Example sentences of "the second half [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Judit performed even better in the second half than the first . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The hero again was Newcastle goalkeeper Tommy Wright who brought off three superb saves at crucial stages of the second half while Dowie 's goal , his second in international football , was impressively taken . |
| 4 | Muir 's nimble footwork merited a second Rovers goal at the start of the second half but Heald 's save prevented it . |
| 5 | Barnes kicked two more penalty goals to put Bath 15–9 ahead in the second half but Gloucester fought back and drew level again with two more goals by Smith . |
| 6 | Rod Wallace put Leeds ahead early in the second half but their inability to strike any kind of attacking rhythm obliged them , and the Elland Road faithful , to live on their nerves until Lee Chapman and Eric Cantona both scored in the final three minutes . |
| 7 | Bristol overtook Gloucester 's 14–3 lead in the second half but two late tries by Morris for Gloucester gave the score a more one-sided look than this mid-table contest had actually been . |
| 8 | And Cambridge almost wrapped up the game in the first few minutes of the second half but were denied by Oldham goalkeeper John Keeley , who pulled off an excellent save to push away a curling , 20-yard Chris Leadbetter free-kick , then fingertipped a header from Mick Heathcote on to the crossbar . |
| 9 | Wales actually led 6–3 into the second half but tries to Damien Smith and Garrick Morgan and a conversion and three penalties by full-back Marty Roebuck put the Aussies 24–6 ahead . |
| 10 | Arsenal lost Danish international Jensen with a hip injury and England defender Adams in the second half but still have no real excuses . |
| 11 | Barlaston had most of the pressure in the second half but the opposition always looked dangerous on the break with both sides making light of the heavy weather conditions and playing some attractive football . |
| 12 | ‘ We were under a bit of pressure in the second half but it was our fault . |
| 13 | Well , Penguin always makes er , er , most of its profits in the second half but , but James would you like to answer . |
| 14 | Stevie Gallagher 's shot was brilliantly saved by Andy Blackwood as Dunmurry came back in the second half but the visitors went two ahead through a penalty by Andy McMenamin and the cross from the right was turned in by Gareth Healey for the third with eight minutes left . |
| 15 | United certainly made a fight of it in the second half but their finishing was poor . |
| 16 | Wright continued to dazzle Ipswich in the second half but it was Campbell who completed a brilliant hat-trick . |
| 17 | Tommy Donnelly 's Campsie B moved into contention in the second half but their efforts were shortlived . |
| 18 | A Wembley spectator , Busby thought Sunderland were outclassed in the second half but not disgraced . |
| 19 | Bishops dominated the second half but had only an Ian Campbell penalty to show for it . |
| 20 | MacPhail said : ‘ I twisted my knee early in the second half but I stayed on the field . |
| 21 | Turnbull had to retire with a shoulder knock in the second half but he was so drained and short of breath that he could not finish his sentence . |
| 22 | A trumpet solo followed midway through the second half but St Johnstone failed to rally as they lost two more goals without reply . |
| 23 | WREXHAM manager Brian Flynn said : ‘ We desperately needed to score when we dominated things in the second half but we caught a goalkeeper on a hot day . |
| 24 | Wolves , who are beginning to look for a place in the promotion play-offs , hit back in the second half after Scott Sellars had poached a fine first-half goal . |
| 25 | Another quick break by St Albans set up Ian Plummer for his second goal at the start of the second half before Woodmill started to fight back . |
| 26 | So the thrust of Everton movement was provided down the other side by Ian Snodin and Stuart McCall , to such effect during the second half that Steve Coppell , the Crystal Palace manager , likened the impression on his defence to kneading dough . |
| 27 | However , Merrow who had already been relegated , put up a spirited display and it was not until the second half that Haslemere gained any real control . |
| 28 | His 12 strikes in the 1st Division in 1989–90 were an important feature of Palace 's creditable showing there , while our fans will of course always remember that it was Mark 's crashing drive at the start of the second half that began our recovery against Liverpool in the FA Cup semi-final and , ultimately , helped to take us to Wembley . |
| 29 | Woodmill controlled the game for much of the first half but could not get through the Meridian defence and it was n't until two and a half minutes into the second half that the deadlock was finally broken . |
| 30 | The Ipswich forwards were out-scrummaged by the solid Stortford pack and it was from a push-over try after 20 minutes of the second half that Stortford scored their next points . |