Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [to-vb] the second " in BNC.

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1 SEVERAL thousand hard-liners demonstrated yesterday outside the Russian parliament building to mark the second anniversary of the August 1991 coup and demand the resignation of President Boris Yeltsin .
2 Second Coxswain O'Donnell had to reduce engine power to avoid the second two line parting , and with the engines at slow speed the bow of the casualty fell off the wind another 20° and she began rolling heavily again .
3 Some urged her to step down to allow another Cabinet minister to enter the second ballot against Heseltine .
4 Batty 's right ankle was still swollen yesterday and it looked as though he would need a miracle cure to make the second leg of the European Cup tie .
5 They defended in depth and allowed an under-strength side to dominate the second half .
6 The evidence was that it was then possible to change from the H N D course to start the second year of the graduate course in what had been Autumn nineteen eighty nine .
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