Example sentences of "in the [adj] three [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Chapters 2 to 10 we take the various constructions in which English adjectives actually appear , and consider the grammatical and interpretative consequences of the intensional patterns which are expressed by those constructions , before returning in the final three chapters to more general issues of syntax . |
| 2 | Rod Wallace put Leeds ahead early in the second half but their inability to strike any kind of attacking rhythm obliged them , and the Elland Road faithful , to live on their nerves until Lee Chapman and Eric Cantona both scored in the final three minutes . |
| 3 | The latest CBI figures suggest settlements are levelling out after falling to 4.2 per cent in the final three months last year . |
| 4 | Productivity growth in manufacturing in the first quarter at 3.8 per cent was higher than the same period a year earlier , but down on the five per cent improvement in the final three months of last year . |
| 5 | Basic and clinical sciences would be interwoven during the course , but with the clinical sciences predominating in the final three years . |
| 6 | Bees learn colour only in the final three seconds as they land : the colour visible to the bee before the landing sequence , the colours it sees while standing on the flower to feed and while circling the blossom before flying off , simply never register . |
| 7 | When Clement Attlee became Prime Minister in 1945 I had just completed my Higher School Certificate in the traditional three subjects , with a year to spare before being called up for National Service . |
| 8 | More female patients had rheumatoid arthritis , but in the remaining three conditions , the proportion of men was greater , reaffirming that men appear to be more likely than women to have ischaemic ulcers . |
| 9 | In the remaining three movements Tennstedt 's speeds were all on the fast side . |
| 10 | Arguably , the most valuable material is in the remaining three chapters where the authors discuss a European emphasis on preventive and social action which is less apparent here . |
| 11 | Of more relevance here are the criticisms of those who argue that Reagan , in reality , fell far short of his declared policy purposes , or who point to the thinness of his legislative record in the remaining three years of his first term . |
| 12 | It certainly is the case that the Reagan administration was never able to duplicate the domestic policy triumphs of 1981 in the remaining three years of the first term . |
| 13 | In the remaining three subjects ( patients 1 , 2 , and 3 ) silver staining revealed a neuropathic abnormality with absent or severely depleted and ill defined argyrophilic neurones in the myenteric plexus . |
| 14 | In the remaining three patients ( AL in two and AH in one ) , however , the obstructive symptoms were persistent and quite resistant to total parenteral nutrition treatment . |
| 15 | Sales figures around Christmas and New Year are very prone to changes in seasonal patterns , and total sales in the last three months together were less than 0.25 per cent higher than in the previous three months and only 1.4 per cent higher than in the corresponding three months a year ago . |
| 16 | If all the positions occupied in the intervening three years were included , the picture would , of course , be a great deal more complicated . |
| 17 | In this instance , a second Bill has had to be presented , and most people in the education system have found themselves in a mess in the intervening three years . |
| 18 | In the preceding three chapters the styles of work and the surviving examples discussed came from different parts of Europe , but , in Volume I , only one basic source of inspiration and culture was affecting building design and function . |
| 19 | All but one of the seventeen MPs mentioned in the preceding three paragraphs had attended Eton , but the proportion of Etonians on the Conservative benches has been dropping steadily ever since the end of the Second World War . |
| 20 | A ceasefire came into effect as planned on Sept. 6 , in spite of accusations and counter-accusations by the Polisario Front and the Moroccan government about renewed military activity in the area in the preceding three days . |
| 21 | He also explained to us that our stay in China had been planned so that we should spend 4 weeks in Peking , and 3 weeks in the other three cities . |
| 22 | The only alternative would be to put in an inferior system , which means that the German aircraft would be less capable than those in the other three air forces . |
| 23 | In the other three cases where direct support was given , the client was not thought to need extra help ; the development officer felt however that the informal carer needed support and she therefore visited once or twice a week for that purpose . |
| 24 | While ( 104 ) does seem to imply something close to " feel " , in the other three cases know merely evokes what allowed the " knowers " in question to identify the things or persons known as stolen , deaf , or clouds . |
| 25 | In the other three countries , popular assent was also required : the Irish and Danish referendums registered ‘ Yes ’ votes , while Norway voted ‘ No ’ . |
| 26 | Finally , although support for the strike call was not very strong across the four local ballots held in the ‘ in-between ’ group , solidarity was high in the early months , and remained so in Durham and Northumberland until the dispute 's end ; in the other three fields , however , support waned , with most Cumberland miners back at work by the end of 1984 , alongside about half of their contemporaries in North Derbyshire and Lancashire . |
| 27 | That apart , however , the strengths and weaknesses identified by members of the library committee in the implementation of the school 's library/resource policy have much in common with themes identified in the other three schools , and these will be drawn upon to inform the final section of this chapter . |
| 28 | In the other three novels frothy dialogue and sparkling wit tend to overshadow the deeper philosophical issues at stake . |
| 29 | Particularly impressive has been the major revival of the South East since the mid 1970s , but there has also been a return to strong growth in the other three regions of the South in the mid 1980s . |
| 30 | I am sure that levels of commitment and determination are just as high in the other three Regions of . |