Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [adv] [art] third " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the final stages , foxes can lose weight down to about a third . |
| 2 | The forecast from Chris Haskins of Northern Dairies which now owns Express Dairies and has over 3,000 milk rounds delivering a daily pinta to five million 5m doorsteps is that the fall in doorstep delivery will not stop until it is down to about a third of the total . |
| 3 | In less than three years , output is up 25 per cent to record levels , productivity is up 50 per cent , unit costs are down by almost a third , and Sizewell B is ahead of schedule and within budget . |
| 4 | Losses in the Liability account for the year were down by almost a third at $15.5m ( 1991 : $22.6m loss ) . |
| 5 | Last year 's unstoppable strikeforce of Mark Hateley and Ally McCoist will team up for only the third time this season , Hateley with a ten goal start on his partner . |
| 6 | Real net income for families on average earnings : — up by over a third in 12 years . |
| 7 | Thefts of and from vehicles are up by over a third according to figures just revealed . |
| 8 | Racal 's share price suddenly shot up by almost a third , despite the fact that the partial flotation would have absolutely no effect on the already-excellent prospects for Vodafone . |
| 9 | Following a doubling of losses in the fourth quarter to $8.8m ( 1991 : $4.4m loss ) , the deficit in European territories at the full year was up by almost a third from $27.7m to $36.7m . |
| 10 | Operating profits are up by almost a third to more than two hundred and sixty million pounds |
| 11 | When the polarisation is unavailable as well ( as on overcast days , for example ) , bees fall back on yet a third system , based on landmarks , and there is no reason to suppose we have exhausted the set of fail-safe plans built into bees . |