Example sentences of "be [adv] [prep] [art] second [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , it does provide a simple demonstration of a problem that dogs all our stratigraphical thinking , and as the palaeontologist in question was my student ( and I visited the area with him ) my inclinations are wholly for the second interpretation in this case . |
| 2 | Football , and Oxford United are through to the second round of the Coca-Cola cup . |
| 3 | Four of our sides are through to the second round … and Hereford have a chance to make a name for themselves here … first division teams do n't play until the third round … |
| 4 | Cheap reels are not worth a second thought . |
| 5 | ‘ They 're both on the second floor now . |
| 6 | We 're now in the second stage — the establishment of democratic institutions . |
| 7 | This affinity alone suggests that , like some examples of individual arrangements of squares , the multiple configurations are also of the second quarter of the fourth century . |
| 8 | So erm yes I think everybody 's very very disappointed as I think we probably heard with Paul Simpson because United certainly in my books , played some of the best football I 've seen them play since they 've been back in the second division in the erm first half , but really did let things slip away a little bit in the second . |
| 9 | Well Peter , I 'd I 'd love to say yes , as you know , but erm they 've gone to Swindon the last two years since United have been back in the second division , and really they 've performed dismally . |
| 10 | We are now in a second slump , which will continue for a long time yet , and unemployment is rising . |
| 11 | We are now in the second division of world football and world cricket . |
| 12 | NT for the Clipper will be out in the second half of 1993 . |
| 13 | It is n't known whether the South African Richard Snell will be back for a second year . |
| 14 | Chapter 2 I , which seems to have been composed as an afterthought to the main body of the Gospel with its climax in 20:31 , indicates that there was a tradition doing the rounds in Christian circles to the effect that John would not die : he would be there until the Second Coming of Christ . |
| 15 | The remnants were not from a Second World War Spitfire , as some believed , but from a Hawker Hunter jet which crashed on a routine flight 33 years ago . |
| 16 | They were behind throughout the second half against Bromley , but the lethal shooting of Kulbir Takher saved them . |
| 17 | But it is only in the second half of 1908 that Picasso turned to a more concentrated study of Cézanne . |
| 18 | She 's not worth a second thought . |
| 19 | Meanwhile , the process of selling Official Airline Guides is now into the second round , with Reed Elsevier as the leading contender . |
| 20 | It is therefore to the second alternative — selling goods and services overseas — that countries must look if they are to maintain and improve their living standards and avoid a balance of payments crisis . |
| 21 | Gremlin probably the species most recently to enter the catalogue of supernatural beings , for it was only during the Second World War that these misty GNOME-like creatures were blamed by British and American pilots and navigators for any trouble which assailed their aircraft . |
| 22 | For a century and a half the subject of sexuality was taboo in much of Western society and it was only after the Second World War that this taboo decayed sufficiently for a body of formal knowledge concerning sexuality to be scientifically built up . |
| 23 | During the inter-war years commuting was encouraged by the railway companies and by speculative builders and it was only after the Second World War that the more widespread use of the car and the continuing electrification of the railways allowed the commuting zone to be extended further . |
| 24 | While Rosa Guy makes some parts of her book easy to understand , it was only after the second time I read the book that I was able to give unanswerable questions an answer . |
| 25 | For example , when Perk disappeared she was wearing a yellow dress and it was only after the second time that I realised the significance of Gail ( Perk 's older sister ) finding a yellow ribbon in Mr Elder 's ( the lodger ) drawer . |
| 26 | It was just after the Second World War that Wimpey first established a local presence in the Middle East . |
| 27 | And we went , because it , it 'd been at five o'clock you see , it 'd been up to the second , that was when it was up to the second step |
| 28 | It was midway through the second half of Saturday 's game at Kingsholm , when what had been a fair game , turned foul . |
| 29 | he was back with a second midway through the first half … and that was that … 2-0 … |
| 30 | But in an hour , with the bridge awash , Harriet was back with the second cub . |