Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] second " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tape was then continued , and after the first few words were uttered by the second voice Lucy almost froze in horror . |
| 2 | Further practical steps were taken following the second amendment to make the SDR ‘ the principal reserve asset ’ : |
| 3 | Medau MArdle ( Norfolkese for ‘ gossip ’ ) is the title of a Medau newsheet launched last year for Norfolk members , edited by Janet Burns — so successful that readers were calling for a second edition a bare three weeks later . |
| 4 | I think all goals were scored in the second half . |
| 5 | The bureau said that despite flooding the summer grain harvest was down by only 1.8 per cent , although " severe " economic losses were expected in the second half . |
| 6 | Picasso 's work was first seen in Germany in 1909 at the Thannhauser Gallery in Munich , and paintings by many of the other painters subsequently known as Cubists were shown at the second exhibition of the Neue Künstlervereinigung in Munich in 1910 . |
| 7 | Yesterday a Birmingham small claims court ordered Warwickshire , the ground authority , to repay the full admission price to five England supporters who felt cheated after only two balls were bowled on the second day of the first Test . |
| 8 | Both awards were won for the second year in succession . |
| 9 | Elaborate water-clocks were constructed between the second and eleventh centuries AD culminating in the remarkable instrument designed , and erected in the year 1088 , by Su Sung ( 1020–1101 ) , a Chinese mandarin . |
| 10 | No costs were awarded in the second Guinness trial . |
| 11 | Until very recently the essential oil trade was almost exclusively confined to the perfume and flavours industries — where synthetic or nature identical substances were included without a second thought . |
| 12 | The opening piece , Respighi 's symphonic poem Fountains of Rome , was subtly characterised and sensuously played , but the real fireworks were reserved for the second half of the concert . |
| 13 | The 58th British Services International Alpine Ski Championships were held for the second year running in Megève . |
| 14 | Motivations were measured in the second fortnight of the campaign , but the question wording was not time-specific ( see Chapter 2 ) . |
| 15 | In Action 159 ( page 2 ) incorrect details were given about the second consultation on communication studies in Latin American seminaries to be held in July 1992 . |
| 16 | The same themes were reechoed in the second decade of the sixteenth century , when the government again began to take an interest in restraining enclosure , and attempted , sometimes successfully , to restore land from pasture to tillage . |
| 17 | Domestic developments were dominated during the second half of the year by the Gulf crisis , which emphasized Djibouti 's close relationship with France at a time when it had been striving to build up its image as a non-aligned Arab state . |
| 18 | In one area houses were flooded for the second time in six weeks , and residents are demanding the council take action to provide adequate drainage . |
| 19 | Unfortunately , the overwhelming majority of surviving herds of deer either died off or escaped when country houses were requisitioned during the Second World War ; the ‘ Dig for Victory ’ campaign meant that much ancient pasture was ploughed and used as arable land which was often never reseeded . |
| 20 | During the exploration of the long arm of chromosome 5 for the APC locus , deletions and point mutations were identified in a second large gene named MCC ( mutated in colorectal cancer ) . |
| 21 | Run-off elections were held in a second round of voting on Feb. 16 and 23 where no candidate had obtained a simple majority in the first round . |
| 22 | Analyses of covariance were carried out in the first study , and t tests were used in the second study . |
| 23 | First a questionnaire was distributed to all adults in China , and all those who had suspicious symptoms were subjected to the second procedure , which was a new simple blood-test that could be performed on farms or in factories , and gave an answer in twenty minutes . |
| 24 | Measures taken at the half year have cut the financing requirement , and small debt repayments were made in the second half . |
| 25 | League leaders South scraped the bonus point at where the minimum requirement of 20 overs were bowled in the second innings . |
| 26 | The thawed samples were spun at 1000 g for 10 minutes and 500 µl aliquots were taken into a second acid washed plastic tube , diluted 1:9 with ultrapure 0.11 M nitric acid , and analysed by ICPES ( Philips PV 8050 ) at the following wavelengths : potassium 766.49 nm , sodium 588.99 nm , magnesium 383.83 nm , copper 324.75 nm , calcium 315.89 nm , iron 259.94 nm , and zinc 213.86 nm . |
| 27 | An investigation was launched yesterday after one of the West Country 's best game-fishing rivers was hit by a second major pollution incident in seven weeks . |
| 28 | Most of the stately saloon 's 74,000 miles were done before the Second World War . |
| 29 | Obligingly , four England wickets were captured in the second session , and the rest before close of play , to put the tourists into line with their cricket manager 's plan . |
| 30 | And though the World Council Churches was formed before the second world war yet , the first assembly was not held until nineteen forty eight at Amsterdam ! |