Example sentences of "be [art] fifth " in BNC.

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1 Saturated world markets , together with the international embargo against Iraq ( which had been the fifth largest importer of Canadian wheat in 1989 ) , meant , however , that the country 's transport and storage facilities were placed under considerable strain .
2 They were said to face summary execution if found guilty of complicity in what had been the fifth rumoured coup attempt since the military took power in June 1989 .
3 The Hackney shows are the fifth year in succession that the Bard of Barking has sung in the New Year .
4 In his survey of London , published in 1889 , Charles Booth commented on the overlapping territory of the various visitors from churches , the Charity Organisation Society , and other charitable organisations in Deptford : ‘ we hear of one woman busy at the washtub calling out [ to a new visitor ] : ‘ you are the fifth this morning ’ ' .
5 Since the 1950s there has been a fifth column of British writers who demonstrate and often acknowledge their admiration for French writing , Alain Robbe-Grillet and the nouveau roman in particular .
6 After giving details of the first four murders , Mr John said : ‘ There has been a fifth development , a murder in south London , which bears features similar to the others we are investigating . ’
7 He went on : ‘ They are a fifth column , and we can not permit that .
8 I 'm the fifth generation of a family that has been involved in the theatre … they 've built theatres , run companies , been actors , married actresses .
9 Now I 'm the fifth victim in Test cricket .
10 But the farmer down the lane is worried because he wanted his little lad , who is six , to be the fifth generation of the family to farm the moss land .
11 Karajan 's devout acceptance of what there is proved to be the Fifth Symphony 's best bet , given the untold care and effort that has gone into the shaping of the minutest detail of phrasing and , indeed , colouristic effect .
12 You must be the fifth person I 've explained it to this month .
13 It is , of course , a matter for concern that there should be the fifth .
14 An operation by Turkey to divert the flow of the Euphrates river away from Syria and Iraq in order to fill the reservoir behind the newly constructed Ataturk dam ( believed to be the fifth largest in the world ) was begun on Jan. 13 in a ceremony presided over by the Turkish President , Turgut Özal .
15 This at least allows you to make the best of poor job ; a package which only works at the screen resolution could be a fifth the quality , or worse .
16 Certainly the recent discovery of what is believed to be a fifth example , at Trelleborg in Skåne , may add significantly to our knowledge .
17 The Commercial Director of British Coal has admitted that it is likely the industry will be a fifth of its present size by the mid-nineteen-nineties .
18 Will there be a fifth anniversary , still in hiding ?
19 Going to be a fifth of three sixty .
20 With every niche filled , the only option left is the update , and here Guinness have been steaming ahead yet again , the two most recent arrivals being the fifth edition of Billboard 's Book Of USA Top-40 Hits and the third edition of The Billboard Book Of Number One Hits , both bookshelf benders , the former boasting 674 pages while the latter weighs in at a hefty 844 .
21 Once the general subcommittee had done its survey of the system , it turned to inform Parliament of the issues embodied ( or concealed ) in the annual expenditure White Paper , the first of these reports being the Fifth Report of the 1972–3 session .
22 This developed from a first issue in 1982 to being the fifth largest sector in the euromarket by issuance in 1990 .
23 Individually , they were mature , intelligent human beings ; collectively , they were the fifth grade in Disneyland .
24 These were the fifth and sixth centuries , when Byzantine designs were forming themselves from early Christian patterns , and the tenth to thirteenth centuries when more elaborate buildings were erected in a new wave of expansion .
25 This is the fifth home visit , and on-call duty does n't finish for eight more hours .
26 FRC 92 is the fifth international conference on fibre reinforced composites and will take place at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne on 24–26 March 1992 .
27 Rogation Sunday is the fifth after Easter , and the following three days are known as Rogationtide .
28 Musa Anter is the fifth journalist working for the Kurdish newspaper Ozgur Gundem to be attacked since the newspaper started publication in May this year .
29 BAT is the fifth largest company in the UK and recorded pre-tax profits of £1,641 million in 1988 [ 10 ] .
30 FHSAs and prescribing This is the fifth and final article in a series of articles on the future of family health services authorities
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