Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [prep] the third " in BNC.
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| 1 | With urban land prices rising rapidly across the Third World , construction companies build high-rise units mainly to maximise their return on what they spend on land . |
| 2 | The war in the Gulf was a reminder of the instability along NATO 's southern flank ; long-range missiles are spreading dangerously in the third world ; Eastern Europe is never short of alarming political wobbles . |
| 3 | Two have been built already , and work is continuing furiously on the third . |
| 4 | It was while Cecilia was running upstairs for the third time to tell Tina she must get up , she really must or she would be late for school , that she heard the Cambridge School bell utter a single toll . |
| 5 | People began throwing suggestions at him , some kindly , some less so , as the same shops came zinging past for the third and fourth times . |
| 6 | The recall of Botham and Allan Lamb open up the prospect of 20 of the 22 players who contested the World Cup final clashing again in the third Texaco match . |