Example sentences of "[vb past] in the fourth [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The maximal effect during the four hour experiment occurred in the fourth hour after administration of cholera toxin ( Tables I-V ) . |
| 2 | But perceptions that the Alliance was running second in the polls collapsed in the second week ; and voters ' assessment of Alliance chances of winning a majority or even holding the balance of power dropped sharply in the third week ; while television 's sharp switch to focus on the two-Party Labour versus Conservative battle occurred in the fourth week . |
| 3 | Rosslyn Park , going backwards constantly and finding their defence overrun , inevitably conceded penalties , the first of which came in the fourth minute . |
| 4 | Mr R. Melbourne of Loughborough wins our first £25 award by asking you for a list of those clubs who have won the old First Division title and also played in the Fourth Division . |
| 5 | It happened in the fourth round at the 4th hole , and it involved a 4-iron . |
| 6 | But , at the same time , the steepest decline in Dun and Bradstreet 's ‘ optimism index ’ since quarterly surveys began in the fourth quarter of 1987 points to a sharp slowdown in economic activity . |
| 7 | Pytheas , who probably lived in the fourth century , does not seem to have travelled inside Gaul . |
| 8 | Although the classic definition of a recession is two successive quarters of falling real GNP — implying that the recession started in the fourth quarter of last year — the National Bureau of Economic Research ( NBER ) , America 's official business-cycle watcher , uses a different yardstick : the monthly indicators for employment , industrial production , real business sales and real personal disposable income . |
| 9 | The highest score reached in the fourth innings to win a match was 507 for 7 , by Oxford University against MCC at Lord 's in 1896 . |
| 10 | However , repossessions fell in the fourth quarter to 18,000 from 20,000 in the third quarter . |
| 11 | It has not taken IBM Corp long to admit informally that its target of 25,000 job cuts this year is on the low side , and the company now says that it expects at least 6,000 jobs to be cut at its three main operations in the Hudson Valley in upstate New York , where previously it had forecast between 3,000 and 3,500 : IBM told Reuters that the job cuts , which will likely include layoffs , will come from the company 's mainframe business in Poughkeepsie and Kingston , where at least 2,000 jobs will be cut , up from the company 's previous expectations of between 600 to 800 , and it also sees bigger staff cuts at the East Fishkill chip facility , which now expects to lose about 4,000 workers , up from about 3,000 — IBM is phasing out semiconductor operations in East Fishkill , moving some of the work to Burlington , Vermont , some to Essonnes , France ; advanced semiconductor research and packaging remains in East Fishkill ; the company says that despite the increased cuts , it believes that the charges it took in the fourth quarter will still be sufficient . |
| 12 | However , economic activity began to slow in mid-1990 and stagnated in the fourth quarter . |
| 13 | The vultures travelled in the fourth car , packed tight into the back , like pieces of a game . |