Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [art] fourth [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The political parties of the narrow and fragmented centre of the political spectrum , from which all governments had to be drawn , were agreed only on the fundamental issue of preserving the Fourth Republic : they had , as it were , reserved their right to disagree on everything else . |
| 2 | Davies left Lansdowne Road looking pensive , but alert to Australia 's dislike of Garryowens , their growing weariness after two years of international stress , and the disruption of losing a fourth player through injury . |
| 3 | Sinn Fein , including chairman Tom Hartley , won three seats in Lower Falls on the first count and were confident of taking a fourth seat in the area . |
| 4 | * The Ukrainian government has decided to hold an international contest to work out a method of converting the fourth reactor at Chernobyl into an environmentally safe system . |
| 5 | Less costly , but not entirely satisfactory , is the practice of making every fourth tankful leaded petrol , which protects the valve seats but rather defeats the object . |