Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adv] [prep] the third " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was not squeamish about using her considerable social influence in support of her son Winston ; she pressed his writing on publishers , sought for favourable reviewers , and appealed directly to the third Marquess of Salisbury , then prime minister , to permit him to join the expedition to the Sudan under Sir H. Herbert Kitchener ( later first Earl Kitchener of Khartoum , q.v . ) . |
| 2 | America wants the Bank to change its ways , and lend less to the third world 's governments and more to its private businesses . |
| 3 | if money for investment is made payable to the firm , it should be returned to the client to be made payable to the correct third party or , if this is not possible due to extreme circumstances , the cheque should be endorsed and forwarded immediately to the third party |
| 4 | Two of the girls were terrified and looked pleadingly at the third ; so Roksanda gathered up the precious stones . |
| 5 | Airdrie 's league status is now threatened by relegation and Falkirk could make matters worse for the club if they take anything off St Johnstone tonight and move closer to the third bottom team , Motherwell , who are only three points above them . |
| 6 | In her second play , untitled and completed only to the third act , Leapor finds scope within the historical events surrounding the short reign of the Saxon King Edwy or Eadwig ( 955–959 ) again to study the problems of marriage and sexual violence . |