Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] [num ord] place " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was the latest in a long line of seasoned golfers to contract the yips and as a direct result slumped to 51st place on the Order of Merit . |
| 2 | In North Division moved into second place with a 24–12 win Hartlepool whose outstanding player , full back Marty Saunders , scored a consolation try , Alan Calvert adding the conversion and two penalties . |
| 3 | With Llanelli held to a draw , Neath took the opportunity to leapfrog into third place with a 27–15 home win over South Wales Police . |
| 4 | Motherwell should beat Partick at Fir Park to leapfrog into ninth place while in the battle of Brockville the losers of the Falkirk v Airdrie match will , realistically , have little chance of avoiding the drop . |
| 5 | After his inclusion in the side the Town rose from seventeenth place to third , where they finished the season , their highest position yet . |
| 6 | MIDDLESBROUGH suffered a major blow to their promotion hopes when they spurned the chance to climb into third place . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | One won the overall champion of champions title and the other finished in third place . |
| 9 | Hartlepool have a chance to move into seventh place when they play Stockport County at Victoria Ground tonight . |
| 10 | And the Sheikh 's dominance has been maintained this year as he heads the table with some £1.75m in prize money , half a million ahead of his older brother , Hamdan Al Maktoum , who owns Nashwan , with Sangster languishing in 10th place with a mere £250,000 or so in the kitty . |
| 11 | Abergele boosted their Division Two title prospects with a maximum points mauling of bottom team Menai Bridge to move into second place . |
| 12 | its dismal career ended with eighth place at Monza in 1971 , Emerson Fittipaldi driving . |
| 13 | 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 ) . |
| 14 | Why was this allowed to happen ; or to put it another way , why were issues of distribution within society put into second place ? |
| 15 | At an inquiry , the stewards considered both riders guilty of intentional interference , and as well as banning the pair , they disqualified the two horses concerned and promoted Love Returned to fourth place . |
| 16 | Three bureau tied for second place by delivering on the 19th ; P's & Q's , The Setting Studio and The Last Word . |
| 17 | Warrington Town 4 Alfreton Town 2 : Gavin McDonald was on target twice as Warrington returned to winning form to move into seventh place in the HFS first division . |
| 18 | Hardware faltered in last place with median annual turnover having dwindled 3.1% and below average pre-tax growth of 5.4% , but the companies in the hardware sector that survived the 1980s bubble are more soundly based . |