Example sentences of "by [noun prp] [prep] the second [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most important dream-book of this sort was the compilation made by Artemidorus in the second century AD , taking material from Middle Eastern , Greek and North African sources . |
| 2 | An old and enduring model of sexual difference , developed most powerfully and resiliently by Galen in the second century AD , had stressed the homologous nature of male and female reproductive organs ; women were said to have the same genitals as men , only inside rather than outside . |
| 3 | The trigonometrical ratios sine , cosine and tangent were used by Hipparchus during the second century BC to calculate the diameter of the Earth and the distance of the Moon with amazing accuracy : 7900 and 238 000 miles respectively . |
| 4 | In the same way many of the cities of the Swedish Baltic provinces , such as Riga and Dorpat , received promises to respect their existing position and rights when they were conquered by Russia in the second decade of the eighteenth century ( though these promises were not always kept ) . |
| 5 | NEIL FOSTER , recalled by England for the second Test against Australia at Lord 's this week , was today fined £250 by his county Essex for his ‘ stump kicking ’ outburst . |
| 6 | Vargas Llosa had been defeated by Fujimori in the second round of the presidential elections held in June 1990 [ see p. 37528 ] . |
| 7 | Middlesbrough , however , were overhauled by Wirral in the second half of the fixture and had to be content with second place . |
| 8 | The rotating presidency of the Council was held by Ireland for the first half of 1990 , by Italy for the second half of 1990 , and in 1991 it was held first by Luxembourg and then by the Netherlands . |