Example sentences of "[pers pn] is the second " in BNC.
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| 1 | Signora Madeline Vesey Neroni is the most exotic character in Trollope 's novel ; she is the second daughter of Dr. Vesey Stanhope , one of the diocesan clergymen in Barchester . |
| 2 | It is not merely a question of its vastness ( it is the second largest country in the world , measuring 9.2 million square kilometres ) , but its breathtaking grandeur : God 's own country , as the Canadians delight to call it . |
| 3 | It is the second trial within two weeks that has failed after the judges in both hearings ruled that there was no evidence to prove the cases concerned . |
| 4 | For Ethiopia and Sudan , it is the second bad year in a row ( and the third bad year in four ) . |
| 5 | Yet it is the second figure , that $85 billion , that is the real scandal . |
| 6 | It is the second of Mr Harvey 's voyages of self-discovery : in the first , ‘ A Journey in Ladakh ’ , written eight years ago , he began to embrace Buddhism under the influence of a monk in exile from Tibet . |
| 7 | It is the second time he has earned the label . |
| 8 | It is the second fatal crash on a level-crossing this year but follows a series of similar incidents in previous years . |
| 9 | It is the second time in recent months that the Finnish currency has been hit by a crisis of confidence . |
| 10 | It is the second time Basingstoke have won this competition , which has been dominated by Havant . |
| 11 | It is the second dairy breed of the country , strong in its constitution and sound in the feet , calving easily and with a gestation period about eight days shorter than that of the Friesian . |
| 12 | It is the second example cited in this text which provides the key to these dispositions of contentment . |
| 13 | Then it is the second team 's turn to sing . |
| 14 | Although it is the second aspect which concerns speechreaders , you may be interested to share some discoveries made by the 1979 study group from their own experience , and from my own experience since 1972 . |
| 15 | It is the second time this year one of his drivers has been hijacked in protests at British exports and the Gatt world trade deal . |
| 16 | It is the second role which has recently come into greater prominence . |
| 17 | In fact it is the second time he has used the policy . |
| 18 | It is the second of Billy Roche 's Wexford trilogy plays about small-town life in Wexford , southern Ireland . |
| 19 | It is the second time in a year the body of a baby has been found in the street . |
| 20 | It is the second time the policemen have been sentenced for the murder of Nahaman , who died on 4 March 1990 as a result of beatings they inflicted . |
| 21 | It is the second tragedy to hit the family in nine months . |
| 22 | It is the second royal security scandal revealed by the Mirror in 24 hours . |
| 23 | It is the second commonest condition seen in gay men ( after PCP ) and , of all people with AIDS , is ten times more likely to occur in gay men . |
| 24 | It is the second time he has missed an international tour because of injury . |
| 25 | Ranging from Zeppelins over Tipton to Valiants over Gaydon , it is the second offering from the Midland Warplane Museum , currently based at Hatton Craft Centre near Long Marston airfield . |
| 26 | It is the second figure , in the centre , who is the bull-leaper , the star performer . |
| 27 | It is the second tier of visual cortex that specializes . |
| 28 | It is the second largest Taiwanese semiconductor designer and manufacturer and a major supplier of the Taiwan personal computer industry and was chosen because of its ability to offer an entree to the Chinese-speaking markets in Hong Kong , China , Malaysia , Singapore and Taiwan . |
| 29 | It is the second Worlingworth firm to face closure within a few weeks . |
| 30 | Second , the Trust is a body committed to conservation on such a wide scale — it is the second largest landowner in Britain — that it also has a clear duty to ensure that it follows good environmental practice in its own affairs . |