both the rear and front drive shafts of his Lancia HF Integrale failed . |
| 2 | Summit leaders called on all countries to contribute to Third World aid by assisting victims of " the unprecedented drought in southern Africa " . |
| 3 | An internal memorandum by the chief economist of the World Bank , Lawrence Summers , which suggests encouraging polluting industries to relocate to third world countries , has been leaked to The Economist . |
| 4 | The court ruling comes at a sensitive time for the Japanese government , which is claiming a lead role in environmental affairs , and has strenuously denied that it encourages its hazardous industries to relocate to third world countries . |
| 5 | Edwards , a 26-year-old medical scientist , jumped 17.26 metres in the first round to move to third place on the world outdoor rankings for 1992 , behind Frank Rutherford of the Bahamas ( 17.41 metres ) and German Ralf Jaros ( 17.28 ) . |
| 6 | It has been estimated that the total fees paid to third parties in the take-over process in the UK in 1985 came to £500 million , about 7 per cent of the value of the transactions , and the figure will be much higher in the case of contested bids . |