Example sentences of "[num ord] [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a cause of lung cancer it comes second only to smoking , and research shows that people who live in houses affected by the gas run a one in thirty chance of dying of lung cancer . |
| 2 | Some officers seem to be unaware that in terms of the number of people who do it , cycling 's second only to walking . |
| 3 | Cancer is the second biggest killer in Northern Ireland , second only to heart disease — itself caused largely by smoking . |
| 4 | Colorectal carcinoma ranks second only to lung cancer in men and to breast cancer in women in the United States . |
| 5 | Surely you have learnt by now that care of equipment comes second only to care of the patients ! ’ |
| 6 | Cooking energy is clearly one of the biggest human needs , second only to food . |
| 7 | Coal imports will double in Japan over the next twenty years or so with coal becoming second only to oil as an energy supplier , at about one-quarter of demand . |
| 8 | Health , education , and social services were issues that came second only to unemployment in terms of public priorities . |
| 9 | During our Pre-Campaign Wave in March defence was the main issue on television , the main issue stressed by the Conservative Party , and second only to unemployment as Labour 's main issue . |
| 10 | It is , after all , one of the world 's most expensive spices , second only in cost to saffron itself . |
| 11 | In past times , Rome Opera was second only in stature to La Scala , Milan . |
| 12 | A second opinion was sought and , short-sightedly , my parents agreed to put me in those gorgeous National Health jobs which are now sported by your average Yuppie but which made you look second only in berkishness to the kid in the owl specs with Elastoplast all over one lens . |
| 13 | A second opinion was sought and , short-sightedly , my parents agreed to put me in those gorgeous National Health jobs which are now sported by your average Yuppie but which then made you look second only in berkishness to the kid in the owl specs with elastoplast all over one lens . |
| 14 | Largest was the Yellow Advertiser Group , second only in circulation ( two million ) to Thomson . |
| 15 | ( Second only in fact to the Ferrari Testarossa ) . |
| 16 | There are indeed times when a lemon as a seasoning seems second only in importance to salt . |
| 17 | The £4,000 All England Champion Hurdle , second only in importance to the Grand National , got underway at Brough Park last night , when some of the best jumpers in the country were on view . |
| 18 | And then made the second just before half-time . |
| 19 | Marco Apicello , making his first appearance for the Jordan team , was 23rd fastest with team-mate Rubens Barrichello 19th . |
| 20 | Victory arrived in a flourish when Richard Hignett deposited the last four balls of the 42nd over from Furse for 6 , 2 , 4 and 6 . |
| 21 | The scene at Fitzgerald Lighting 's Siding on Wednesday May 27th shortly after arrival of 3440 from Truro . |
| 22 | Gunnell , who took silver in last year 's world championships in Tokyo , was timed at 53.23 seconds , the sixth fastest in history . |
| 23 | Gunnell , who took silver in last year 's world championships in Tokyo , was timed at 53.23 seconds , the sixth fastest in history . |
| 24 | Dunlop is fastest after practice at 104.16 but I feel that brother Joey may grab a win here despite the fact that he was fourth fastest in practice . |
| 25 | As his own prose essays on ‘ Nature ’ were being admired by the adolescent girls in the Young People 's Guild at the Unitarian chapel , and approved by the minister , by his father and by Ashcroft Noble , and eventually published in sectarian and national journals , Edward discovered the English poets , first slowly under imposition and then , in a rush , in his father 's wide-ranging library . |
| 26 | There were two attacks , the first shortly before midnight , the other in the early hours of the morning . |
| 27 | Greg Thomas came close to a wicket three times in his first over in Test cricket , but Greenidge and Haynes survived to give their usual start before Greenidge had to retire with a cut forehead after mishooking Botham . |
| 28 | And , from the first over after lunch , Kambli and Tendulkar savaged another 14 off him . |
| 29 | Taylor fell at 4.05 , in the first over after tea , giving Kapil Dev his 400th Test wicket ( full analysis on page 23 ) . |
| 30 | KAPIL DEV , India 's Pride , became the second bowler to take 400 Test wickets when he trapped Australian opener Mark Taylor lbw in the first over after tea at 4.05 on the third day in the final Test of the recent series . |