Example sentences of "the fourth [noun sg] in [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Tokyo stocks plummeted before and after the Bank of Japan raised its discount rate from 4.25% to 5.25% , the fourth increase in ten months .
2 The indifference of the electorate was blamed partly on the apathy produced by this being the fourth election in 18 months , by the confusing number of different party slates and by the lack of concrete proposal and programmes from the candidates .
3 She looked at her watch for the fourth time in two minutes .
4 At thirty-two years of age , Chrissie Stone could take the occasional shock to her system , but this was the fourth time in two weeks that she had slept late , and it was beginning to get her down .
5 I had another massage , warmed up again , tuned into my Walkman and then went through the reporting procedures for the fourth time in two days .
6 DARREN HALL , seemingly able to run forever , won the Oracle English National Championship for the fourth time in five years at Crawley last night .
7 DARREN HALL , seemingly able to run for ever , won the Oracle English National Championship for the fourth time in five years at Crawley last night .
8 Last season United watched Schmeichel regularly as Brondby won the Danish title for the fourth time in five years and reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup .
9 It was the fourth time in five years she had been injured in the line of duty .
10 It was the fourth time in five years that Gotti , whose elegant sartorial taste had earned him the nickname " Dapper Don " , had been indicted .
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