Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] the second [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | While Rosa Guy makes some parts of her book easy to understand , it was only after the second time I read the book that I was able to give unanswerable questions an answer . |
| 32 | For example , when Perk disappeared she was wearing a yellow dress and it was only after the second time that I realised the significance of Gail ( Perk 's older sister ) finding a yellow ribbon in Mr Elder 's ( the lodger ) drawer . |
| 33 | However , the worst outrage on Fox Hill came only after the Second World War , when horrid concrete housing was plonked on the top . |
| 34 | For a century and a half the subject of sexuality was taboo in much of Western society and it was only after the Second World War that this taboo decayed sufficiently for a body of formal knowledge concerning sexuality to be scientifically built up . |
| 35 | During the inter-war years commuting was encouraged by the railway companies and by speculative builders and it was only after the Second World War that the more widespread use of the car and the continuing electrification of the railways allowed the commuting zone to be extended further . |
| 36 | In the early 19th century , however , new legislation inadvertently deprived the press of its fiscal advantages , and its publishing petered out , to be revived only after the Second World War . |
| 37 | Often the males moult in flocks separately from the females , and only after the second moult in autumn do they regain their finery and again join up with their wives . |
| 38 | That was not long after the Second World War broke out . |
| 39 | May I correct Mr MacLaren on one small historical point where he states that ‘ the Royal Navy had abandoned hammocks not long after the Second World War ’ ? |
| 40 | Just a brief response to a small part of Iain MacLaren 's letter , where he refers to the Royal Navy abandoning hammocks not long after the Second World War . |
| 41 | I do not know how the RAF dealt with bed-wetters in the days of National Service , but I am certain that even although the Royal Navy had abandoned hammocks not long after the Second World War , a persistent enuretic on board a warship would create even more serious problems than he could in an army barracks . |
| 42 | This weapon of control was elaborated and refined , especially after the Second World War , following the example of the Ministry of Education ( Griffith , 1965 ) . |
| 43 | The oddity is that the jurist seems to deal only with the second question , which is of much less complexity than the first . |
| 44 | Another chapter today would see me nicely into the second half of my story , and this evening I would talk to Crispin and get things sorted out with him . |
| 45 | Thus out of the middle only 27 will have any chance of getting into the top flight and then only into the second round of the Pilkington Cup . |
| 46 | DESPITE forecasts last August that this would be the most competitive rugby league season in history , the only issues likely to be left in doubt tomorrow night are who will accompany Swinton down into the Second Division next season and the final line-up for the Premiership competitions . |
| 47 | Push tool down into the second stitch — the first stitch will slip behind the latch and you can ‘ crochet ’ the second stitch through the first . |
| 48 | Deleting ‘ For them this brochure is unnecessary ’ ties in with the second interpretation . |
| 49 | The wine waiter came bustling along with the second bottle , compliments were exchanged over the wine , trout was selected and discussed . |
| 50 | Gossels says the development and engineering plans along with a set of milestones and documentation were published along with the second snapshot towards the end of last year and sent to 50 early access members , arguing that the schedule and adherence to it is known and calculable , The next part , the Management Framework , is set for release by the end of the year . |
| 51 | But again this does not help much with the second paradox . |
| 52 | and , who work in Risley 's Effluent Plant Projects Office , were quick off the mark in the second race and were back in the boat house long before the second boat , crewed by and , had completed the required four laps . |
| 53 | Judit performed even better in the second half than the first . |
| 54 | Capriati showed a little bit of rust from an eight-week lay-off , but her big first serve consistently registered 100mph and she said : ‘ I felt a lot better in the second set , I got into it a lot more . ’ |
| 55 | What tremendous skill be displayed as his runs and passes , especially in the second half , stretched Ipswich to the limit and sometimes beyond . |
| 56 | Consequently , childbearing is concentrated within the first decade of married life ( 84 per cent of births within marriage in 1956–60 , 92 per cent in 1976 ) , and especially in the second half of the decade — 33 per cent of births occurred in the fifth to the ninth years of marriage in 1976 compared to 26 per cent in 1951–5 ( figure 4.11 ) . |
| 57 | But these gains were ultimately lost , especially in the second half of the century . |
| 58 | In 1800 , 90% of Americans lived in rural communities ; but with the growth of industry , especially in the second half of the century , towns and cities began to spread , and by 1920 over 50% of the population lived in them . |
| 59 | The youth team , despite several late call-offs , put up a great performance especially in the second half when the schools needed two late tries to pull clear . |
| 60 | The figures for the proportion of vacancies that are acceptable , men aged 55 and over have very low reservation wages ( especially in the second period ) and appear to accept almost any job . |