Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] second [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 as has been mentioned , which has been something that often has been composed by women and transmitted by women , and there 's recently been an anthology published of Scottish womens poetry , I think that 's a tradition and is perhaps related to second point , the fact that the material 's only just becoming available to us .
2 I shall argue in Chapter 4 that most of the adolescent Creole users are best treated as second dialect speakers of Creole rather than second language learners .
3 An arrangement may be made so that you look at only one person who ‘ interprets ’ what is said , through writing or clear speech , but awareness of the ‘ feel ’ of the meeting and possible eye contact can not be easily conveyed at second hand .
4 Darlington 2 , already doomed to Second Division status next season , pulled off the shock of the season dumping high-flying Durham 1 3–2 .
5 ALAN DAVIES was being sincere when he expressed his sympathy for an Irish team exposed in this record home crushing as second rate .
6 DENMARK scraped a narrow but precious 1–0 over Albania in Tirana yesterday to stay in second place in Group Three .
7 Natural order in acquisition This hypothesis states that the discovered natural order of development of first language competence also applies to second language learning .
8 ‘ C ’ who are also promoted in second place .
9 In no sense are these hospitals now seen as second rate .
10 Robson was ruled out after a week-long struggle to overcome a niggling calf injury in the hope of helping United put right their Wembley disappointment in last year 's final , when they surprisingly succumbed to Second Division Sheffield Wednesday .
11 Ian led the pack in fine style , well supported by second rower Warren Aspinall until he retired with a damaged shoulder .
12 Pistolet Blue , the 1991 Arc de Triomphe third , was surprisingly beaten into second place by Fortune 's Wheel in the Prix d'Harcourt at Longchamp yesterday .
13 The leader was overtaken in the reckless dash straight down the fell , and eventually finished in second place .
14 Living economically almost came as second nature .
15 Airtours and Owners Abroad compete for second place in the holiday market behind Thomson .
16 Robinson , bowling enthusiastically and getting life out of the pitch , forced Hayhurst and Richard Harden into edging catches before being replaced by Peter Hartley , who had Neil Burns splendidly caught at second slip by Byas .
17 ‘ You are saying that you were again relegated to second place , my lord ? ’
18 But the broadcasts have confused voters — the number of don't-knows has risen to almost half — and produced complex movements in the far-from-reliable opinion polls , where four candidates are now closely bunched in second position behind a fast-flagging leader .
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