Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [adv] [prep] the second " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has however been the subject of much criticism , which has grown substantially during the second half of the present century . |
| 2 | the number and proportion of women in paid employment in the United Kingdom has increased substantially since the Second World War , and |
| 3 | It is a very rare disease today and the incidence has decreased markedly since the Second World War . |
| 4 | Our heading has worked well for the second quarter of our route , so we 'll keep to it — but hold on , what 's this ? |
| 5 | Today 's farewell party brought together staff who 'd worked there during the Second World War . |
| 6 | The Blues should have equalised midway through the second half when Gorman , bursting down the right , played a lovely ball into Haylock 's path but the big striker , however , lost control with the goal at his mercy . |
| 7 | Nor had the problems begun only at that time : the Bank for International Settlements had already warned that net bank lending had fallen steeply in the second quarter of the year , from $90,000 million to $65,000 million , while the amount raised in the world securities markets had shrunk from $44,000 million to $25,000 million . |
| 8 | Pat Archer , of the county council 's transportation department , said the problem had dropped slightly in the second half of last term . |
| 9 | Although Eisenhower and Churchill had worked together in the Second World War as military commander and prime minister , Churchill had now to remember that Eisenhower was president of the world 's greatest power . |
| 10 | At home , high street sales have risen modestly for the second month running . |