Sentence examples for a substantial third from inspiring English sources

Vodafone responded with a proposal earlier this month to buy Optus and immediately resell a chunk of its mobile phone business and other assets to Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) Ltd., reducing Vodafone's ultimate share to about 40percentt and preserving a substantial third presence in the market.

This is Jolla filling in the Sailfish platform gap itself, as — being the new kid on the mobile block — it's unable to rely on a substantial third party developer ecosystem to do that for it.

Good bowling meant that it had a substantial first innings lead, which it built on to set Australia a huge final innings target.

"Bound for Glory" (MGM, 146 minutes, $24.98, PG) is one of those old movies that gets a substantial second wind from the clarity of DVD.

Their target was a substantial first-innings lead before hoping that the South Africa batsmen would become paralysed by the knowledge that they had only to bat for another day on a sublime surface to save the series.

After lunch, Moeen Ali replaced Rashid and India were happy to dig in – it may be that Ashwin could recognise a deteriorating pitch and the obvious dangers of a substantial first-innings deficit.

The No. 2 chip maker, Advanced Micro Devices, said yesterday that it expected a substantial second-quarter operating loss as weakness in personal computer sales would lead to revenue that fell far short of estimates; its shares fell in after-hours trading.

So the Scottish Greens are fighting a substantial "second vote" strategy to urge SNP supporters to lend the Greens their regional vote to strengthen the radical green cause at Holyrood.

In a first round of financing, TheLaw.com attracted roughly $2 million from Israel Seed Partners, a venture fund in Israel, and this week, Mr. Koch said, he and the other executive team members plan to be in California seeking a "substantial second round" of venture capital.

The ratings agency also believes the firm may have taken a substantial third-quarter loss.

BBC Radio Wales' Edward Bevan: "Glamorgan's batsmen dominated the second day and are strongly placed to gain a substantial first-innings lead.