Example sentences of "[was/were] [art] third " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Royal Scots were the third infantry battalion in the Army to convert from the older FV 432 to Warrior . |
| 2 | Gross sales were the third highest at £960.2million , while repurchases fell by £300 million to £560.8million . |
| 3 | Originally from Burtonon-Trent , his wife , Hilary , is from Saltburn where her father , Mr George Medd , and late mother , Joyce , were the third generation of Medd 's the bakers in the town . |
| 4 | Most of the time Harry was playing for Crystal Palace we were a Third Division club and so it is not surprising that most of the great achievements to which he helped to take us were in the FA Cup . |
| 5 | Sheep slaughterings continue to rise and at almost 49,000 head were a third up on the same month last year . |
| 6 | and say this group of four here , erm , will get this much shared out between us , so if there were a third as many people , if there was only one person we would n't need so many erm , if there was only one pizza , right , |
| 7 | He said there were no third parties involved . |
| 8 | This particular novelty was the third short orchestral piece to appear in the last few years , written , like the second , at Knussen 's prompting , and it rounded off a performance of all three as a suite , titled Three Occasions for Orchestra . |
| 9 | He was the third high-ranking RUC officer to be murdered in Northern Ireland this year |
| 10 | This was the third night in Normandy . |
| 11 | In 1950 the Alfa Romeo team drivers were known as ‘ The Three Fs ’ — Fangio , Farina and who was the third ? |
| 12 | Three teams in 1969 raced four-wheel drive — Lotus , Tyrrell-Matra and who was the third ? |
| 13 | Tranmere now were not only confident but cocky , and as Spurs deteriorated into a formation as ragged as a returning Battle of Britain squadron it was the Third Division side who found space and time . |
| 14 | It was the third time in three weeks that such ugly scenes had been witnessed at London grounds . |
| 15 | This was the third century in 10 Tests for the left-handed opener , who made his debut in the fourth Test against the West Indies in January and hit 839 runs in the Ashes series . |
| 16 | It was the third story in an evening bulletin , and the tone of the commentary implied the legitimacy of their struggle . |
| 17 | Despite a 6 per cent increase in the global cereal harvest in 1989 , the year was the third in succession in which production failed to meet demand . |
| 18 | For Edward it was the third of many stages on his career as a writer : |
| 19 | It was the third day that clinched it . |
| 20 | It was the third time in eight games that the margin of victory had been just two runs . |
| 21 | That was the third wicket down ; fifty runs later the match was over , Gibbs having taken 5 for 66 . |
| 22 | Once a café dancer , she , too , showed a talent for marrying rich men — Sir Bernard was the third — and it was she who decided that the Docker Daimler should be gold-plated and that the seats should be upholstered in zebra skin . |
| 23 | More important to his diplomacy , however , were the links through women , and that was the third line for his diplomacy . |
| 24 | It was the third consecutive day on which the index plummeted by almost 3½ p.c. in an alarming acceleration of Japan 's two-year process of asset deflation . |
| 25 | Young Paul was the third of four boys , the younger brother of Tom Hopkinson , later a long-serving editor of Picture Post and the husband of Antonia White . |
| 26 | The accord was the third EC attempt to end fighting between those loyal to Bosnia and Serbian-led forces trying to partition the recently independent republic . |
| 27 | It was the third time Hillman has been sent off in his career and having been suspended for 20 weeks for his last offence , can expect a lengthy suspension for his latest misdemeanour . |
| 28 | He was the third of eight children . |
| 29 | This was the third serious attempt to kill the Emperor and , as in the other two , the perpetrators were Italians . |
| 30 | H p Hn Tomi was the third Rottweiler to achieve the title in Finland and was also the first bitch to do so , again in 1948 . |