Examples of third-rate

• If we did this, if the teachers had home rule, the evils of the third-rate money-making independent school would pass away immediately.

• It becomes very strong when we realise that people breeding and dealing with third-rate ponies must find some outlet for them.

• I am convinced that this is the outlet for breeders of third-rate ponies, of which many thousands are produced every year.

• The old-fashioned idea of putting in a manager and bringing in third-rate touring companies is a dead loss.

• This is a third-rate diatribe being read to us.

• All of a sudden we are witnessing a requirement to designate as vodka second- and third-rate spirits made of bananas and other fruits.

• Decades of third-rate technology have wreaked havoc on the health of the environment and on the people who live in it.

• It is no use providing third-rate tatty entertainment, because today's customer is used to high-quality entertainment and leisure facilities.