Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] for [art] second " in BNC.

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1 He scored 102 not out , his third ton of the tour , as India decided to use the fourth and final day of the match as preparation for the second Test , which gets under way in Johannesburg on Thursday .
2 This is what was left of his council house after it was struck by a bolt of lightning for the SECOND time in 2 weeks .
3 The McCapra String Quartet have just been reappointed Aldeburgh Quartet in Residence for the second year running .
4 The deadline for comment for the second batch of exposure drafts is 30 September 1993 .
5 One high point was when I telephoned the historian , Roy Medvedev , to record on tape his message of support for the second European Nuclear Disarmament Convention , held in Berlin in 1983 .
6 It was a ‘ secret garden ’ at least to David Eccles who when Secretary of State for the second time , in 1962 , was determined ( against the better judgement of many of its guardians ) to strip it of its secrecy .
7 Newport Borough Council is close to withdrawing its Private Usk Barrage Bill from Parliament for a second time .
8 If you lose the same amount of money for a second year you 're down to a position where one small slip would take the business into insolvency .
9 ‘ He 'll mention the Echo as often as he possibly can , ’ Graham said dryly , and defiantly filled his glass with whisky for the second time .
10 There seemed , though , a general lack of enthusiasm for the second Mrs Machin .
11 A MANCHESTER United starlet of the 1980s is plotting the downfall of Prescot for the second time in seven days .
12 Poole will not recover from a groin injury in time for the Second Division promotion playoff final next weekend .
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