Example sentences of "second [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Locate the second strip to the required width ; insert two brackets in matching slots and test a timber across them so you can check with a spirit level . |
| 2 | Check also for vertical on the second strip , then mark for a hole . |
| 3 | Fold the second strip of paper in exactly the same way as the first , but instead of pencilling down the folds , cut down only the folds shown with a black line in the diagram below . |
| 4 | b ) Place strip 1 on your desk and carefully put the ¼ piece , from the second strip , beside it as shown on the side . |
| 5 | They get the ingredients ready but do n't cook until the last minute , preparing the second course while the first is being eaten . |
| 6 | When it is gone , reward the dog with a second course of its preferred dinner ( dry food mixed with juicy brown stuff ) . |
| 7 | The next day use two pieces of dry food as a first course , the next day use four and so on , gradually increasing the size of the first course until the dog 's meal comprises a huge first course of dry food followed by a minuscule second course of only a single nugget of dry food garnished with some juicy brown food as a reward for cleaning its bowl . |
| 8 | It does not necessarily follow that knowing more about alcohol will automatically result in more responsible drinking attitudes and behaviour , that is , the second course objective . |
| 9 | The second course is to write the history of the local organisation from general knowledge gleaned over the years , and to send this to the leader , or committee , for comment . |
| 10 | A refreshing and tangy Mango Sorbet followed as a second course for both . |
| 11 | For the second course , serve the meat and vegetables with the reserved broth , remaining croûtons and the marrow bones ( provide small spoons for extracting the marrow from the bones ) . |
| 12 | They had observed a ‘ more thoughtful ’ approach from participants and felt committed to nominating staff for a second course . |
| 13 | Quietwaters is slightly different from the other developments : there was already a course and clubhouse in place , but the plan was to develop a second course as well as the seemingly obligatory hotel and leisure complex and timeshare units . |
| 14 | Dickie bored him all through the first course with stories of the Navy in the First World War , and all through the second course with stories of the Navy in the Second World War , and then he got up and said , ‘ I 've got to go now to a meeting of the Chiefs of Staff , but the Prime Minister will keep you amused . ' ’ |
| 15 | Mr Engholm ( and most of his rivals ) favour the second course . |
| 16 | None of the children had wanted birthday cake , which Tina had mistakenly made with fruit and nuts in it , so they ate it as their second course . |
| 17 | The atmosphere — at least until the second course got going — was stilted , the elder generation on their best behaviour , the younger , if a shade sceptically , following suit . |
| 18 | The second course was advised by Ernest Bevin . |
| 19 | But the judge usually takes the second course in cases concerning industrial relations . |
| 20 | Columba sent one of his companions into the water , and just as the creature opened its jaws for its second course , Columba with a wave of his hand banished it : Nessie , all humps and coils , fled whining . |
| 21 | Like the second course that Barnett entered him for , this time for an accounting system . |
| 22 | The second course would have been unusual and encouraging — and leadership in the village community would probably have fallen to him . |
| 23 | The timetable for the second course is currently being written . |
| 24 | In a European multicentre study 40 patients with HBeAg positive chronic hepatitis B virus ( HBV ) infection were treated with 5 mega units of lymphoblastoid α-interferon daily according to the following regimen : a four week primer course , four weeks of rest and a second course lasting 16 to 30 weeks . |
| 25 | After 24 weeks of follow up ( week 16 of the second course ) , 19 ( 48% ) patients exhibited a response , 13 ( 32% ) a partial response ( HBeAg <50% of initial level or HBV-DNA negative ) and 8 ( 20% ) no response . |
| 26 | From a pilot study comparing the antiviral effect of interferon , acyclovir and a combination of interferon and acyclovir , it was concluded that combination therapy appears to be a highly promising treatment for chronic hepatitis B. As more recent controlled studies have shown that acyclovir does not enhance the therapeutic effect of interferon alone , the results of the pilot study could also be interpreted as indicating that a second course of interferon after short term primer interferon therapy is more effective than a single course . |
| 27 | Lymphoblastoid α-IFN ( Wellferon , Wellcome , Beckenham , UK ) was given at a dose of 5 mega units daily according to the following regimen : a four week primer course , a four week rest period and a second interferon course lasting 16 weeks ; for five patients from Rotterdam the duration of the second course was prolonged up to 30 weeks . |
| 28 | After 24 weeks of follow up ( week 16 of the second course ) , 19 ( 48% ; 95% CI 32–63% ) patients exhibited a response , 13 ( 32% ; 95% CI 18–47% ) a partial responseand eight ( 20% ; 95% CI 8–32% ) a definite non-response . |
| 29 | At the beginning of the second course , the majority again reported these symptoms but to a lesser intensity . |
| 30 | After the second course he was back on a normal diet , gaining weight rapidly . |