Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] [art] second [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further , he suggested that the principle of the exemption of the civilian population from being an intentional object of warfare had been so whittled down during the Second World War and in post-1945 treaties as to cease to offer reliable guidance except in the most unambiguous circumstances . |
| 2 | The medium of continuous recording prompted the inclusion of bridging scenes to allow one group of characters time to go off one set and onto another while the action is carried on by the second group of characters . |
| 3 | Now , thanks in no small measure to his own contribution to the Hampshire cause , he has one ; and the only disappointment is that the climax of the match was watched by only about 8000 people , as the weather caused it to be carried over into the second day . |
| 4 | Similarly it seems unlikely that the reader will bother to construct a three-dimensional , photographic representation of ‘ the baby ’ which cries in the first sentence and which is picked up in the second sentence . |
| 5 | Forest , held to a 1-1 draw at the City Ground , were 3-1 ahead with 17 minutes of normal time left , and deservedly so ; they had come out for the second half bristling with determination to make quality tell . |
| 6 | In the 5 years with Maxwell junior at the helm , the club has dropped back into the second division and shows debts of up to £4.5 million . |
| 7 | The Government 's being urged to stop developers bulldozing a site where vital intelligence work was carried out during the Second World War . |
| 8 | Only 365 people turned up and to add insult to injury , the lights had to be turned on in the second half when a storm blew up , plunging the ground into darkness . |
| 9 | Harris Corp 's Fort Lauderdale , Florida-based Computer Systems Division has moved up to the second generation 88110 version of Motorola Inc 's RISC family with the Night Hawk 5000 series — which ca n't be called Night Hawk in the UK . |
| 10 | A few days later the few uneven patches were shaped up with a second mowing , with the greatest of ease . |
| 11 | Er , the following three pages of the papers sent out to members still stand , but there is some confusion in the numbering on er , the first page of the rest of the report , and there was a section missed out on the second page of the report which er , we 've inserted in the new papers there . |
| 12 | The government accepted indicative bids for BTG and informed the consortia involved in the bidding which of them had got through to the second round at the end of January . |
| 13 | Most of the technology going into this third snapshot will be wrapped up in the second quarter , according to business area manager Jon Gossels . |
| 14 | Those worth £5 — £19 were roped in for the second loan , in 1523 , so paying a total of 15 per cent , not so very much less than what was expected of the £20 men , and of course a proportionately heavier burden . |
| 15 | There is still a month of the fitness challenge to run and participants are being invited back for a second assessment . |
| 16 | Any tendency toward sentimentality is blasted out by the second movement 's raucous and ugly woodwind and brass writing . |
| 17 | These are faults — which is where John McEnroe comes in — that are smoothed out by a second distillation . |
| 18 | Where further notification is not given on the fourth day in accordance with the procedures laid down for the second stage , you shall not be disentitled to SSP from the fourth day of absence for that reason only . |
| 19 | And now Dennis Gray has weighed in with a second version of his ‘ Life as a Climbing Tyke ’ — the first having been that marvellous tale of human bondage from 20 year ago , Rope Boy , or ‘ How I survived an apprenticeship with Joe Brown and started to love climbing ’ . |
| 20 | The old-style conglomerates based around a bank which emerged from the pre-war zaibatsu differ markedly from newer groups that have sprung up since the second world war . |
| 21 | The Welfare State was set up after the Second World War as a means of providing universal ‘ freedom from want ’ , according to Sir William Beveridge , and ‘ care from cradle to grave ’ for the whole population according to Sir Winston Churchill . |
| 22 | Wordsworth did not comment much on these matters in the first edition of his Guide but they are clearly set out in the second edition ( 1820 ) . |
| 23 | an expensive miss … was followed up in the second half by an even more expensive mistake … as Tommy Mooney was presented with a chance to make it two nil … |
| 24 | This is followed up by a second editorial in the September issue in which Ms Ainsworth urges IoT members to use their influence ‘ to ensure that the examination proposals do not get support ’ . |
| 25 | This will be followed up by the second phase of interviews and observation work to explore further some main ideas more closely important factors in women 's health decision-making , especially those contributing to low rates of utilisation of services such as screening . |
| 26 | But Mr Pillsbury was not asked back for a second interview . |
| 27 | In April each of the canes seen protruding starkly from the ground in February is cut back to the second bud and stakes are planted for their support . |
| 28 | ‘ We need to face the frustrations left over from the second world war ’ , he says . |
| 29 | Yes I put out an appeal to er my readers to search their attics and their er lofts and their garden sheds for all the things they might have left over from the second World War . |
| 30 | West Indian pace bowler Ken McLeod has signed up for a second stint at Synthonia after being absent from the league for three years . |