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 .
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