Example sentences of "be [verb] that a third " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been claimed that a third brother settled in America and that one of his descendants founded the internationally known Piper Aircraft Corporation but research has shown this to be false . |
| 2 | It was stressed that a third vaccine — MMR2 — was perfectly safe and there were sufficient stocks for doctors to meet demand . |
| 3 | Within private care where the element of choice might have been thought to be an advantage it was found that a third of residents did not choose , and for 22 per cent the unsolicited efforts of either a relative , the general practitioner or a social worker led to their admission ( Weaver et al . , |
| 4 | It was estimated that a third of the electorate had switched its vote in the 1991 elections , compared with only 20 per cent in 1988 . |
| 5 | Both Prikazsky and Bursky were alleged to have had links with the Statni Bezpecnost ( StB — State Security , or secret police ) under the communist regime before November 1989 , and it was suggested that a third ( unnamed ) minister had also had such links . |