Example sentences of "the [noun] [vb -s] [prep] the second " in BNC.
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| 1 | Probably the most effective and most common scoring technique in karate is the gyaku-zuki , or reverse punch , which the beginner learns in the second week of his basic training , and provides a good illustration of the need constantly to return to practising the basics . |
| 2 | When all the items have been used , the story passes to the second person who takes a turn continuing the story using her items . |
| 3 | The glissando begins on the second beat , reaches its upward limit on the third , returns to its starting-point on the fourth , and ends on the first beat of the next bar . |
| 4 | If the searched-for item is less than the mid-point ( for words this means the searched-for item comes earlier in the alphabet than the item at the mid-point ) , then the search continues in the first half of the structure , if it is greater , the search continues in the second half of the structure . |
| 5 | The exercise begins on the second syllable . |
| 6 | When the first bowl has filled , the water falls into the second and so on until it reaches the pool below . |
| 7 | The conflict develops in the second part where it reaches a climax : in Giselle a death , in Romeo and Juliet several deaths . |
| 8 | If the target is slain then the bolt penetrates to the second rank and hits again in exactly the same way as a normal bolt thrower . |
| 9 | On the first row , you knit the background stitches for the first row of the original pattern , on the second row you knit the pattern stitches for the first row of the original pattern ; row 3 is the pattern stitches for the second row of the original pattern and the fourth row the background stitches for the second row of the original pattern . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | On the first row , you knit the background stitches for the first row of the original pattern , on the second row you knit the pattern stitches for the first row of the original pattern ; row 3 is the pattern stitches for the second row of the original pattern and the fourth row the background stitches for the second row of the original pattern . |
| 12 | However , with the sticky label approach and the possibly dangerous method of fitting the power supply — the mains hum will affect the picture quality if nothing else happens — the unit slips into the second rank . |
| 13 | The party continues in the second half , says boss Roger Myers . |
| 14 | I would hazard the guess that The Graduate belongs in the second category . ’ |