Example sentences of "[noun prp] have the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Sunderland has the fourth highest number of smoking related deaths in the U K. Low birth weights are more common . |
2 | Clacton has the third highest rate in Britain . |
3 | Wolverhampton has the fifth highest overheads of any education authority in England . |
4 | Richards Shipbuilders has the first four Gem-class minesweepers under construction in its East Anglian yards at Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft . |
5 | Mexico has the seventh largest oil and gas reserves in the world but the country 's comparatively recent admission to the hydrocarbon élite has proved a mixed blessing in the face of the fall in crude prices and a massive debt burden caused by extravagant , ill-managed and grandiose schemes to kick a Third World country into the twentieth century . |
6 | Surprisingly , Northern Ireland has the third highest death rate from skin cancer in the world . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | A member of the public asked why Liphook had the second highest precept . |
9 | Bel-Korhadris had the second longest reign of any Phoenix King . |
10 | Canada has the eighth largest coal resources in the world and the eighth largest gas reserves . |
11 | Paul Merton has the first post-modern catchphrase . |
12 | It will be recalled from discussion of Table 1 , Expenditure on libraries and computing , that Strathclyde had the second lowest expenditure per student on libraries in 1986-87 . |
13 | A measure of the scheme 's effectiveness is that the United Kingdom has the fifth highest drug prices in Europe ( about where we should expect to be ) . |
14 | Excluding Belgium , the United Kingdom has the second lowest life expectancy for females in the Community , but as Table 3 demonstrates , the differences are small . |
15 | Botham had the first six wickets before Marshall and Baptiste held him up for while , Marshall being lucky not to be on the wrong end of a legendary catch when Don Topley , a groundstaff boy who went on to play for Essex , brilliantly caught him one-handed on the square leg boundary , only to put one foot over the rope . |
16 | Malaysia has the fourteenth largest gas reserves in the world at some 926 MTOE . |
17 | Egypt has the second largest population in Africa ( after Nigeria ) and in 1983 was the fourth largest oil producer . |
18 | It is claimed that Altrincham has the second highest capital income in the country . |
19 | In terms of per capita income Norway has the second highest standard of living in Europe . |
20 | Peru has the seventh largest tropical forest mass in the world . |
21 | Britain has the second highest percentage of tree damage after Czechoslovakia . |
22 | ‘ Britain has the second highest level of taxes on alcohol in the EC and many are suffering as a result , ’ she said . |
23 | Boccara/Boucherit of France had the next fastest time but they were seen to be wash hanging , not for the first time at this level , and a protest was upheld , posing the question why the umpires Riccardo Guala and Glyde Brytt had given white flags . |
24 | Fish features strongly as nearby Newlyn has the third highest fish landings in England . |
25 | In terms of recoverable energy reserves India has the tenth largest coal reserves in the world while Pakistan has gas reserves almost as large as the UK , yet economic growth in both countries is hampered by recurrent energy shortages — particularly electricity — while the cost of importing oil is a severe drain on weak exchequers . |
26 | We were thrilled in June to have the first live sea-lion pup born and subsequently raised to young adulthood . |