1.  It was the third such action since July.

2.  The arrest of Ealy Ortiz is the third major action taken by the government against alleged tax evaders in recent months.

3.  The planned freezing of assets would be the third such action since October.

4.  A third action on behalf of restaurants and takeaway businesses was dismissed, but those claimants will be included in the single representative civil suit against Esso.

5.  He said it was the third such action this year by the Committee of the Unemployed.

6.  In the third action, Fong Ping Yuen said in his defence that he had not given instructions to the stockbroker to buy the shares.

7.  It was the third action by port workers in recent months.

8.  It was the third action this week by a multi-agency U.S. task force on the territory that has been targeting illegal immigrants from Arab nations.

9.  The bill would be the third major congressional action in response to the terrorist hijackings of four commercial airliners.

10.  The veto was the third such action against a Middle East resolution since the end of the Cold War.