Example sentences of "for the third time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even as Mrs Thatcher stood triumphant for the third time on the stairs at Central Office the applauding apparatchiks were already honing the knives for the Saatchi team which was blamed for various mid-campaign woes . |
| 2 | At a time when the British electorate has elected a Conservative government for the third time on the basis of a minority of the votes cast it is additionally important to add to this examination of the impact of ‘ the voice of the people ’ upon social policy determination the observation that our ‘ first past the post ’ electoral system can convey a very ambiguous message . |
| 3 | MEAN-HEARTED thieves have struck for the third time at the Wrexham depot of the Operation Christmas Child charity , stealing a fax machine used to send out vital documents for aid convoys . |
| 4 | Careful not to wake the others , he made his way for the third time to the lavatory . |
| 5 | The work out to tender topped the £2,000 million mark in May for the third time since August of last year . |
| 6 | The kwanza was devalued in April for the third time since November 1991 [ see pp. 38561 ; 38666 ] . |
| 7 | The launch of the space shuttle Columbia was delayed for the third time since May following the discovery of a fuel leak near its engines . |
| 8 | ‘ … and moreover the most gallant gentleman of the realm , and this went on until it resulted in a divorce , and after a second marriage , which was likewise unhappy , she entered the married estate for the third time with a common tar , with whom , though he abused her daily , she herself said that she lived in much greater content than in her first marriage . |
| 9 | The backs are Pat Palmer , Steve Gray and Chris Tynan , who all played in 1991 , along with Alberta 's Julian Loveday , veteran of two Middlesex Sevens with London Irish and visiting Hong Kong for the third time with Canada . |
| 10 | Rosemary , who has learnt to cope with severe tinnitus , is all ready to set sail for the THIRD time aboard Lord Nelson , the specially adapted tall ship for disabled adventurers run by the Jubilee Sailing Trust . |
| 11 | The Legal Services Committee continued in 1992 where it left off in 1991 and in January 1992 representatives of the committee appeared for the third time before the Lord Chancellor 's Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct . |
| 12 | Mr Ashdown descended on the area yesterday for the third time in his marathon campaign amid growing recognition among Tories that the South-West could prove their Achilles ' heel , a danger underlined by the Press Association opinion poll which showed a swing against the Conservatives in the region of six per cent . |
| 13 | Despite a slick campaign — a precursor of that just ended — Labour lost for the third time in a row , its vote scarcely up on that of 1983 . |
| 14 | But he pledged last night that he would still be leading the team for tomorrow 's League game at Darlington even if Flashman does sack him for the third time in a year . |
| 15 | Troubled by a cold and a painful left shoulder , he managed only a 73 and for the third time in four starts missed the cut . |
| 16 | I retire to the toilets for the third time in the space of ten minutes . |
| 17 | THERE is not better way to underline the problems of distance and climate that are a unique hallmark of the game in Canada than … talking to Canadian RU executive director John Billingsley who mentioned his Ottawa lawn had been deep in snow for more than three months — in Vancouver I was about to bring out the mower for the third time in a garden bright with spring blossoms . |
| 18 | For Leconte , who only four months earlier had undergone back surgery for the third time in little more than two years , it had seen the re-birth of what was — and can be again — a gloriously entertaining , as well as effective , career . |
| 19 | Offered for the third time in its history by Agnew 's is Turner 's ‘ Sunset : a mackerel shoal ’ . |
| 20 | For the third time in just over twenty years Giovanni Bellini 's ‘ Madonna and Child ’ has been stolen from the church of the Madonna dell'Orto in Venice . |
| 21 | On April 13th the government devalued the peseta , by 8% , for the third time in eight months . |
| 22 | The third wicket saw 81 added , Atherton presenting a broad bat-face to Mushtaq Ahmed 's spin mixture , before Smith fell to Mushtaq for the third time in seven Test innings . |
| 23 | Mansell won five times and was second in the Championship for the third time in his career . |
| 24 | While Baldwin 's succession to Bonar Law in 1923 has been almost overdiscussed , practically no attention has been given to the way in which he slipped in for the third time in 1935 . |
| 25 | By the time the British , the Americans , and the ultimately successful Rifs from North Africa had made their assaults , the monastery was almost completely destroyed for the third time in history . |
| 26 | He was also declared bankrupt for the third time in September 1921 . |
| 27 | Economics ( and the fear of being bored witless for the third time in 10 days ) demanded that I , and my son , only got to the first two matches and watched from the Kop . |
| 28 | For the third time in twenty-four hours , the King replied that it was out of the question . |
| 29 | The King could legitimately refuse a request to dissolve for the third time in a little over a year . |
| 30 | For the third time in recent months residents sufferered the nuisance and threat of unwanted neighbours . |