Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] second [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | South London Oi boys trade in their boots for a much more refined and punchy new direction which lies somewhere between second album Clash and late '70s punksters the Angelic Upstarts . |
| 2 | South London Oi boys trade in their boots for a much more refined and punchy new direction which lies somewhere between second album Clash and late '70s punksters the Angelic Upstarts . |
| 3 | McNamara already had the first spot in the bag and Moniz was out , so the battle was on for second place . |
| 4 | That was still good enough for second spot on the overnight grid . |
| 5 | But the 28-year-old Heinzer hung in for second place and another Austrian veteran , Peter Wirnsberger , for third . |
| 6 | The leading bunch was led in for second place by Jacek Mickiewicz of Poland with another Australian , Grant Rice , third . |
| 7 | That dropped me down from second place . ’ |
| 8 | As a film , it potters along in second gear . |
| 9 | They owed much to their New Zealand coach , Murray Kidd , for a 20–9 victory which put them a point ahead of the rest , Shannon being thrust down to second place . |
| 10 | In the big race … the womens championships … the favourite Andrea Whitcombe who was out to win for a record equalling third year in a row was beaten in to second place by Lisa York of Leicester … they raced for nearly four miles and at the finish there was just three seconds between them |
| 11 | I wish the Bill well not only on Second Reading but in Committee . |
| 12 | Gooch , though , England 's loyal and reliable banker , went for his second modest score of the match , a choker of a dismissal in that he was held down at second slip at 3.43pm , three minutes into interval time . |
| 13 | A new generation of nobles who were not to taste the sweetness of military success and knew only at second hand of the prestige and profits gained in the 1340s and 1350s led the opposition to the court in the last years of Edward III 's reign and during the reign of Richard II . |
| 14 | @FIRSTPARA = Black children acquiring Creole may be going through a process not of second language acquisition but of new dialect acquisition . |
| 15 | Such stresses are normally of second order but are of importance in some fluids ( Eringen 1976 ) . |
| 16 | And erm of course er it 's just like second home to Edmund . |
| 17 | Meanwhile Aureole had got into top gear and came through into second place , but try as he might he could never pose a threat to Pinza , who galloped on relentlessly to win by four lengths , with Pink Horse running on to take third place a length and a half further adrift and the gallant Shikampur a tired fourth . |
| 18 | My route to work involves a lot of difficult roads with the engine spinning away in second gear , but I average 38 to 40 mpg . |
| 19 | Glenn Hoddle and his men are two wins away from second place … one win in six is not promotion form though … |
| 20 | Leeds , who have lost their two opening championship games , are already without second rower Gary Mercer and Iro 's former Wigan team-mate Andy Gregory . |
| 21 | READING had four players booked and defender Phil Parkinson sent off against Second Division leaders West Bromwich . |
| 22 | However , if Bates can conjure up a repeat of last year 's progress to the fourth round , he is unlikely to go any further with second seed and twice former champion Stefan Edberg blocking his path . |
| 23 | The transmission has undergone a major change to a four-speed unit , sourced from General Motors , and has been provided with the now-obligatory sports and economy programmes , plus a winter mode which allows the system to start off in second gear . |
| 24 | FIRST CENTURY B.C. TO SECOND CENTURY A.D. |
| 25 | Defending champions Denbigh moved themselves menacingly into second place by crushing Craig-y-Don 9–1 in the biggest win of the week , but Sunny Rhyl lost ground in a shock 7–3 tumble at lowly Min-y-Don Park . |
| 26 | After serving an apprenticeship in Formula Three , he had recently been signed up as second driver by Dalgety , a leading Formula One team . |
| 27 | George Yeo was appointed to head the new Ministry for Information and Arts and also as Second Minister for Foreign Affairs . |
| 28 | But Pond Pavarotti , which qualified in third place , is up against second favourite to win the classic , Glengar Ranger , and another top notcher , Taringar Bay . |
| 29 | If we get first division people I 'll do it a different way to him if I had to end up with second division people and the responsibilities they take on board will very much reflect that and the same surely should happen to the field sales force erm their abilities are reflected in in what sort of activities we give them and by looking at the people we have we then put together a team to most accurately attack whatever we want to do . |
| 30 | Rivals Tennis World Middlesbrough move up into second position — one above Ilkley — after earning their first win of the season against Topspin Darlington . |