Example sentences of "[verb] the [noun sg] [prep] [art] third " in BNC.
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| 1 | For years , Karl Dersch has flown the emblem of the Third Reich in the garden of his Munich home . |
| 2 | A surge of elation rushed through his body as he read the note for the third time , unable to believe the implications of what he was reading . |
| 3 | Counsel for the SFO announced on Feb. 7 , 1992 , that charges against Seelig and David Mayhew ( a stockbroker ) which were to have formed the basis of a third trial had now been withdrawn . |
| 4 | ‘ What ? ’ said Memet , bringing the coffee to a third flourishing boil . |
| 5 | Some of the cases to which I have referred suggest that the answer to the problem depends on whether or not the debtor can be regarded as having been appointed by the creditor to act as agent of the creditor in procuring the consent of the third party to the proposed security transaction . |
| 6 | ‘ Watch me , Graham , ’ I insisted , as I tried the move for the third time . |
| 7 | Some couples who have failed to hear what the other has been saying over a number of years may need the help of a third person , probably a trained counsellor , to get them talking again . |
| 8 | And all this time the rabbits had nibbled on , unperturbed — in spite of the fact that rabbits often provide the stoat with a third of its daily food requirements . |
| 9 | There was an anxious moment in the first half when he caught the ball at the third attempt , but overall he was sound . |
| 10 | On 8 November they would continue to sing for their suppers by reading out newspapers to the less literate and explaining the significance of the Third International . |
| 11 | As you will see from my strategies — all of which , let me repeat , are derived not from my own beliefs but from what teachers say they actually do — what works for one person may seem quite bizarre to another , and serve only to increase the distress of a third . |
| 12 | The second rectangle , having simplified the specifying of the third , now has its smaller dimension revised to 0·5 cm from the highest corner . |
| 13 | ( 3 ) Where the creditor leaves it to the debtor to obtain the signature of a third party surety on documents of guarantee or on documents charging the surety 's principal or important asset , it exposes itself to the possibility of being restrained under applicable equitable doctrines . |
| 14 | Members of the Rail , Maritime and Transport Union voted by a margin of just 183 to accept British Rail 's latest jobs offer , averting the possibility of a third strike . |
| 15 | With Serevi swivelling on a sixpence and winger Seru 's speed the Wallabies were wiped out ( 28–4 ) paving the way for a third successive showdown with New Zealand . |
| 16 | The story was that trainees had to pass the exam on the third attempt at the latest , or leave . |
| 17 | I immediately recognised the subject of the third picture I looked at . |
| 18 | The election result improved the presidential chances of Kim Dae Jung , and seemed to make it certain that he would contest the presidency for a third time , having been defeated in 1971 and 1987 . |
| 19 | However , an American bank is interested in developing the project in the third world , as the engine will also run on palm oil . |
| 20 | Above all he turned his anger towards Kenamun , who , on grounds of security , had forbidden Huy to visit the scene of the third murder when it came to light , where he might have had a chance at last of studying the circumstances of death . |
| 21 | Some of the government appointments as heads of the programme companies were proven professionals — under ORTF : for example , in 1978 , the head of TFI , Jean-Louis Guillaud , had previously advised Pompidou on broadcasting and prepared the launching of the third channel ; the head of A2 , Maurice Ulrich , would later be ‘ Chef de Cabinet ’ of Chirac when premier ( 1986–8 ) ; Claude Contamine , head of FR3 , and later ( 1986–9 ) head of A2 , had been one of the first — when assistant DG of ORTF in 1964 — to commission work from independent producers , despite ORTF 's formal monopoly of production ; further proof-if it were needed — of the longevity of the connection between broadcasting and the state . |
| 22 | Although , in referring to the possibility that serfdom might " abolish itself from below " , the tsar seemed to be responding to the rural disturbances which had resulted from Nicholas 's militia creations , in all probability he simply lifted the phrase from a Third Department report of 1839 whose purpose , though reformist , had hardly been the complete transformation of government policy . |
| 23 | To get this little lot cost us £1.35 , which is n't a lot though , to be honest , it could have been compressed into two windows without losing any usefulness , and cut the price by a third . |
| 24 | The trust aims to relieve poverty and distress in the third world , educate the public about the third world , and promote research into finding solutions to third world problems . |
| 25 | Connie 's self-knowledge and her unspoken fear of cowardice save her from being a precious bore ; and writing the book in the third person , even though from Connie 's viewpoint , was a good idea . |
| 26 | More recently , however , a variety of factors have rather changed this state of affairs and encouraged the search for a third road to socialism . |
| 27 | Where the Buyer purchases the goods with the intention of selling them to a third party for the use by that third party of the goods at work , the Buyer undertakes to supply the goods to the third party on the basis that the third party will ensure , so far as reasonably practicable , that the goods will be safe and without risks to health when properly used , and the Buyer further undertakes to procure the signature by the third party ( prior to delivery of the goods to the third party ) of the written undertaking attached hereto as Annex A obliging the third party to take the steps specified in that undertaking to ensure this . |
| 28 | This view sees the experience of the Third world as being little different from that of the industrialised countries . |
| 29 | If I could remember the name of the third wise man . |
| 30 | I ca n't remember the name of the third wise man . |