Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [prep] the second [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 behind the antique shop , and we went along and had a look and at ten o'clock it had dropped right down to the second step from the bottom roughly
2 Move down on to the second page then .
3 The horses always go much better on the second day , which makes the long journey seem worthwhile .
4 The round-faced , round-skulled head tops a body on which the skirt is almost a cylinder ; and the cylindrical skirt reappears even more emphatically in a magnificent over life-size marble , now headless , dedicated a little later , perhaps already in the second quarter of the century , by one Cheramyes to Hera on Samos ( fig. 28 ) .
5 it was only just before the Second World War that simultaneous interpreting became possible ( as well as acceptable ) at conferences .
6 Versions for Italy and the Benelux countries are expected to be ready later in the second quarter and a Spanish version in the last half of 1993 , the company said .
7 Whilst we recognise that conditions favoured us in the first quarter in that weather-related losses were comparatively light , the worldwide nature of the improvement , together with encouraging indications so far in the second quarter , lead us to believe that the worst is behind us and that trends will continue to improve .
8 The top seed , who has missed out on just one final in 30 tournaments over the last two years , looked set for a shock defeat at 3–6 , 0–3 down midway through the second set .
9 He was supposed to be down here on the second part of a double shift .
10 West Ham doing so well in the second division went to first division Luton , and by half time they were in front , a Pariss goal after forty three minutes , but Luton hit back in the seventieth minute through Black , and these two sides must replay .
11 His quickest time for a 30-question puzzle was three-and-a-half minutes , which he did in the national championships though doing less well on the second puzzle meant he missed coming top .
12 During the show that night , she tried so hard in the second song , which was now ‘ The Last Rose of Summer ’ that her voice cracked on ‘ No rosebud is nigh ’ .
13 We also did a very important er , technology transfer to Czechoslovakia , which er , unsubmersible pump neck technology and that 's tended to , to erm , hide a slight delcl er decline in the last quarter of the year , normally in oil most of the profit or more of the profit comes in the second half than the first , but with the Gulf War last year oil prices were pretty firm and er , so we 've made er , quite reasonable profits in the , in the er , first half and so too in the second half , but in the last quarter they 've been showed up by that technology er , transfer and the er , U S oil price is er , is , is er stag the U K's is stagnant , the U S is stagnant in oil and the gas prices are very , very far down , they 're well down .
14 City were well in contention when Jon Bland kicked a penalty to make it 6–3 but they fell away badly in the second half .
15 This improvement came through entirely in the second half and was predominantly in the USA where we saw the beginnings of economic recovery .
16 That was not long after the Second World War broke out .
17 May I correct Mr MacLaren on one small historical point where he states that ‘ the Royal Navy had abandoned hammocks not long after the Second World War ’ ?
18 Just a brief response to a small part of Iain MacLaren 's letter , where he refers to the Royal Navy abandoning hammocks not long after the Second World War .
19 I do not know how the RAF dealt with bed-wetters in the days of National Service , but I am certain that even although the Royal Navy had abandoned hammocks not long after the Second World War , a persistent enuretic on board a warship would create even more serious problems than he could in an army barracks .
20 and I do n't think you gave evidence that you shouted armed police yourself , so is it right that it was only shouted one time just immediately after the second door opened ?
21 ‘ I 'm usually away by the second try .
22 Seaman badly bruised a hip and came off early in the second half last weekend but has received extensive treatment .
23 Offiah , back in action against Widnes last Friday after missing two matches with hamstring trouble , was carried off early in the second half after pulling up in agony .
24 Centre Bill Harbinson went off early in the second half with a groin injury and could miss the rest of the season .
25 Two fine headed goals from Paul Smith and Scott Leitch wrapped up the points in a hard-fought derby match at Central Park which saw Cowdenbeath 's Billy Herd ordered off early in the second half for a foul on Neale Cooper .
26 The number of reported cattle thefts increased still further during the Second World War , when food prices increased dramatically .
27 Newport3 NEWBRIDGE moved to joint third place in the Heineken League with their ninth win in an ill-tempered game where David Roberts , the Newbridge flanker , and Frank Hillman , the Newport prop , were sent off midway through the second half for fighting .
28 It was the end of the first stage of a conflict which was to rumble on up to the Second World War .
29 There are three staircases in the house , including a great one of oak which leads right up to the second floor , where the rooms are spacious — not designed for servants — and the views stretch to the Long Mynd .
30 Although piped water was connected to the village in 1906 , it proved unreliable and the well was still in use right up to the second world war .
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