Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the second " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Wednesday 13 February , we met for the second time with pensions as the agenda item . |
| 2 | Scientists working on the jet fusion project at Culham in south Oxfordshire have been protesting today in a bid to influence leading figures in the project as they met for the second day of their full Council Meeting . |
| 3 | Absolutely , does it make sense for , for husband and wife over there to wait for the second one to have a heart attack , or the second one to have a cancer before it pays out , |
| 4 | THE long-mocked idea of reparations to compensate black Americans for the slavery experienced by their ancestors is now before the US Congress , and its supporters say the $1.25 billion package to compensate Japanese-Americans who were interned during the second world war has created a legal precedent . |
| 5 | A few years ago Japanese-Americans were compensated for being interned during the second world war , and some ( mostly white ) people have begun to point out that blacks have yet to be compensated for centuries of slavery . |
| 6 | On Oct. 26 , 1989 , the House of Representatives fulfilled a commitment made in 1988 [ see p. 37081 ] when they voted that $20,000 should be paid to each of 62,000 Japanese-Americans who had been interned during the Second World War . |
| 7 | ‘ Oh no , not again , ’ remarks an attractive blonde whose car is stopped for the second ti me in a day . |
| 8 | Jasbir Singh was stopped for the second time in two days driving his blue Ford Escort van . |
| 9 | Can you say why the intervention must be stopped for the second baseline ? |
| 10 | Only within the last 20 to 25 years has there even been an identifiable cohort of ageing disabled adults ; first , life expectancy for many types of impairments prior to this was low ; second , people who became disabled as a result of injuries received during the Second World War are now entering older age ; third , many children and young adults disabled as a result of the polio epidemics of the late 1940s and early 1950s are now in their 50s or older . |
| 11 | Each party to the conference , including the Palestinian representation , was understood to have received during the second half of October a separate " letter of assurances ' from the US government . |
| 12 | SEFIC examinations , at appropriate levels , may be taken in lieu of the short Oral Tests prescribed for the Second and Third Level English for Business and English for Commerce examinations . |
| 13 | It was stripped of this status when its majority Tatar population was deported to Central Asia , accused of having collaborated during the Second World War with the Nazi German occupiers . |
| 14 | If you lived through the second world war you 'll recognise the sound of the air raid bell . |
| 15 | The new date for the first round had been announced on Feb. 4 , when new provisional dates were also given for the second round ( March 8 ) and the two rounds of the presidential elections ( March 22 and April 5 ) . |
| 16 | There are three common grades of olive oil : extra virgin , which is thick and green , and cold-pressed with an acidity of less than 1% ; virgin , which is green and cold-pressed but with up to 4% acidity , and fine olive oil , for general cooking , which is heat treated during the second pressing to extract the maximum oil from the fruit and often blended with other olive oils . |
| 17 | Having saved the sports car company and turned himself in at the end of series one , Clive Owen led off the second series in 1991 completing the last days of a prison sentence and abandoning the city slicker lifestyle for a battle to save a bankrupt stately home . |
| 18 | The reader 's sympathy towards Pip continues to fall during the second part of his expectations due to his rejection and embarrassment of his past life . |
| 19 | The case against Therese Dunne ( 42 ) , a buyer with Dunnes Stores , was halted for the second time in three months yesterday because of the alleged interference . |
| 20 | Multiple passes through the camera increase the difficulty of exact placing and synchronization , which is why two or four projectors are often preferable While the projectors can be used in line , with the light of one lamp passing through two or more strips of developed and printed film , so that the first image goes through the second before hitting the unexposed film , the use of four rather than two projectors generally requires the use of a prism to bring the beam of light to the camera lens . |
| 21 | But I 've jumped off the second one , I have n't dived off the second one . |
| 22 | Well this guy 's jumped off the second board and done a belly flop |
| 23 | Now back at Jan Smuts Airport , X-Ray Foxtrot may well have flown for the second time in civvies by the time these words are read . |
| 24 | Here B has been partitioned between the second and third rows to give , at the top , a ( 2 × 5 ) submatrix ( ignore the vertical partition for the moment ) ; C between the fourth and fifth columns to give , on the left , a ( 5 × 4 ) submatrix . |
| 25 | Average property yields have fallen for the second consecutive quarter to 9.2pc , according to property agent Hillier Parker . |
| 26 | ‘ Now , you 're sure you feel well enough to make a statement ? ’ he asked for the second or third time . |
| 27 | That day , April 29 , twenty Spitfires were safely delivered to Renfrew with one each on April 30 and May 1 for a total of 52 aircraft which constituted 100% of the complement assigned for the second delivery to Malta . |
| 28 | class teacher interviews , using a modified interview schedule developed during the second project ( 1986 ) . |
| 29 | In Action 159 ( page 2 ) incorrect details were given about the second consultation on communication studies in Latin American seminaries to be held in July 1992 . |
| 30 | Some manufacturers recommend a light sanding between the second and third coats and it is important , as with all types of products mentioned , that the instructions are read carefully before use . |