Example sentences of "[noun] have second " in BNC.

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1 Left : village street near St. Malo , where many islanders have second homes within easy reach of the airport .
2 There is a question of a leader having second thoughts about the war .
3 This week the Community had second thoughts .
4 I hope Darlington Transport have second thoughts on the matter .
5 He believes that talk of the so-called ‘ post-industrial society ’ is raising some unnecessary fears that may be causing some talented managers to have second thoughts about aspiring to a top job .
6 This head felt that the re-expression and development of ideas which IT made possible allowed every pupil the chance to have second thoughts .
7 In fact Auguste and Sid were the only volunteers and even Auguste had second thoughts as he smelt them on the gridiron .
8 He is doing something , at any rate , which makes Serafin have second thoughts .
9 In one way they should do something about people having second homes and make it more , that they get more tax out of them or something
10 You 're always saying it 's antisocial for people to have second homes or leave property empty .
11 Unfortunately the Reichsführer had second thoughts when told no less than 800,000 Russians had volunteered for service : he eventually authorised the creation of just two divisions .
12 With opposition to the loan mounting in Congress , Eisenhower had second thoughts about the project and suddenly in July 1956 , the Americans withdrew their offer .
13 It is , indeed , quite a common occurrence for a government to have second thoughts about a Bill during or after its progress through the Commons and to use its supporters in the House of Lords to make the changes in a Bill then seen to be desirable .
14 concerned the other day that the government had second thoughts on some of the proposals there and I hope that they will reconsider .
15 The archbishop of Cologne had second thoughts on the wisdom of helping Otto , for with Richard 's death no more money was coming from England , commercial interests suffered and the Rhine and Lotharingian supporters were hard hit .
16 Such incidents might have caused Sir Bernard to have second thoughts about the system ; but he defends it with passion .
17 ‘ Or has my grandfather had second thoughts ? ’
18 When at this point the outraged proprietor himself arrived on the scene , seized a pickaxe from a workman and defied the party to proceed , using very much improper language , the sheriff had second thoughts and counselled withdrawal .
19 Perhaps Nutty had second thoughts along the same lines , for she then said , quite nicely for her , ‘ You only think you ca n't do these things , Hoomey .
20 But when they reached the embankment , Preston had second thoughts .
21 Edward indicated that he was not committed to Balliol 's cause , and the arrival of Balliol at Carlisle as a fugitive must have made both king and parliament have second thoughts about his value as an ally .
22 But by August 1958 both sides realized that world opinion was turning against them , partly as a result of the scientists ' warnings , partly out of revulsion and fear , partly because nuclear disarmament had begun to be a popular political issue — and nothing makes a politician have second thoughts faster than the awareness that he might be losing votes .
23 Having set them out , Godolphin had second thoughts .
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