Sentence examples for became the third largest from inspiring English sources

Health became the third largest nationalisation with a workforce of 500,000.

The congregation continued to spread so rapidly that it soon became the third largest among men's orders.

After a merger with the Austin Motor Company in 1952, the resulting firm, the British Motor Corporation, became the third largest automobile company in the world.

With central offices in France and Germany, EADS at its formation became the third largest aerospace company in the world (after Boeing and Lockheed Martin).

The five-year-old company – dubbed "China's Apple" – recently became the third largest smartphone manufacturer despite only selling its phones in China.

Meet winner No 19: Will is the youngest ever qualified options trader, and founded an independent derivatives brokerage that became the third largest of its kind.

In 2002, the airline merged with Japan Air System, Japan's third-largest airline and became the sixth largest airline in the world by passengers carried.

Last year, its economy became the sixth largest in the world, a spot formerly held by France.

Mecom briefly became the second largest newspaper publisher in Europe with titles in Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway and Poland.

In federal politics in 1921 the agrarian-based Progressive Party became the second largest party in the House of Commons.

Historically speaking, it became the second largest computer company in the world after I.B.M., and the largest producer of minicomputers.