Example sentences of "[art] second [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The second equally obvious point is that , given the disparate analyses , a variety of prescriptions have been offered for dealing with the presumed causes of the nation 's ills . |
2 | The second widely used technique based on settling velocity is that of the sedimentation tube . |
3 | This has been the second most successful method of recruitment ; x new members were recruited by Head Office in 1992 . |
4 | This has been the second most successful method of recruitment . |
5 | ‘ This made us the second most successful regional morning in the UK and one of only a handful of papers to increase annual sales . |
6 | At the far end of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele from the Piazza del Duomo is Piazza della Scala , the second most famous of the Milanese squares . |
7 | My father , Sir Tom , was the second most famous man of the British stage , of any stage for that matter ; a towering and famous figure , one of the great actors of all time , who accepted the adulation as his due and who had expected me , like the rest of his children , to follow in his footsteps . |
8 | The second most honoured player in Scotland 's history — the game at Ibrox will bring McLeish his 77th cap — was introduced by Roxburgh to the other squad members as captain of the side on Sunday . |
9 | Protracted industrial decline since the 1920s , accelerated in the postwar period by the closure of the docks , had produced all the symptoms of a depressed inner-city area which , according to a government survey using a range of socioeconomic indicators , was the second most deprived urban borough in the country ( Department of the Environment 1983 ) . |
10 | We are the second most deprived local authority area in the country according to the Department of the Environment 's own indices . |
11 | Is it right that liability for the second most heinous crime in English law , which carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment , should be satisfied by this relatively low grade of fault ? |
12 | Huge media interest surrounded the making of the film , the second most expensive ever made . |
13 | That brings me to the second most surprising feature of the fossil record . |
14 | As a substitute Brian Whitaker , the second most experienced journalist continuously involved with NoS , was drafted to write a journalist 's case for the paper remaining in London . |
15 | Binding was the second most frequent reason for the non-availability of material , and — since the most frequent reason was simply that a requested item was already in use — it was the main reason which could be considered as in some measure attributable to the Library 's own procedures . |
16 | Thibaut was considered the second most powerful man in France after the king . |
17 | By the way , how did Pam get to know perhaps the second most powerful man on earth ? |
18 | In 1980 , Lord Denning , the then Master of the Rolls perhaps the second most powerful judicial position — delivered the Richard Dimbleby lecture . |
19 | Here was possibly the second most powerful man in the land , dying , rumoured that he had been poisoned . |
20 | The crushing defeat of the NDP raised questions as to the political future of Haynes — once commonly described as " the second most powerful man in Barbados " — who was beaten into third place in his own constituency . |
21 | Ibrahim was widely regarded as the second most powerful man in the Maldives , after his brother-in-law , President Gayoom . |
22 | A recent report named my local authority of Calderdale as the second most efficient metropolitan council in the country . |
23 | My local authority of Calderdale spent responsibly , and a Government Department patted it on the back , saying that it was the second most efficient metropolitan authority in the country . |
24 | Farming is now the second most dangerous industry in Britain . |
25 | If work groups meet every day ( as many do ) , they will represent the second most cohesive group in most people 's lives — second only to the family . |
26 | Colebrooke , much lampooned in the press , was a rather pompous , self-important man who considered himself to be the second most influential politician in England . |
27 | ‘ In the last financial year we were delighted to be the second most profitable group in the network , ’ he explained . |
28 | ‘ In the financial year just completed we were delighted to be the second most profitable group in the network , ’ he explained . |
29 | Scottish parents are the second most generous , giving an average £4.50 a week . |
30 | Dedicated to demonstrating and popularising alternative , sustainable ways of using energy — sun , wind and water power — it is now the second most popular tourist attraction in Wales , drawing 1,000 visitors a day in the summer . |