Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv] to the second " in BNC.
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| 1 | The history of the perehera goes back to the second century AD , when King Gajabuha won a great victory against his foes in southern India , the Tamils , chasing them back across the narrow strait into their homeland . |
| 2 | National Assembly elections involve two rounds of voting on consecutive Sundays with the two most successful candidates in the first round and candidates polling over 12.5 per cent of the vote going on to the second round . |
| 3 | The action belonged exclusively to the second half with two goals packed into the first 100 seconds of the period . |
| 4 | At least 12 other women candidates went through to the second round of voting . |
| 5 | The issues discussed in this chapter relate mainly to the second and third options and in particular to proposals to replace a large ‘ proportion of them with some type of negative income tax system broadly defined . |
| 6 | Through the period leading up to the Second World War rural England too was subjected , according to C.E.M . |
| 7 | Production increased tenfold in the period leading up to the second world war . |
| 8 | the water got up to the second step from the top , but , when , instead of turning right into my road if you 'd keep straight on |
| 9 | Emma took us all on a bumpy buggy ride over to the second stage , until it was confiscated by security . |
| 10 | Crosby-born Shirli-Ann Siddall put up a courageous fight against third seed Mary Joe Fernandez , but the French Open finalist edged through to the second round with a 6–4 7–5 victory . |
| 11 | Gloucester won 14 -3 and Nottingham dropped down to the second division … this time around the Kingsholm men are looking over their shoulders … but those relegation worries were eased last Saturday with that 18-6 win over London Irish … tonight it 's a club match no league points to be won or lost but Gloucester want every win they can get |
| 12 | In order to move on to the second phase , further satisfactory and lasting progress towards real and monetary convergence will have to be achieved , especially as regards price stability and the restoration of sound public finances . |
| 13 | Alice went up to the second floor in the lift , let herself into the flat and read , for the ninth or tenth time , the letter she had left for Mike . |
| 14 | Ian Woosnam is the other seed sent through to the second stage . |