Example sentences of "was [verb] for a second [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus Saxony was conquered for a second time . |
| 2 | The case was heard for a second time in mid-1986 , when he was convicted on six counts of espionage and sentenced to life imprisonment , but the verdict was later overturned . |
| 3 | Haygarth Jackson was reappointed for a second term as chairman of Publications and Information Board . |
| 4 | The deal took place at a public inquiry in 1981 , when the owner , Wedgwood , was applying for a second time for consent to demolish . |
| 5 | Ben Gill was re-elected for a second year as deputy , and Tony Pexton for a second year as vice-president . |
| 6 | At the last presidential elections , held on Jan. 31-Feb. 1 , 1988 , Mauno Koivisto , the candidate supported primarily by the SSDP , failed to win the required absolute majority but was re-elected for a second term by the electoral college on Feb. 15 [ see pp. 35853-54 ] . |
| 7 | Diouf was re-elected for a second term at the same time . |
| 8 | President : Chaim Herzog was first elected by the Knesset to the largely ceremonial post of President in 1983 ; he was re-elected for a second term in 1988 . |