Example sentences of "in the third " in BNC.
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| 31 | So the tremendous burst of controversy in the third week of television 's campaign coverage failed to stimulate either grass-roots discussion or public interest . |
| 32 | On the other hand , when television coverage of unemployment almost ceased in the third week , public demand for political debate on the issue also dropped slightly , from 66 per cent to 56 per cent , and it remained at this new lower level thereafter . |
| 33 | But in the second week television coverage of defence doubled to 12 per cent , and in the third week it doubled again to 26 per cent before almost disappearing from the bulletins in the fourth and fifth weeks . |
| 34 | The number of voters who felt the Conservative Party was stressing defence as its main theme rose from 3 per cent in the first week to 39 per cent in the third and 46 per cent by the end of the campaign . |
| 35 | The switch from almost ignoring the issue in the first week to so much concentration in the third should have had some effect upon the public . |
| 36 | The number of voters citing defence as the main issue they wished to see discussed by the parties rose from 3 per cent at the start of the campaign to only 11 per cent in the third week and then stabilized at that level . |
| 37 | The number who cited defence as ‘ extremely important ’ for their voting decision rose from 42 per cent at the start to only 49 per cent in the third week and then it also stabilized at that level . |
| 38 | But perceptions that the Alliance was running second in the polls collapsed in the second week ; and voters ' assessment of Alliance chances of winning a majority or even holding the balance of power dropped sharply in the third week ; while television 's sharp switch to focus on the two-Party Labour versus Conservative battle occurred in the fourth week . |
| 39 | In public perceptions the gap between Conservative unity and Labour unity narrowed sharply in the first few days of the campaign and again at the end , but actually increased very slightly in the third week . |
| 40 | That trend matches the trend in television projections of party unity , which were more favourable to Labour at the start and end of the campaign , but more favourable to the Conservatives in the middle , especially so in the third week . |
| 41 | The most obvious test of television 's ability to set the public agenda was provided by its massive shift of emphasis on to defence in the third week of the campaign . |
| 42 | Television 's enormous shift of emphasis on to defence issues in the third week of the campaign correlated with a huge rise in the number of voters who saw defence as the Conservative Party 's main campaign theme , but with only a modest rise in the number of who wanted a defence debate . |
| 43 | In the third place peasant correspondents in particular looked as if they would be a useful source of information for the central authorities on dissatisfaction in the countryside and on the rising influence of peasant types not in favour with the party . |
| 44 | Measuring applause does not reveal that the movie was memorable for the woman in the third row because the building on screen reminded her of where she went to school and all those childhood memories came flooding back intercut with the film while the auditorium gently shook as an underground train passed beneath and cigarette ash fluttered down from the balcony in the projector beam . |
| 45 | In the third and final section of the book Kemp addresses the use and theory of colours . |
| 46 | It is , for example , revealing that there is no indication in either book of the Situationist commitment to political struggles in the Third World and their critique of imperialism . |
| 47 | In the third part of the series in which our road testers name the cars they rate as the best , the ultimate in luxury saloons comes to the fore . |
| 48 | The intention is to highlight how today we in this country may join through our offerings with those of little or no material wealth in the Third World in the urgent task of making human development possible for even the poorest . |
| 49 | Intermediate Technology enables poor people in the Third World to develop and use technologies and methods which give them more control over their lives and which contribute to the long-term development of their communities . |
| 50 | An average of 3 new monasteries are opened in the Third World every year . |
| 51 | The Welsh Cup holders Swansea were surprisingly knocked out in the third round of the competition by the Vauxhall Conference side Merthyr Tydfil , who won 3-0 at the Vetch Field last night . |
| 52 | This was also the last opportunity for candidates to press late claims for a place in the third Test at Wigan on Saturday . |
| 53 | Lake , facing Anne Simpkin , suffered the injury when 2-1 down in the second set and had to retire in the third , giving Simpkin a place in the quarter-finals with a 3-6 , 6-1 , 1-0 victory . |
| 54 | Borrowers start making repayments on the full balance in the third year . |
| 55 | The mother ship of Japan 's four-vessel whaling fleet left yesterday for the Antarctic , where officials say it will catch 300 whales in the third year of a controversial research programme . |
| 56 | On Thursday Boris Becker , the defending champion , lost to Jan Gunnarsson in the third round . |
| 57 | The whole weary process started again in Auckland in July and continues today at Central Park where Great Britain meet New Zealand in the third British Coal Test . |
| 58 | A sharp slowdown in private housebuilding was behind a 9 per cent fall in new construction orders in the third quarter of 1989 , figures from the Department of the Environment indicated yesterday . |
| 59 | The number of people out of work and claiming benefit for more than a year fell by 61,000 to a seven-year-low of 613,000 in the third quarter of the year , the Department of Employment said yesterday . |
| 60 | TOTAL construction orders in the third quarter of 1989 were 9 per cent lower than in second quarter and 3 per cent lower than in the same period of 1988 , according to provisional figures from the Department of Environment . |