Example sentences of "[adv] the second [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Sadly the most vicious of these brought down the rig on ‘ Strictly Business ’ on only the second outing for this interesting-looking Castro newcomer now owned by Nigel Musto ( RCYC ) . |
| 32 | There remains only the second part of this course to describe . |
| 33 | It also made him only the second man in history to score for both sides in a derby clash . |
| 34 | He was only the second man she had ever slept with . |
| 35 | She had brought detective novels and thrillers and cursed her hectic reading speed : only the second day and she was half-way down the pile . |
| 36 | To Sara , more hard-pressed than ever at Lime Street , the intellectual and emotional sympathy binding Coleridge and Dorothy must have been both apparent and distressing , even if Dorothy , in De Quincey 's words , was a woman possessing ‘ no personal charms ’ : on only the second day of the visit Coleridge and Dorothy were occupied together correcting his poems for the new edition while Sara was left to carry the domestic burdens of the teeming cottage . |
| 37 | And this is only the second day ! |
| 38 | It 's only the second offence according to the last |
| 39 | The clash marked only the second occasion in 70 years on which police had opened fire on a white crowd . |
| 40 | It was only the second occasion ever in which bankers had been summoned and reflected both the high degree of public outrage and government embarrassment over the spate of recent financial scandals . |
| 41 | This was only the second occasion on which a French court had given the maximum sentence for this offence ( the first being for Arrospide — see above ; for capture of Arrospide and Urrutikoetzea in France see pp. 36406 ; 37588 ) . |
| 42 | Only the second change was implemented . |
| 43 | Only the second change was implemented . |
| 44 | In only the second year of operation , the ‘ jetless ’ Rendcomb Aerial Derby looks firmly set to take over the mantle of the Badminton Air Day , now sadly defunct . |
| 45 | Richard Littlejohn of The Sun became only the second winner of the Irritant of the Year award since Private Eye won in 1968 . |
| 46 | It was not till fourteen years later that Rospigliosi produced his second comic opera , Dal Male il Bene , of which Marazzoli composed only the Second Act . |
| 47 | INXS are only the second Aussie band to crash into the album charts at No 1 . |
| 48 | Kingsley Amis 's Lucky Jim , on the other hand , was only the second novel he had ever written , and he has since admitted that he was glad that the first was not published . |
| 49 | Between 1856 and 1859 he travelled to Palestine and Syria and up the Nile beyond the sixth cataract ; he believed he was only the second European to have gone so far . |
| 50 | The British Government should withdraw its objection to the provisions of Article 20 of the proposed Regulation — provision for a discretionary aid to encourage farm afforestation and the improvement of existing farm woodland — and implement only the second provision in the UK . |
| 51 | The difference in the bowling attacks then became rather noticeable ; by soon after tea on the third day , West Indies had rattled up 411 for 5 when Lloyd declared , with 50 from Fredericks , 135 from Richards , and Greenidge becoming only the second West Indian after Headley to score a century in each innings against England . |
| 52 | Only the second ball of the over was not hit for four . |
| 53 | He has contributed much to music in the Farnham area during the last 20 years and the many supporters of the Tilford Bach Festival will no doubt want to hear what will be only the second performance of his work . |
| 54 | Middlesbrough-born Glendenen went on to score the first century , having become only the second Durham player to make a double-century when he hit 200 not out against Victoria last September in a three-day match unluckily denied first-class status . |
| 55 | Geelong forward Gary Ablett led his team with a record-breaking nine goals and became only the second person to win the most valuable player award while playing on a losing side . |
| 56 | You 'll have to bear with me David , I think you 're only the second person I 've ever had , if you 'll excuse the expression , in this studio . |
| 57 | Mr Mackie is only the second person to stand trial in Scotland charged with insider dealing . |
| 58 | They all came as a result of his marvellously intuitive support play , the best stemming from a masterly dummy by his scrum-half partner , Andy Gregory , in only the second minute . |
| 59 | Shortly before the joint statement was issued , Coopers & Lybrand became what is thought to be only the second US firm to file a countersuit against a former client . |
| 60 | City of London Telecommunications Ltd , which is 90% owned by the US Fidelity Management & Research Corp , is only the second company to win a new public telephone operators licence since the creation of the British Telecommunications Plc-Mercury Communications Ltd duopoly . |