Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] for the third [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He saved that humiliation for the third round , when he knocked Tommy out with an uppercut that the lad from Poplar never saw .
2 Then it is across the road to the social club for the third pint , before tackling the first of the long uphill stretches to the Lamb at Denholme and the fourth pint .
3 But it is hoped that in doing so , it will also help him to continue his untiring work for the Third World and enrich the lives of those poor people , particularly in Africa .
4 In the 600cc class which should be the best of the day , Jim Moodie is fastest on 115.90 but if McCallen gets it together he can win this race for the third year in a row .
5 Curry , from London , outshone allcomers to retain her British title for the third year running .
6 Presenting his budget this week , the finance minister , Wang Bingqian , used his favourite word for the third year running to describe the state of the public purse : ‘ grim ’ .
7 MOGADISHU , Monday Giant US flying gunships were pounding the Somali capital for the third night running , witnesses said early today .
8 this autumn for the third year running .
9 Simon Wilkinson of the St Melyd club won the Aberconwy trophy for the third time in four years with a 72 hole total of 296 in his last amateur tournament before turning professional .
10 Surbiton LTC won the men 's doubles over 45 event for the third year when they overcame Manchester Northern Club in the finals of the Eagle Star Inter Club Veterans Tournament held at Queen 's Club during November .
11 Fry , dismissed by the 20-stone ticket-broker for the third time yesterday , wo n't be kissing and making up this time … he 'll sue for wrongful dismissal .
12 The annual survey on the Norwegian economy published in early March 1991 by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) reported that inflation , then at an annual rate of 4.5 per cent , was " below the rates prevailing in most trading partner countries " , and that there was a current-account surplus for the third year in succession after several years of difficult adjustment following the mid-1980s fall in oil prices .
13 Article 35 allows an obligation to be imposed upon a third State if the parties so intend , and the third party accepts it in writing.139 — The juridical basis for the third party 's obligation would appear therefore to be an ancillary ( or collateral ) agreement in writing .
14 Manley was aware that the high cost of modern anaesthetic apparatus was often prohibitive for hospitals in developing countries , and at the time of his death he was working on a prototype of an inexpensive , but effective ventilator for the Third World .
15 ‘ … and moreover the most gallant gentleman of the realm , and this went on until it resulted in a divorce , and after a second marriage , which was likewise unhappy , she entered the married estate for the third time with a common tar , with whom , though he abused her daily , she herself said that she lived in much greater content than in her first marriage .
16 Meaningful aid for the Third World
17 Of Pasolini 's ‘ growing passion for the Third World ’ Enzo Siciliano says : ‘ He had the idea that ‘ Negritude … will be the way' ’ .
18 ‘ Cities of the Immortals ’ will be set up by California-based company called the Heaven on Earth Corporation , many of them providing low-cost housing for the Third World .
19 Welshpool are at full strength for the third division derby at unchanged Montgomery .
20 certainly has earned his few quid tonight , about to take this goal kick , we 're inside the final minute of what has been a very good first half for the third division side , one goal each .
21 McNab briefly revived it 13 minutes from the end with a sizzling 20-yard strike for the third goal .
22 At a time when the British electorate has elected a Conservative government for the third time on the basis of a minority of the votes cast it is additionally important to add to this examination of the impact of ‘ the voice of the people ’ upon social policy determination the observation that our ‘ first past the post ’ electoral system can convey a very ambiguous message .
23 In-Service Training day fees are being held at the same cost for the third year running , despite inflation and a probable increase in the cost of premises for Q.T. days .
24 It is in this context that the Conservative party presented its new programme for the third term , following the Queen 's speech ; a set of policies lent a coherence by the inner city problem :
25 When the Foreign Secretary visits the Group of Seven summit in the summer , will he bang some heads together to try to bring forward a new deal for the third world ?
26 After a short search , he had positioned the listening instrument in the right spot for the third time , and the rapid beat of sound came again .
27 Grunte , who had little time for the Third World , said that as far as he was concerned , most of it seemed to have moved to Birmingham .
28 Manufacturing industry was still in recession right up to the end of 1992 , and both manufacturing and total industrial output fell last year for the third year in a row , according to the Central Statistical Office 's figures yesterday .
29 He won there last year for the third time , beating Bertie Fisher , and is again likely to be the pace-setter .
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