Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] the second " in BNC.

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1 The purpose of such an approach would be to demonstrate that the second language has the same potential for use as the first language , encourage learners to draw on their own experience of language by applying familiar procedures to the interpretation of second language use , and so to teach the second language system not as an end in itself but as a resource for the achievement of meaning .
2 But somehow Leconte pulled himself together to take the second set and the decider became a rout .
3 Back on Corso di Porta Romana continue eastward to reach the second church , San Pietro e Paolo dei Pellegrini , the church of Saints Peter and Paul of the pilgrims .
4 All-rounder Dipak Patel took a Test-best 6–50 as New Zealand routed Zimbabwe for 137 in their second innings in Harare yesterday to win the second Test by 177 runs and take the series 1–0 .
5 I understand that it will be convenient for the House also to discuss the second motion :
6 However , in the two mazurkas , Fokine expected the dancers slightly to accent the second beat of each bar as in any traditional mazurka or polonaise .
7 KATHLEEN Meacock was later to become the second Mrs McAvoy after marrying the gang leader in jail .
8 Angelina 's voice made him jump and he forgot all about Pretty Polly , and all about his chances of sneaking away from the Canterbury trip tomorrow to see the second day of the Kent versus Australia match .
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