Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [prep] the third " in BNC.

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1 Around one quartr of the children in this study were below the third percentile for weight suggesting an association between cryptosporidiosis and failure to thrive , as described in other centres .
2 Owers only cup appearance was in the third round win over Port Vale .
3 The real trouble is in the Third World .
4 Her flat was on the third floor with its windows looking towards the river .
5 The first leg is in the third race , the eight o'clock , this is the first quarter final .
6 Six of 10 with only such small bowel involvement were below the third centile for height when their disease was recognised .
7 Dr Michael Dingle 's surgery is on the third floor , reached by an impossibly small lift ( Kenneth has to do it in two trips ) .
8 The last possible moment for a negotiated settlement was in the third week of September .
9 The great growth in Christianity at the present time is in the Third World and those parts of Eastern Europe that are still under atheistic leadership .
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