Example sentences of "[num] [prep] [art] third [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oxford have dropped down into the bottom half of the table , after losing by 1-0 for the third match running . |
| 2 | In what some believed to be a dummy run of tomorrow 's final , Jackie Lockhart 's team beat Christine Cannon 's Stranraer 8-7 in the third round . |
| 3 | The number of people out of work and claiming benefit for more than a year fell by 61,000 to a seven-year-low of 613,000 in the third quarter of the year , the Department of Employment said yesterday . |
| 4 | The unknown 25-year-old fired a five under par 67 in the third round at Santa Ponsa to carry a one-stroke advantage into the final 18 holes tomorrow . |
| 5 | KAPIL DEV , India 's Pride , became the second bowler to take 400 Test wickets when he trapped Australian opener Mark Taylor lbw in the first over after tea at 4.05 on the third day in the final Test of the recent series . |
| 6 | The rate of destruction of the Amazon rainforest slowed during 1991 for the third year running , according to satellite evidence . |
| 7 | With Kallicharran , who made 97 , he put on 303 for the third wicket , with some wonderful strokes all round the wicket that culminated in 36 runs off his last 13 balls before holing out on the boundary . |
| 8 | There had been another ace , this time hit even more courageously with a second serve , to prevent Sampras breaking back to 4–5 in the third set . |
| 9 | Xinhua led the French ace 17–13 in the third game but was narrowly beaten 21–19 in a thrilling contest . |
| 10 | ; whereas from the end of the first half of 1979 to the third quarter of 1991 , there has been an increase of nearly 6 per cent . |
| 11 | They collapsed from 200–2 after Nick Speak ( 99 ) and Neil Fairbrother ( 53 ) belted 141 for the third wicket , with Essex paceman Steve Andrew grabbing a career best 7–47 . |
| 12 | He sustained a minor bullet wound on Good Friday 1917 and more serious gas injuries on or about 10 September 1917 during the third battle of Ypres ( Passchendaele ) . |
| 13 | Ironically , however , at 5-5 in the third set with the match almost in the Americans ' grasp , he faltered , losing his delivery to 30 . |
| 14 | Individuals becoming insolvent also jumped 9pc to 9,470 in the third quarter a rate of 103 a day . |
| 15 | Individuals becoming insolvent also jumped 9% to 9,470 in the third quarter a rate of 103 a day . |
| 16 | So sixteen in the first block , sixteen for the third block and sixteen for the intervening block . |
| 17 | Fowler and Gower held him up for a while with 91 for the third wicket , but by the close of play he had two more — including a caught and bowled — and on Monday morning , cutting down his run-up , he polished off the tail to finish with 7 for 53 . |
| 18 | Ashok Patel ( 48 ) and David Borthwick ( 50 ) added 77 for the third wicket . |
| 19 | About two thirds of the Third World 's $1,000 billion debt was lent by around 550 of the world 's private banks from North America , Japan and Europe between the late 1960s and early 1980s . |
| 20 | However , repossessions fell in the fourth quarter to 18,000 from 20,000 in the third quarter . |
| 21 | Todd was six strokes off the lead at the half-way mark , but promptly shot a 77 in the third round and eventually finished 71st , earning $594 . |
| 22 | Navratilova was beaten 2–6 , 6–4 , 6–3 in the third round of the DFS Classic at Edgbaston by Australian qualifier Kristine Radford , ranked 179 in the world . |
| 23 | Jack faded out of it with a 76 in the third round , though , and then had that fantastic 65 in the last round — all too late . |
| 24 | ( Palmer 's 69 in the third round to Rees ' 71 put the American one stroke ahead . ) |
| 25 | The uniprocessor models of the Sparcserver 10 and the Sparcserver 600MP system with SuperSparc will be available with Solaris 1.1 in the third quarter . |
| 26 | The only exception here is the bend-up to the C note at the end of bar 4 ; if you do n't have a tremolo , play a B note at fret 4 on the third string , and bend that up . |
| 27 | From that point there was no way back for the Prestwick man , and Corsie went on to add another 7-2 win in the third set , thanks mainly to a count of 4 on the third end that finally sealed Gourlay 's fate . |
| 28 | Fourth Division Halifax beat Manchester City 1-0 in the third round , a defeat from which Allison never really recovered . |
| 29 | After Nagle took a 75 in the third round , it was a two-horse race : Arnold and Dai . |
| 30 | President Paul Biya took office on Nov. 3 for a third term , following a disputed victory in the Oct. 11 presidential elections [ see p. 39130 ] , declaring in his inauguration address to the National Assembly that he intended to undertake a major revision of the Constitution . |