Example sentences of "and [verb] third " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bryan Robson , who steered England 's soccer team to the World Cup Finals , receives the OBE , Linford Christie , the Olympic silver medal winner and spearhead of the British team which won the European Cup and placed third in the World Cup , is awarded the MBE , as does Ellery Hanley , leader of the Great Britain rugby league side . |
| 2 | E. The choice of the main crops twenty years ago was barley first , wheat second and sugarbeet third . |
| 3 | To be sure , the modern West has turned into a corrupt and greedy Scrooge , with each affluent nation ever-reluctant to share its gross national product with a starving and emaciated Third World . |
| 4 | This is among the proposals contained in a consultative document issued by the Department of Trade and Industry to implement the cancellation provisions of the Second Life Assurance Directive and proposed Third Life Assurance Directive . |
| 5 | In 1906 he stood for North Lambeth , where he split the Liberal vote and came third . |
| 6 | I put it with other money I had and part exchanged my irons for a full set of top quality blades which had been in a sale after that my game improved immensely I got my handicap by putting in three cards two terrible scores of 86 and the good card which was 72 my handicap was then 15 I played in a junior competition and came third in the lower handicap section a week later and played in a medal and came down to a handicap of 14 . |
| 7 | He had been president of the Council of State in 1982-83 under Gen. Efraín Ríos Montt and came third in the 1985 presidential elections [ see p. 34285 ] . |
| 8 | Broad groupings of this kind are typically based upon the nature of the political system and the stage of economic development of the countries included , such as the threefold distinction between western market-industrialised societies , communist states and developing Third World countries . |
| 9 | A study of laundry cleaning products ( detergents and soaps ) in Barbados ( James , 1983 ) , shows in detail how TNCs go about transforming consumption needs and capturing Third World markets . |
| 10 | Well , we will try again , and maybe if we do win the Rumbelows League Cup and finish third in Division Two , we might just get the same coverage overall as one man has had over the past weeks . |
| 11 | In 1862 he won a minor scholarship to Trinity College , Cambridge , and graduated third wrangler in 1866 . |
| 12 | In 1950 , he was Swiss sculls champion and finished third in the European championships before moving to Manila to work for his family 's private multinational company , Eduard Keller Ltd , for four years . |
| 13 | I ran in the Cosford Games 60 metres and finished third . |
| 14 | I ran in a spirited 200 metres and finished third behind Ade Mafe and Todd Bennett . |
| 15 | Perhaps the biggest challenge will come from Katjza Seizinger , the 21-year-old German , who won the World Cup downhill title and finished third overall . |
| 16 | Despite active campaigning within the constituency by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and members of his Cabinet , the PCP candidate polled less than 10 per cent in the by-election and finished third , behind the Liberal candidate who won 17 per cent of the vote . |
| 17 | A good showing by Lyles put them into second place on 233 points while Reyburns , one of the fancied teams , did not live up to expectations and finished third on 210 points . |
| 18 | On that occasion , he ran a sizzling 10.11secs to win the 100m and finished third in a blanket finish in the 200m behind winner Frankie Fredericks and runner-up Michael Johnson . |
| 19 | ‘ At this time last year we were ninth and finished third . |
| 20 | Graham Calvert has three useful performers left in the competition , Chessmen , which has clocked 27.77 secs off 7 metres , Ruffside Hall ( 27.76 ) and scratch dog Dozy Court , which won in 27.64 last Thursday and finished third on Monday night after hitting trouble on the third bend . |
| 21 | The former Soviet international has established herself as the world 's leading female middle distance runner in recent years she won the 1500 metres and 3,000 metres at the inaugural World Championships in Rome in 1987 and finished third and first respectively in the same events at the Seoul Olympics a year later . |
| 22 | Where a policyholder 's tree has fallen and damaged third party property , this may give rise to a public liability claim ( see Section 7.4 ) . |
| 23 | Chris was chairman of his university society and competed regularly in Inter Varsity Dancing Association competitions around the country , helping to win last year 's team competition and coming third individually in the Rock and Roll competition . |
| 24 | Thirsk based Madeira Threads ( UK ) has given more than £550 to the UK charity , Families for Children , which cares for destitute and deprived Third World children . |
| 25 | Carrickfergus band Woodburne had a promising start to the season and took third . |
| 26 | buying or selling as agent for a client , options , future or contracts for differences unless the transaction is effected with or through and Authorised third party |
| 27 | He came to Ascot fresh from a victory under nine stone in the Manchester Cup , and would have the benefit of a pacemaker , St Denis — who had himself won the Princess of Wales 's Stakes and run third to St Amant in the 1904 Derby . |
| 28 | Technology and resource transfers to help and persuade Third World countries to combat the effects of global climate change potentially could impose enormous charges on the developed nations in addition to what they have to spend nationally and regionally . |
| 29 | He entered ‘ The Illegal Divorce ’ for a short story competition and won third prize . |
| 30 | In 1973 he again tried his hand at Cheltenham and ran third in the Champion Chase before being directed to Liverpool for the Grand National . |