Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [adv] [prep] the third " in BNC.

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1 The reader might like to check that , if the second and third digits are used instead of the third and fourth , there will be seven synonyms instead of eight ( 00 , 01 , 01 , 04 , 09 , 12 , 12 ) .
2 The war in the Gulf was a reminder of the instability along NATO 's southern flank ; long-range missiles are spreading dangerously in the third world ; Eastern Europe is never short of alarming political wobbles .
3 Two have been built already , and work is continuing furiously on the third .
4 It was while Cecilia was running upstairs for the third time to tell Tina she must get up , she really must or she would be late for school , that she heard the Cambridge School bell utter a single toll .
5 Marsden was bowled early on the third morning for 16 so losing the match by an overwhelming innings and 50 runs .
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