Example sentences of "only the third [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is only the third year that 43-year-old Julie , a relationship counsellor , and her husband Mark have opened their gates under the NGS . |
| 2 | Sparc will be only the third architecture — after Intel Corp 's iAPX-86 and Hewlett-Packard Co 's PA-RISC — that Novell Inc will have native NetWare 4.0 on . |
| 3 | Without them , the conservative National Action Party , which already governs Merida , appears certain to turn Yucatan into only the third state in Mexico 's history to elect an opposition governor . |
| 4 | In Alderney he finally and grudgingly got to work on his autobiography , Basingstoke Boy , using only the third person . |
| 5 | Sophie Parke was only the third child in Britain to receive two hearts in a piggy back style transplant . |
| 6 | Remarkably , although the Amateur Championship first took place in 1885 , this is only the third occasion on which it has been staged in Ireland . |
| 7 | For this period he was the leader of the party which gave the Government nine-tenths of its majority , but he was only the third man in the hierarchy . |
| 8 | At this point it is relevant to consider the significance of the fact that this case is , as we are told , only the third case in which a local authority has taken proceedings for libel . |
| 9 | Although this appeal is only the third case ever brought by a local authority to come before the courts , not only are there numerous local authorities , we were also provided with a list of government departments which happen to be bodies corporate and would , on the argument of Mr. Newman for the council , equally have the right to sue for libel . |
| 10 | Durand , only the third Frenchman to win the event , came home alone after he and three others had broken clear of the field with 134 miles to go . |
| 11 | My predecessor , who played the double-bass , had been appointed in 1935 , and I was only the third headmaster to hold office since the death of Queen Victoria . |
| 12 | The report should have said ‘ if war permits ’ for , by October 1915 when the Annual General Meeting was reported in the Standard it was only the third press account that year and it indicated the Club was in dire straits . |
| 13 | Reportedly he was only the third choice for the post . |
| 14 | Eastleigh is now 5lb better off but he went to Doncaster with the benefit of three all-weather runs this year , and Big Leap , having only the third race of his career there , should confirm the form . |
| 15 | BOYZ II MEN 's ‘ End Of The Road ’ has become only the third single in 30 years to spend more than ten weeks at the top of the Billboard chart . |
| 16 | It was only the third time Huntworth has got round in his last 13 races under Rules , but those three completions have brought three wins . |
| 17 | It is only the fifth time in the post-war history of the tournament that this has happened , and only the third time there has been a First Division v Second Division clash in each semi-final . |
| 18 | For nominal Christians it is perhaps only the third time they have been at a religious service ; the other two being their baptism and marriage . |
| 19 | Well only the third time . |
| 20 | ‘ This is only the third time I 've met him . ’ |
| 21 | Des Thompson , a specialist in animal heart disease , carried out the operation at his Earlswood surgery in Belmont Road , Belfast — only the third time he has fitted a pacemaker . |
| 22 | Incredibly , this is only the third time the ‘ Amateur ’ has been in Ireland , and the championship was first played in 1885 . |
| 23 | Nevertheless , the ECA report noted that in 1989 food production in Africa had actually grown faster than population , for only the third time in 20 years ( 3.4 per cent , against population growth of 3.2 per cent ) , and that food imports had fallen by 12 per cent . |
| 24 | Last year 's unstoppable strikeforce of Mark Hateley and Ally McCoist will team up for only the third time this season , Hateley with a ten goal start on his partner . |
| 25 | The famine simply must end today if Koppelaar 's team are to hold down a crucial fourth slot in Pool A which would keep alive their chances of reaching hockey 's premier event for only the third time . |
| 26 | That was only the third time it had happened in New Zealand . |
| 27 | Ian Readman , honorary secretary of the Redcar Station , said he believed it was only the third time a crew at the station had received a medal in the 190 years since the Zetland was first launched from Redcar . |
| 28 | This pulsar is a compact neutron star , which rotates 642 times every second , and the detection makes it only the third pulsar known to emit light . |
| 29 | So , if turning away qualified candidates , on the one hand , and significant loss of quality , on the other hand , are to be avoided , that leaves only the third option , namely the funded expansion of our higher education provision . |
| 30 | The 28-year-old Dutchman , winner in 1988 and 1989 , became only the third player to be crowned three times after compatriot and mentor Johan Cruyff and Frenchman Michel Platini . |