Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] for second " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1,250 cases per Clerical Assistant for second adult rebates |
| 2 | The result was an unprecedented demand for second hand furniture , the price of which quickly rose to exorbitant levels on the black market . |
| 3 | In the opening 250 race Robert Dunlop stayed well clear of a hectic battle for second place behind him . |
| 4 | ( 1975 ) asserted that one of the principal effects of the increased demand for second homes was to inflate prices . |
| 5 | Introduced so hastily after the original abolition of flogging , and remaining on the statute book until judicial corporal punishment was ended as recently as 1948 , the Garotter 's Act was thus a historic landmark of reaction ; and it was quickly followed by measures to toughen prison discipline and to introduce a minimum penalty of five years of penal servitude for second offenders . |
| 6 | The victory capped a tough week for second seed Edberg , who reached the final by winning three successive five-set matches . |
| 7 | There was a keen battle for second place between Kershaw and Brunskill , but the Newton Aycliffe runner faded in the later stages , being overtaken by Crook veteran John Dennis . |