Example sentences of "[be] the second [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This change has , however , been accompanied by a rise in home ownership and an explosion in house prices , which has been the second force at work affecting the distribution of wealth . |
| 2 | Rufus could not remember the man 's name , only that he had been the second visitor to Wyvis Hall , the gardener being the first . |
| 3 | These three periods are the second quarter of the eighteenth century , the two decades after the Napoleonic Wars , and the so-called Great Depression of the late Victorian period . |
| 4 | The problems encountered when making a 17 keV neutrino fit with what is known about the universe are the second reason for scepticism . |
| 5 | A tidal acceleration is the difference between gravitational acceleration at different locations so that the corresponding parameters in curved space–time are the second derivatives of the metric connections . |
| 6 | It will be the second Prayer for Peace event to be held in Assisi from January 9th to 10th . |
| 7 | Alysardi could be the second leg of a double for Alec Stewart , her trainer , and Michael Roberts , her jockey , who may earlier have won with ELEGANT RAINBOW ( nap 3.05 ) . |
| 8 | On offer in this furniture sale will be the second part of a private collection from an ‘ hôtel particulier ’ of the Faubourg St Germain , as well as pieces from other vendors . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh sir ! ’ said Mrs Crump faintly and for a moment she threatened to be the second act to Miss D'Arcy 's opener . |
| 10 | On arrival in Johannesburg , the first thing I noticed was a young , fresh , smiling face , who turned out to be the Second Secretary at the Consulate . |
| 11 | Well it 's supposed to be the second week in March that Lyn and Gary come down . |
| 12 | It is gon na be the second room for the police and by moving one door we can put their two rooms together and you 've got access to the toilets , cloakrooms and all the necessary things , so without very much expenditure at all on anybody 's back , we 've actually created the section within this building . |
| 13 | Foreign Secretary and MP for Witney , Douglas Herd , wants English to be the second language in Eastern Europe rather than Russian . |
| 14 | Tim has the kind of gut feeling for old furniture that comes from being the second generation in the trade . |
| 15 | We were the second crew on the scene and we did not leave the crash site all day . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ We were the second example of 1960 's privatisation ( the Bluebell Railway in Sussex being the first ) but our 25-year hire purchase was the first and only one which British Rail permitted . |
| 17 | The Bandung talks were the second workshop to be held since Indonesia launched its South China Sea initiative in 1990 . |
| 18 | The Smiths were the second coming of Postcard — the whiter-than-white ‘ pure pop ’ : the sexual ambiguity ; the Luddite insistence on guitars : Edwyn Collins 's avowed rating of romance over sex ; the swoon instead of the earthy R&B rasp ; the flustered undanceability . |
| 19 | The position of the policy and resources committee is the second level to be considered . |
| 20 | Energy cut-out is the second level of safety and is set to operate at 85°C to 90°C to turn off the boiler or other source of heat |
| 21 | The Trochanter is the second segment of the leg ; it articulates with the coxa but is usually rigidly fixed to the femur . |
| 22 | This is the second seminar in a series organised by the Greater London and South East Movement & Dance Liaison Group designed to bring members up to date with the many changes taking place in the 1990s . |
| 23 | This is the second skirmish in a brief cross-border raid for Edinburgh 's Joyriders ( the previous evening had seen them on the charity gig trail with Mega City Four in Tufnell Park ) , out to bludgeon the capital 's callow youth into line with their handsomely appointed tuff-pop manifesto . |
| 24 | Signora Madeline Vesey Neroni is the most exotic character in Trollope 's novel ; she is the second daughter of Dr. Vesey Stanhope , one of the diocesan clergymen in Barchester . |
| 25 | The better documented of the two is the second idea of ‘ ruling-class ’ crime . |
| 26 | Here is the second half of my exclusive A-Z of football , played the Athletico way . |
| 27 | This is the second attack by fire on these premises . |
| 28 | This judgement , which is typical of how Community law should be applied , is the second occasion in the Greek legal system upon which Community equality law has been overtly applied by the SCC ( two previous judgements , Nos 657 and 658 of the same year , applied Article 119 of the Treaty in a sex discrimination case concerning a family allowance paid by the employer and also interpreted the equal pay principle of the Greek Constitution in the light of Article 119 ) . |
| 29 | Astonishingly this is the second recording of the work to appear within the space of a year , and it has the advantage over its predecessor ( on C ) of appearing on one disc instead of two , courtesy the omission of all the recitatives — no great loss in this case , I feel . |
| 30 | This is the second recording of Bach 's B minor Mass to be directed by Peter Schreier . |