Example sentences of "the third [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Assumption C , ‘ the maintenance of employment and the prevention of mass unemployment ’ , was the third of the Assumptions in his report .
2 Yet Poulantzas ' wish to argue hypothetically is peculiarly revealing ; for as well as drawing attention to the slight explanatory power of his theory it raises the third of the questions with which I began — the question of whether he has really succeeded in casting off voluntarism .
3 Other insects attract their mates by exploiting the third of the senses , smell .
4 These arguments then lead us to support the third of the options for change set out in the 1992 Green Paper .
5 An alternative way of looking at it would perhaps be to say the Greater York Area is that area within ten miles of the city centre as is indicated by the third of the criteria set out in policy H two .
6 The first reported expression of dissent occurred in Balston Ltd v Headline Filters [ 1987 ] FSR 330 where Scott J at pp347 and 348 said , having quoted from the judgment of Neill LJ in Faccenda , both counsel before me express some reservations about that passage insofar as it suggests that confidential information can not be protected by a suitably worded restrictive convenant binding on an ex-employee unless the information can be regarded as trade secret in the third of the categories described by Goulding J. I am bound to say that I share these reservations .
7 We turn now to the third of the imperatives that shape the bargaining climate : the political context .
8 The third of the examples above suggests that the poem is being subtle ( whereas in fact it is the author — though again , this is arguably a matter of unknowable intention ) ; use of such personification involves a minor lapse in logic which you should be aware of , even if you decide that the final effect is worth it .
9 ( This would work well with the third of the examples above . )
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