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

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1 Where second class post is used , the document is treated as served four days after it was posted ( r 12.10 . ) .
2 Precedent 4 is a document which would be used where second hand goods were sold , for instance , at auction or over the counter , rather than in the context of a sale governed by a set of standard terms and conditions .
3 One difficulty is the lack of formal education in book provision methods , which especially affects librarians in their first or second posts .
4 At the end of their first or second year , a limited number of students may transfer to this degree course from the BTEC HND in Computer Studies ( Code JN 1210 ) ( see page 165 ) , on the basis of academic performance and after completion of some additional work during the long vacation .
5 At the end of their first or second year , a limited number of students may transfer to this degree course from the BTEC HND in Computer Studies ( code JN 1210 ) ( see page 166 ) , on the basis of academic performance .
6 At the end of the first or second year of the course students may be considered for transfer to the BSc Hons/Ord Computing at Coleraine , on the basis of academic performance ( see page 162 ) .
7 First , there is the single-subject course , variously labelled ( single honours , special honours , etc. ) which concentrates on the study of a single academic discipline ( e.g. mathematics , chemistry , economics , history , fine art ) after shedding some ancillary or subsidiary courses in the first or second year .
8 In Kirkcaldy only two thirds of patients received a diabetes review by their general practitioner in the first or second year of a two year study and only 50% had annual blood glucose assessments .
9 Transfer between different degree curricula is often possible at the end of the first or second year , as the student 's interests and skills develop .
10 America is likely to have a current-account surplus in the first or second quarter of this year , thanks to the $40 billion-50 billion promised by foreign governments to help pay for the cost of the Gulf war .
11 For most of the time the ‘ Big Bird ’ preferred to sacrifice the flat-out pace of his team-mates for accuracy and control , taking wickets by making the ball swing and cut , and so in Tests was for some years used as first or second change bowler .
12 Erected in the third or second century B.C. , the circle now sits in its original position once again .
13 In a workshop which was being made up Then we went on to er , it was funny that we passed through London , the very s day or second day that word arrived that the invasion was on , the troops had arrived in , in Normandy .
14 companies which were already the first or second company in their respective national market ;
15 In 1938 66 per cent of births were first or second births and 80 per cent were first to third .
16 But by 1977 the shift towards lower order births was much more apparent ; 81 per cent were first or second births , 94 per cent including third births .
17 The authorities had also prevented Gotti from being represented by either his first or second choice of lawyer .
18 Normally this sole bill of exchange although it can be this first or second bill of exchange if two bills are raised for the same debt .
19 There was no time for recriminations or second thoughts .
20 In burns — any third degree burn ( see below ) , any second degree burn ( blistering and loss of the top surface of the skin — very sore and painful ) occurring on sensitive skin ( face , hands , genitals ) or second degree burn larger than a hand size occurring anywhere else .
21 Third degree burns involve the full thickness of the skin and are likely to be less tender than first or second degree burns so do not be fooled into underestimating the severity of a serious burn by the lack of pain .
22 Pacemakers are not used in those with either first or second degree heart block , or in those with 1:1 conduction rhythm with a normal PR interval .
23 The MA(General) is especially well suited to those who intend to proceed subsequently to vocational training by means of a Diploma , Certificate or second degree .
24 If the first or second conditions are satisfied then there is no value stored for the trigram i , j , k .
25 ‘ The first or second Sunday next after the birth , ’ that 's what the prayer book says .
26 Ranu , a Sylheti woman in her late twenties , told me of the enveloping love and care a woman with her first or second child can receive in Bangladesh .
27 Genetic counselling is basically giving advice to parents , including those who have already given birth to a mentally handicapped child , of risks of having a first or second child with mental handicap .
28 In the sonnets on the Rival Poet , for instance , whether the first or second person dominates , the technique of praising the other poet while denigrating oneself is clearly ironic , as J. W. Lever 's discussion has shown .
29 In other languages , the use of the passive is obligatory in certain contexts ; for instance , the passive has to be used in Yana , an American Indian language , when the agent is a third person acting upon a first or second person .
30 It is important to note that third Person is quite unlike first or second person , in that it does not COrrespond to any specific participant-role in the speech event ( Lyons , 1977a : 638 ) .
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