Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] the second [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , it does provide a simple demonstration of a problem that dogs all our stratigraphical thinking , and as the palaeontologist in question was my student ( and I visited the area with him ) my inclinations are wholly for the second interpretation in this case . |
| 2 | He hooked badly off the second tee , was unplayable and took six . |
| 3 | Although Hinrich and Senta Medau are no longer with us , their work and inspiration live on through the second generation , while in this country the Medau Society celebrates its 35th Anniversary in 1987 . |
| 4 | It shows that Essex , grouped as part of the Home counties , will see job prospects changing little for the second quarter of 1993 . |
| 5 | Well if you remember that the Jarrow marches and the general strike were n't very many years erm you know be behind the preparations that were going on for the second world war . |
| 6 | Steam lorries lingered on after the Second World War , largely because of the shortage of oil . |
| 7 | Further , he suggested that the principle of the exemption of the civilian population from being an intentional object of warfare had been so whittled down during the Second World War and in post-1945 treaties as to cease to offer reliable guidance except in the most unambiguous circumstances . |
| 8 | I ca n't remember much about the second Arse goal , scored by Merson ; maybe Sunil on the north bank can say what happened . |
| 9 | The Thomas Cook European Timetable has been published since 1873 with a break only during the Second World War ; Thomas Cook Overseas Timetable lists countries outside Europe and has been published since 1981 . |
| 10 | Gremlin probably the species most recently to enter the catalogue of supernatural beings , for it was only during the Second World War that these misty GNOME-like creatures were blamed by British and American pilots and navigators for any trouble which assailed their aircraft . |
| 11 | The second " have " ( = " has " ) seems odd because the realisation happened only during the Second World War and is now clearly finished . |
| 12 | Prednisone was used less during the second year ; twenty six patients received one course and 10 children two or more courses . |
| 13 | That 's unusual is n't it , because I always think , I mean I , this is really only about the second watch I 've ever had good one . |
| 14 | In contrast , at times Durie looked ready to scream , especially when the errors started creeping in during the second set of her 6-2 , 7-6 win over the promising Yayuk Basuki . |
| 15 | Situations on more than one front look frustratingly perverse especially during the second week . |
| 16 | One problem relates to the grammatical word " have " when it is used to express past tense ( the " perfect " use of " have " ) : Women have been particularly targeted in magazines , especially during the Second World War , when the British government has realised the importance of women 's magazines as a channel of communication . |
| 17 | Where further notification is not given on the fourth day in accordance with the procedures laid down for the second stage , you shall not be disentitled to SSP from the fourth day of absence for that reason only . |
| 18 | LONDON TOWERS caught Carlsberg League champions Roland Kingston with their guard down for the second time this season by defeating them 103-97 at the Michael Sobell Centre , Islington , on Sunday night . |
| 19 | The final component of the system is a new management tool , the OpenServer Remote Manager ( list price £2,650 ) , which works in conjunction with an OpenServer Management Agent that is to be added to the OpenServer 400 family : it is initially to be incorporated onto the Unix version ( expected at the end of the month ) , with MS-DOS and OS/2 versions following along during the second quarter of the year . |
| 20 | Halfway through the second day we got our chance to bat after bowling 132 scalding overs . |
| 21 | MAKESHIFT court proceedings in the home of a dying lung-cancer victim , Alfred McTear , had to be abandoned halfway through the second day yesterday on doctor 's advice . |
| 22 | A spokesman for the band said : ‘ He managed the first number , but had to leave the stage , almost collapsing , halfway through the second song . |
| 23 | A spokesman for the band said : ‘ He managed the first number , but had to leave the stage , almost collapsing , halfway through the second song . |
| 24 | ‘ Honest , mister , I 'm the 'ardest luck case I ever 'eard of , ’ she said , halfway through the second sandwich . |
| 25 | An old woman telling me the story of her life shat herself halfway through the Second World War . |
| 26 | One of the buildings totally flattened was the new home of the deaf in the town , so for the second time within the space of one year , the deaf in Exeter had to find new club premises . |
| 27 | Those worth £5 — £19 were roped in for the second loan , in 1523 , so paying a total of 15 per cent , not so very much less than what was expected of the £20 men , and of course a proportionately heavier burden . |
| 28 | Sometimes I drop out for the first verse of songs and let Keith do rhythm and then I come back in for the second verse ; it brings the level of intensity right up . |
| 29 | When she came in for the second time her throat was like looking at a plate full of strawberries and cream — red enlarged tonsils with a coating of puss . |
| 30 | Formed in the aftermath of the 1931 financial crisis , PEP exemplified that liberal-reformist strand of ‘ middle opinion ’ that was to grow in the 1930s and provide the basis for the political shift leftwards during the Second World War . |