Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] second " in BNC.
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| 1 | They stressed the principle of continuity lying behind the order in the universe which has developed through second causes ; and they were sympathetic to Darwin . |
| 2 | Ltd. and Madigan Associates S.A. be joined as second and third defendants ; and ( 3 ) the U.S.$2m. in court be paid out to the solicitors instructed by the interim government of the Republic of Somalia , unless any party showed cause why it should not be so paid out . |
| 3 | This group of teaching aids is by far the most important , and should not be regarded as second rate . |
| 4 | I shall argue in Chapter 4 that most of the adolescent Creole users are best treated as second dialect speakers of Creole rather than second language learners . |
| 5 | At the launch at Darlington Arts Centre , Miss Armstrong said women should not be ‘ side-lined , marginalised or treated as second class citizens . ’ |
| 6 | Only the owner was excluded from the common knowledge at Kempton that day : that her horse had been wrestled into second place by an apprentice who could n't anticipate the obvious . |
| 7 | It might pay Β to help α to beat off the challenge , because if he does not the sequence might become γ — α — Β , and Β has dropped from second to third . |
| 8 | A quality innings of 46 from Crowe ended after 135 minutes when he had to play a Lewis leg-cutter and the ball carried to second slip Hick , who lunged forward to reach and hold it . |
| 9 | Although many years later Braque recalled how strong an impression tribal art made on him , it is hard to see any direct reflection of this in the paintings executed at the time when Picasso was reacting so positively to tribal sculpture ; even in a painting like the Nu any influence from tribal art seems to have come at second hand , through Picasso 's Demoiselles . |
| 10 | Two balls later Kapil Dev had Jones caught behind , and next ball Waugh was adjudged caught at second slip , the ball perhaps eluding bat and touching only pad . |
| 11 | Robinson , bowling enthusiastically and getting life out of the pitch , forced Hayhurst and Richard Harden into edging catches before being replaced by Peter Hartley , who had Neil Burns splendidly caught at second slip by Byas . |
| 12 | The other way in which addressees are typically referred to , namely by titles of address , also causes agreement problems — a decision has to be made between second or third person agreement , and , where relevant , between which titles of address can co-occur with which degree of respect encoded in verbal agreements ( Levinson , 1979b ) . |
| 13 | In no sense are these hospitals now seen as second rate . |
| 14 | IN WHAT is becoming a very fast ride across the wastes of the Southern Ocean , Lawrie Smith 's Rothmans has moved into second place in the Whitbread Round the World Race . |
| 15 | Lawrie Smith 's Rothmans has moved into second place in the Whitbread Round the World Race . |
| 16 | Bohunt have moved into second place in the division , but are 65 points behind Grange ‘ A ’ with two matches each to play . |
| 17 | Alex Ferguson 's title favourites moved into second place , just three points behind Norwich and look a generous bet at their new odds of 7-4 . |
| 18 | Torquay has moved into second spot , with Bournemouth sliding from runner-up in 1991 to sixth this year . |
| 19 | In North Division moved into second place with a 24–12 win Hartlepool whose outstanding player , full back Marty Saunders , scored a consolation try , Alan Calvert adding the conversion and two penalties . |
| 20 | Thornton Rangers moved into second place in division three when they defeated Sunblest 20 , John Thomas and Brian Hoare scoring , while John Hillier hit a hattrick for Jawbone in a 4-2 win over Racecourse . |
| 21 | Unfortunately , as viewers discovered , John and Pam were pipped into second place , but they would n't have missed the experience for anything . |
| 22 | The MIR-ADN alliance failed to win La Paz , being pushed into second place by the Conscience of the Fatherland party ( Conciencia de Patria — CONDEPA ) ; the National Revolutionary Movement ( Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario ( Histórico ) — MNR ) came third . |
| 23 | Chairman , instead of primarily addressing the issues of overspending on the education budget and the future of the elderly persons ' homes and also the securing of a secure unit these are pushed into second place when the Labour group can see the opportunity of headline grabbing and satisfying their overriding need to tell everyone how to live . |
| 24 | Intelogic Trace Inc has turned in second quarter net losses of $225,000 down from losses of $5.2m last time , after $691,000 extraordinary gains this time and $234,000 losses from discontinued operations last time , on turnover that fell 11.8% at $22.5m ; mid-term net amounted to $86,000 against losses of $6.6m last time , after $2.7m extraordinary gains this time and $233,000 last time as well as $40,000 losses from discontinued operations , on turnover that fell 11.1% at $46.2m . |
| 25 | Meca Software Inc has turned in second quarter net profits up 289.6% at $187,000 , on turnover that rose by 78.4% to $9m ; mid-term net losses amounted to $773,000 up from losses of $685,000 last time , on turnover that rose 110.3% at $14.8m . |
| 26 | Spinnaker Software Corp has turned in second quarter net profits down 8.1% at $614,603 , on turnover that fell 9.5% to $8.2m ; mid-term net fell 96% to $314,422 , on turnover that fell 3.6% at $14.7m . |
| 27 | Identix Inc has turned in second quarter net losses of $727,000 down from losses of $990,000 last time , on turnover that rose by 314.8% at $2.6m ; mid-term net losses amounted to $1.2m down from losses of $1.9m last time , on turnover that rose by 161% to $3.7m . |
| 28 | Go-Video Inc has turned in second quarter net profits of $60,220 against losses of $622,705 last time , on turnover that rose by 186% to $8.6m ; mid-term net profits amounted to $81,383 against losses of $1.1m last time , on turnover that rose 121.5% to $14.7m . |
| 29 | Read-Rite Corp has turned in second quarter net profits up 67.5% at $18.8m , on turnover that rose 59.5% to $150.2m ; mid-term net rose 79.5% to $36m , on turnover up 78.7% to $289.7m . |
| 30 | General Datacomm Industries Inc has turned in second quarter net profits up 1,069.5% at $1.9m , on turnover that rose 14.7% to $54.3m ; mid-term net rose 383.8% to $3.5m , on turnover up 15.9% at $108.6m . |