Example sentences of "was the eighth " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mexico was the world 's fourth largest oil producer in 1983 while Venezuela was the eighth . |
| 2 | When Neville Chamberlain became Mayor of Birmingham in 1915 , he was the eighth member of the family to hold the office in half a century , and he was never to forget the influence of his local roots . |
| 3 | Plessey plc was the eighth most important corporation in Table 5.7 , and continued to consolidate its activities through mergers in the 1980s before themselves falling prey to takeover activity in 1989 . |
| 4 | And that was the eighth green not being on . |
| 5 | At £3,399 the long running Virago has remained popular and was the eighth best seller in Britain last year . |
| 6 | Police said the house , at Little Chart , was isolated and a prime target for burglary , but could not comment on reports that the break-in was the eighth the home-owner had suffered . |
| 7 | For Independent Counsel Lawrence E. Walsh , the head of the three-year investigation into the scandal , the Poindexter verdict was the eighth conviction of an Iran-contra participant . |
| 8 | This was the eighth military shuttle mission and the 40th shuttle flight overall . |
| 9 | This was one of the largest sales to date in the government 's sweeping privatization programme , and Bancomer was the eighth bank to be auctioned in 1991 ; all had sold for two or three times their book value . |
| 10 | birthday was on the eighth of September or before , if it was in the summer holidays or up until the eighth of September , you could leave school and my birthday was the eighth of September so I left school at fourteen . |