Example sentences of "been [vb pp] [prep] a fourth " in BNC.

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1 Members heard funding had been given for a fourth ear , nose and throat surgeon .
2 Peter Purton , an executive member of the lesbian and gay rights campaign , said now the idea of a common age of consent had been supported for a fourth time , he hope that the leadership would finally accept the commitment and ensure it went into the manifesto .
3 They face another five years in opposition and Labour will have another inquest into why it has been rejected for a fourth time .
4 Since a Conservative government has been elected for a fourth term these developments will probably continue .
5 Pausanias goes on to talk of stories of Theseus 's end ; irrelevantly , it seems , but it has often been thought that the subject must have been suggested by a fourth mural which he does not specify .
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