Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] second [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Boak , Head of Physics , was appointed to succeed Paine as Second Master . |
| 2 | His knee problems began three weeks ago , but came to a head on Wednesday when he was forced to pull out of a friendly for Juventus against Second Division side Spal , after he broke down during the warm-up . |
| 3 | He beat caster Tony Brennan into second place in the contest , 39 points to 37 , at Goldenhill municipal golf course . |
| 4 | McRae in second place |
| 5 | Oxford go first footing in Wales this Saturday to second division , Swansea for the third round of the FA Cup . |
| 6 | Moin soon played across Lewis and was taken by Hick at second slip , and then Mallender came back and had Waqar caught by the same fieldsman . |
| 7 | Headingley 1976 and Gordon Greenidge at second slip practises for the high jump . |
| 8 | In January 1964 the Leaders learnt that the Reverend William Buchanan ( President of the Church 1990–1991 ) was unable to accept an invitation to succeed the Reverend Val Silcock as second minister on the Circuit . |
| 9 | The fast closing Radical Prince ( 7-1 ) , who also failed his qualifier outstayed Melody for second place . |
| 10 | BOMB DISPOSAL specialists were yesterday called out to beaches on the south-west coast of Scotland after Second World War phosphorus canisters believed to be from an undersea dump were washed ashore . |
| 11 | Behind them is a combination of speed in Northern Transvaal flier Johan Visagie and Roland Beck of second division Currie Cup side Boland , and power — centre Johan Van Deventer at 6ft 3ins and 16st 4 lb is a human battering ram . |
| 12 | In Schleswig-Holstein , the SPD beat the CDU into second place at local level for the first time . |
| 13 | Britain 's biggest clothing retailer , Marks and Spencer , became the country 's most profitable retailer once more when it knocked J Sainsbury into second place with pre-tax profits up 25% to a record £736.5m ( $1.2 billion ) in the year to end-March . |
| 14 | Nine wins and four draws from thirteen games give him a score of 11 points , three points ahead of Viktor Korchnoi in second place . |
| 15 | Ulster youngsters Claire Curran and Zara Wolseley helped Ireland to a 3-3 draw against Wales in the under 18 event yesterday , leaving their team four points ahead of Scotland in second place . |
| 16 | Snooker ( pairs ) , Lol Macdonald and Kevin Mahoney won with Ron Hill and Dair Rees in second place . |
| 17 | But his clubs blazed most effectively when he put Nicklaus and Ballesteros into second place at Royal Birkdale . |
| 18 | has shoved Mr into second place . |
| 19 | Throttle open and keeping to the centre of the stream where there were no obstructions , he powered the BMW in second gear straight back the way they had come . |
| 20 | All the rafts reached the finish line at Chepstow , but for Herefordshire , it was disappointing to see a crew from the Home Counties win , with a raft from Cheshire in second place . |
| 21 | But Patterson was knocked down more times than any heavy-weight champ — with Joe Louis in second place . |
| 22 | Ian led Coopers to second place in the team event , losing by £30 to Abbey National , before sweeping the board in the individual event . |
| 23 | ‘ Operating creatively ’ on a proposal which was in effect another version of reparation , although this time to the community as a whole , Maudling echoed the sentiments of the ACPS in his speech commending the Criminal Justice Bill to the House of Commons on Second Reading . |
| 24 | Vodka-tippler Elliott , 70 , is now recovering at his holiday home on Ibiza with second wife Susan . |
| 25 | Ards retained the Belfast Telegraph Tele-Tots league championship , pushing Bangor into second place ahead of Lisburn . |
| 26 | The 28-year-old Scot clocked 2hr 27min 38sec to beat three-time champion Katrin Dorre of Germany into second place . |
| 27 | Jan. 19 US airlifts Patriot missiles to Israel after second Scud attack . |
| 28 | A third biological weapons inspection team arrived in Iraq on Nov. 19 [ for arrival in October of second team see p. 38548 ] . |
| 29 | The pattern was similar in the UK with second generation blacks rising to prominence in the late 1970s and early 1980s , getting a foot-hold first in boxing and later in athletics and football , not to mention karate and table tennis . |
| 30 | Besides China in second place , India comes in at fifth place in the league , and Mexico and Brazil are also both bigger than Canada , currently the G7 's seventh man . |