Example sentences of "[verb] [pos pn] [noun sg] [prep] the third " in BNC.
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| 1 | India announced that it was to increase its contribution to the third replenishment from $6,500,000 to $8,000,000 . |
| 2 | Steven Hodgson , in his first year in the championships , stopped his opponent in the third round , and Craig Wake had a walkover . |
| 3 | But to describe the issue as one which depends on whether or not the bank must be taken to have appointed the husband as its agent to deal with the wife and to procure her consent serves , in my opinion , to mask the basis upon which in certain cases creditors have failed to enforce their security against the third parties and upon which in other cases they have succeeded . |
| 4 | Shares in the manufacturer of bridal wear and nursery products , which only made its debut on the Third Market a year ago via a placing at 100p , stand at 136p . |
| 5 | She had come to visit her sister for the third year running and , as on the three previous occasions , hoped to stay for a month . |
| 6 | Benson 's at Brimscombe have transferred their production to the third world . |
| 7 | He rose choreographically and refilled his cup for the third time . |
| 8 | Gandhi interprets his progression to the third stage of life as an extension of his social obligations . |
| 9 | NOVA staged a battling fightback to book their place in the third round of the Wirral FA Sunday Premier Cup with a thrilling 5-4 victory over Hope Farm S.H . |
| 10 | He saw her as he called her name for the third time . |
| 11 | And of course — there was Paula , gripping her harpoon in the third canoe . |
| 12 | The result is that Mr Clinton is unlikely to unveil his plan until the third week of June , and it could be later if his economic package encounters more problems . |
| 13 | We now turn our attention to the third kind of operator in the UK financial system — the financial markets . |
| 14 | Wexford closed the books and emptied his tankard for the third time . |
| 15 | Careful not to wake the others , he made his way for the third time to the lavatory . |
| 16 | The M19-Democratic Alliance ( ADM-19 ) of former left-wing guerrillas , which ran a single slate of candidates , consolidated its position as the third political force in the country , winning nine Senate seats and 15 in the lower house , although its support dropped dramatically from 27 to 10 per cent of the vote . |
| 17 | He jerked her case upright , tight-lipped , and put it by the door for her , but relaxed in exasperated pity as he watched her start to check her handbag for the third time . |
| 18 | They sell goods direct from communities in developing countries and say they 're selling the briquetters to encourage Eric Lamont-Gregory in his quest to export his invention to the third world . |
| 19 | ‘ Which explains your interest in the Third Reich , ’ I said as I poured the tea . |
| 20 | When Menelik founded Addis Ababa in 1889 the countryside had been forested with juniper and wild olive , but these had soon been cut down for firewood and building material , whereupon Menelik announced that he was going to move his capital for the third time . |
| 21 | You see , the Comer has changed its course since the third century . |
| 22 | Husband sat back in his chair and began lighting his pipe for the third time . |