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1883 Heal & Son Catal.: Dining Rm., Libr., & Drawing Rm. Furnit. 215 Three-tier Whatnot, in Walnut or Ebonised.

1957 W. M. Hailey Afr. Surv. (rev. ed.) viii. 467 In form this constituted a ‘three-tier’ system of Councils, but it was the District Council which was to form the focal point in it.

1977 Guardian Weekly 23 Oct. 8/3 The three-tier agreement is to be made up of a treaty limiting the numbers of certain strategic weapons for the period of eight years, a protocol imposing certain limits on other weapons for three years, and a statement of principles looking toward major arms reductions in the future.