Example sentences of "[vb pp] a third " in BNC.
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| 1 | By then , however , the invaders had already occupied a third of the state — which they still hold — before the UN brokered a ceasefire . |
| 2 | To these should be added a third group , which are not so abundant in terms of volume , but which are equally important . |
| 3 | However , Moon have also added a third rotary which is in fact a five-way switch . |
| 4 | To these should be added a third consideration , transparency . |
| 5 | But to this assertion of the erosion of the traditional ‘ apprenticeship ’ system for musicians and of the economic harm done to some younger performers is often added a third reason for denigrating recorded music . |
| 6 | To this we have added a third variety — repretitive contraction . |
| 7 | The ICD has added a third powerful treatment method to coronary revascularisation and antiarrhythmic drug therapies for the management of cardiac arrest survivors . |
| 8 | Symbolics Inc has reported a third quarter net loss of $1.1m , up from a loss last time of $389,000 on turnover that declined by 38% at $3.2m . |
| 9 | Geac Computer Corp Ltd has reported a third quarter net loss equivalent to $5.6m after an exceptional charge of $8.6m for buying in of software research by the library automation business , against a profit last time of $2.9m , on turnover that rose 31.7% to $22.3m ; net loss for the nine months was $241,000 against a profit last time of $5.1m , on turnover that rose 17.9% at $58.7m . |
| 10 | Digital Communications Associates Inc has reported a third quarter net loss of $66.6m after a pre-tax charge of $59.9m from writing off the goodwill in its Pacific Data Products unit and $3.2m from the costs of reorganising that company , and $3.2m from settlement of a class action lawsuit , and a tax credit of $583,000 , against a profit last time of $6.0m on turnover that rose 8.9% at $55.7m ; net loss for the nine months was $58.0m against profit last time of $13.3m on turnover up 9.0% at $104.4m . |
| 11 | Digital Equipment Corp has reported a third quarter net loss of $30.1m , down from a loss last time of $311.3m , on turnover that rose 6.2% at $3,454m ; net loss for the nine months was $364.5m , down from a loss last time of $940.4m , which included a $485.5m charge for the retired employee benefits accounting change , on turnover that rose 4.3% at $10,457m . |
| 12 | Ask Computer Systems Inc has reported a third quarter net loss of $674,000 compared with a profit last time of $2.0m , on turnover that declined 7.1% at $100.5m ; the net loss for the nine months was $4.6m , down from a loss last time of $55.9m , which was struck after a $54.8m writedown of goodwill in acquisitions , on turnover up 2.7% at $297.7m . |
| 13 | Creative Technology Ltd has reported a third quarter net loss of $5.6m , struck after a $22m charge incurred in connection with the acquisition of E-mu Systems Inc , against a profit last time of $6.5m , on turnover that soared 172% to $74.5m ; net profit for the nine months climbed 73.0% to $27.0m on turnover that rocketed 236.5% at $204.2m . |
| 14 | Wang Laboratories Inc has reported a third quarter net loss of $87.2m after restructuring charges of $75.8m , up from a loss last time of $6.3m , which was after a pre-tax gain of $29.4m from sale of assets , on turnover down 36.1% at $294.8m ; net loss for the nine months was $153.4m , up from a loss last time of $22.9m , on sales off 29.2% at $1,006m . |
| 15 | Datapoint Corp has reported a third quarter net loss of $4.9m against a profit last time of $794,000 on turnover that fell 24.4% at $48.6m ; nine-month net loss was $2.8m against a profit last time of £1.3m on turnover down 11.4% at $163.4m . |
| 16 | Thus , we have also included a third group , the mixed grade MALT lymphoma already discussed but not included in the initial classification of Isaacson et al . |
| 17 | Martyn Grimley ( Hounslow ) scored England 's goal with a well-struck penalty corner shot in the 54th minute , immediately after England had conceded a third goal . |
| 18 | Birthday celebrations fell on Saturday , August 22 , when the locomotive operated a third train-set to be run to Leicester North . |
| 19 | RODERICK Newall , the former army officer accused of murdering his wealthy Scottish parents in the Channel Islands five years ago , has made a third attempt to kill himself in prison in Gibraltar , it was revealed yesterday . |
| 20 | I sought my tutor in his arid rooms , Who told me , ‘ You 'd have only got a third . ’ |
| 21 | And you 've got a third photograph . |
| 22 | But if you 're really stuck and you 've got a third question that you ca n't come up with I mean y'know sort of blur it , fudge it and make it look like there 's a sort of metamorphic answer there and we can sort of say well that 's sort of twenty percent or something and then that counts and it may carry you over . |
| 23 | She could do it on the back an'all , she 's got a third of an acre of garden , it 's bloody massive . |
| 24 | The principles of mental functioning , which had been conceptualized as being two in the 1911 paper , ‘ Formulations Regarding the Two Principles of Mental Functioning ’ , namely , the pleasure and reality principles , had had a third principle , the Nirvana principle , added . |
| 25 | They proved too exotic and religious for Parisians , in public at least , for Moatti had already sold a third of his catalogue in the privacy of his gallery . |
| 26 | But , always kind : " Well , Robert , dear fellow , " she crooned when he came back from the bar ( where he had bought a third bottle of champagne ) . |
| 27 | The Bill was given a Third Reading on 20th July and became law on 14th August , 1855 , with the short title , The Downing Street Public Offices Extension Act 1855 , but it was not until the following March that the Office of Works circulated the necessary notices to the tenants of property to be acquired . |
| 28 | They made one minor amendment on timing ; it was given a Third Reading on 5th April , and sent to the Lords . |
| 29 | The Bill was given a Third Reading in the House of Lords on 26 October 1965 by 169 votes to 75 . |
| 30 | The supreme court also confirmed a 20-year prison term given a third defendant , accomplice Yasuhiro Uegaki . |