Example sentences of "[modal v] be [verb] [prep] a third " in BNC.
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| 1 | It remains our conviction that the umpires have done their conscientious best throughout the summer , and that only ‘ line decisions ’ ( run-outs , stumpings , boundary incidents ) should be referred to a third umpire who has a TV playback monitor . |
| 2 | In short , we should be arguing for a third zero within NATO . |
| 3 | Right , well am I also right in thinking that as as a rule of thumb , fixed prices should be agreed before a third of the war , of the work is completed ? |
| 4 | Both these controls must be distinguished from a third , namely external financing limits . |
| 5 | The conclusion of a deep and extensive report on day-care surgery published a year ago by the Audit Commission was that waiting lists for day-care surgery could be cut by a third through the more efficient use of such surgery . |
| 6 | Workers at Rosyth Royal Dockyard have been told that jobs could be cut by a third over the next twelve years . |
| 7 | Or it could be related to a third confounding variable such as personality and this latter variable related to risk of depression ( Figure 4.3C ) . |
| 8 | Harrods Library , which had an extensive clientele , used to publish long lists of ex-library books which could be bought at a third of the price when new , or less if rebound for library use . |
| 9 | The expert may be appointed by a third party , such as a company secretary instructing auditors to value shares , which is what happened in Arenson v Casson Beckman Rutley & Co [ 1975 ] 3 WLR 815 . |
| 10 | The parties therefore need to have agreed that , where they can not agree on the identity of an expert , the appointment may be made by a third party . |
| 11 | Their experience shows that military facilities may be conceded by a Third World state to the USSR when there exists a coincidence of interests but that such concessions provide leverage on Soviet policy as often as they act as levers for Soviet policy in bilateral relations with the Third World party . |
| 12 | It would seem that different considerations apply in the exceptional cases in which discovery may be obtained from a third party . |
| 13 | It is also now recognized that even where there may be some correlation between certain factors and certain forms of abuse , it is inappropriate to assume that the one causes the other ; both may be linked to a third but underlying set of structures and mechanisms . |
| 14 | The parties should agree a period of time during which they can continue negotiations and the investors can undertake investigations without fear that the target may be sold to a third party . |
| 15 | The Transport Secretary , Mr Cecil Parkinson , announced yesterday that BR grants would be cut by a third from £516 million to £345 million by 1992/93 and that BR plans to shed 1,000 jobs a year up to March 1994 . |
| 16 | She was damned if she would be put through a third degree by this raving lunatic who seemed to have a fixation about someone called Lotta . |
| 17 | Presently they will be discovered by a third player . |
| 18 | A recent poll by El Pais predicts the Socialists will be swept into a third term of office on 29 October by an absolute majority . |
| 19 | Generally , you will be supplied with a third copy for your file . |
| 20 | Low-flying will be reduced by a third over the next three years anyway with plans to cut some operational squadrons and introduce the propeller turbine aircraft for training . |
| 21 | First , through registration , the terms and conditions of the asset sale agreement and all related agreements can be inspected by a third party as they appear on the public register . |
| 22 | These principles can be projected into a third dimension to describe complex volumes ; and then into a time dimension , as in the cinema and television . |
| 23 | Thus , any shares offered for sale must first be offered to other shareholders before they can be transferred to a third party . |