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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a third party were" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be used in a conditional or subjunctive context, but typically it should be "a third party was" for standard usage.
Example: "If a third party were to intervene, the situation might change significantly."
Alternatives: "a third party might" or "a third party could".
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"Figures provided to the Australian by a third party were wrongly adjusted.
The lock-up would usually become exercisable if a third party were to acquire the target or if the target otherwise withdrew from the proposed transaction.
Even if a third party were able to have its candidate take the presidency, he or she would still have to deal with a gridlocked Congress.
Nearly all of the people offering praise — particularly for his warning against creating a third party — were old-school activists who have been attending Republican functions for years.
But in May 1994, Semtek says, it was informed by Merkury that Lockheed Martin and "a third party" were interested in the same satellites.
Ahead of the controversial Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, which came into force in 2000, both options of a backdoor and the idea of a key stored by a third party were considered and rejected by lawmakers.
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A third party is also a first party, e.g. Facebook, Twitter, or Google+.
"But if a third party is involved, the third party is like a facilitator.
Now a third party is involved: the biographer.
Defection to a third party is said to have attractions for them, too.
They found no evidence to support theories that a third party was involved.
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