Example sentences of "[be] only the fourth " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope ( EGRET ) on the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory satellite recently detected pulsed γ -radiation from the radio pulsar PSR1706–44 ; this is only the fourth radio pulsar to be identified as a γ -ray source . |
| 2 | In these cases ( except perhaps in 2.6–8 ) it is only the fourth trangression that is specified , almost certainly because the fourth is so climactic that the others may be left out of consideration . |
| 3 | He is only the fourth Irishman to win the award since it was introduced in 1951 , and the first since former world featherweight champion Barry McGuigan ten years ago . |
| 4 | It was only the fourth time that one horse had completed a clear round . |
| 5 | This was only the fourth time that this legislation had been invoked . |
| 6 | This was only the fourth time on which the UN had imposed sanctions , the previous occasions being sanctions against Rhodesia , South Africa and Iraq . |
| 7 | It did not matter that it was only the fourth time they had met ; she knew this moment was exceptional in her life and that , while their physical passion might be impulsive and unplanned , it was inescapable . |