Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [adv] [prep] the second " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was also the sensitive question of returning land to ethnic Germans and Hungarians , whose land had been expropriated immediately after the Second World War as punishment for their alleged collaboration with the Nazi occupiers . |
| 2 | ( ii ) Second reading In his discussions with the Leader of the House relating to the Bill , the Minister will have arranged for certain times ( usually a day or two , but perhaps up to eight days ) to have been set aside for the second reading debate . |
| 3 | Vivien 's good idea became a big-budget shambles , and Spellbound seemed to be eased out of the second series . |
| 4 | The system of Heliopolis can be traced back to the Second and Third Dynasties . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ We are going to build up the commitment to science , because if we carry on like the Tories are , Britain will be pushed down to the second or third division of industrial nations . |
| 8 | Most of the technology going into this third snapshot will be wrapped up in the second quarter , according to business area manager Jon Gossels . |
| 9 | MAKESHIFT court proceedings in the home of a dying lung-cancer victim , Alfred McTear , had to be abandoned halfway through the second day yesterday on doctor 's advice . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | In the early 19th century , however , new legislation inadvertently deprived the press of its fiscal advantages , and its publishing petered out , to be revived only after the Second World War . |
| 12 | Certain ‘ representatives of the Afghan people ’ would be admitted only at the second stage of the conference and they would need to accept the decisions of the conference . |
| 13 | If the first order is made for less than eight weeks however the balance of this period may be taken up by the second or subsequent orders . |
| 14 | Work which is not central to the organisation should be contracted out to the second element which provides specialist services which increase expertise and diminish costs . |
| 15 | Disc jockeys added a ‘ voice ’ to formerly instrumental discs which would then be recorded again for the second version of the same record . |
| 16 | Proposals for a maximum carcase weight of 380kg , which was more than likely to be introduced this July , could mean heavier animals having to be marketed earlier before the second qualifying period . |
| 17 | ‘ We are going to build up the commitment to science because if we carry on like the Tories are , our country is going to be shoved down to the second or third division of modern industrial nations ’ . |
| 18 | The parallels here are with Sheffield before huge new steel works were erected there during the second half of the nineteenth century . |
| 19 | Restaurant worker Tammy , 17 , was dramatically pictured on our front page seconds after being caught up in the second of the two explosions . |
| 20 | The sections were evaluated blindly by the second author twice with two months interval . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | In November 1771 he sold to the Admiralty two vessels constructed at Whitby which , renamed Resolution and Adventure , were fitted out for the second great voyage of discovery ( 1772–5 ) of Commander ( later Captain ) James Cook [ q.v . ] . |
| 23 | Steaua 's Ionel Fulga and Antwerp 's Rudy Taeymans were sent off in the second half , Fulga for dangerous play and Taeymans for a second bookable offence . |
| 24 | Gossels says the development and engineering plans along with a set of milestones and documentation were published along with the second snapshot towards the end of last year and sent to 50 early access members , arguing that the schedule and adherence to it is known and calculable , The next part , the Management Framework , is set for release by the end of the year . |
| 25 | It is believed to have been composed early in the second century , very likely by an individual who was indeed named Jude and who , together with his brother James , presided over the Nazarean party at the time . |
| 26 | For example , in ‘ Japan ’ the primary stress is on the last syllable , but when we add the stress-carrying suffix ‘ -ese ’ the primary stress is on the suffix and the secondary stress is placed not on the second syllable but on the first : ‘ Japanese ’ . |
| 27 | In any case , it 's tucked away in the second half of the book , after Offred 's prison-like existence has been thoroughly , horribly established . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Any tendency toward sentimentality is blasted out by the second movement 's raucous and ugly woodwind and brass writing . |