Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [prep] the second " in BNC.
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| 1 | Look at a cheap modern electric and you 'll see a glue-line running diagonally through the neck somewhere behind the second and third frets — that 's a scarf joint . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The COS became the Family Welfare Association shortly after the Second World War and its functions have widened in scope as the need for basic relief has been reduced by the growth of statutory income maintenance services . |
| 4 | Taking a leaf out of NCR Corp 's book of strategies , Unisys Corp will next week unveil the first of a new line of highly configurable Intel Corp and EISA-based personal computers that , with few if any changes , will magically turn into Unix-run workstations and entry-level servers early in the second quarter . |
| 5 | But Williams steps aside for the second half which belongs to De Niro . |
| 6 | Against a Coventry side in no fit state to make much of a fist of it , Liley was away like the wind midway through the second half on a 45-yard run for the second of Leicester 's four tries . |
| 7 | NICK HOGAN put Maghull ahead in the second minute and Lee Cooper increased their lead 60 seconds later . |
| 8 | Geoffrey Wilkinson 's deputy was Peter Bardon who joined the RAF soon after the Second World War and served all over the world , particularly in the Far East . |
| 9 | The rest of the economy has been slower to cut investment mainly because the slowdown hit the service sector only in the second half of last year . |
| 10 | Devoid of ideas beyond booting hopeful balls forward in the first half , Alton got their act together in the second , coming from behind to take the points through sheer hard graft . |
| 11 | Now for the second in our series looking at life in rural England just after the Second World War . |
| 12 | Tapper put the Chigwellians ahead after 30 minutes , before the Etonians equalised through Julian Giles early in the second half . |
| 13 | Smith , the Gloucester full-back , kicked that goal and when Barnes pulled an easy kick at goal wide of the Gloucester posts early in the second half of extra-time , the cheers were those of the Gloucester crowd who thought their team had won . |
| 14 | Can he pilot Blackburn Rovers straight from the Second Division to the championship as Clough did with Forest ? |
| 15 | Rodber was taken off with spinal concussion midway through the second half , and within minutes Richards was shepherding a maul forty metres downfield . |
| 16 | In addition to Cardinal , Szabo , Jackart , Charron , Woods and Lougheed , the capped players in the 22-strong party are outside-half Bob Ross and lock Ian Gordon , a replacement for Charron late in the second half for last year 's famous win over Scotland . |
| 17 | Although there may have been a settlement of Illyrian-Greeks there before the second century BC when the Roman occupation of Dalmatia began , there is little evidence of continuous use of the site until the seventh century AD . |
| 18 | ( Note here that I am doing my best to avoid speaking of conventional meaning , for I do not wish to beg the question yet against the second scenario . ) |
| 19 | There was now a complete uproar in the first form room , Miss Potts again in the second form room was amazingly exasperated . |
| 20 | A missed black off its spot cost McManus dearly in the second before the Scot , appearing in the semi-final of a major tournament for the ninth time this season , appeared likely to take frame three . |
| 21 | Salford , however , deserve credit for coming back after Widnes had recoved a 10-point deficit early in the second half . |
| 22 | Goulding scored a super try early in the second half , beating two men close to the line to score near the posts — and he also created the chance for the final try which made the game safe for Widnes . |
| 23 | Foreign Minister Casimir Bizimungu , denying reports of a much higher death toll , admitted that 300-500 rebels " wearing civilian clothes " had been killed in Army operations early in the second week of October . |
| 24 | Earlier Paul Olsson had hit the top of the bar with a great lob early in the second half . |
| 25 | As for the match , Rovers conspired to throw a smokescreen of their own around their abilities until they emerged starkly with two clever goals inside three minutes early in the second half to scuttle their scoreless fellow Third Division promotion hopefuls . |
| 26 | Trailing 19–2 at half-time , woeful Saints hit further setbacks when Fox raced in for two tries in three minutes early in the second half . |
| 27 | ‘ This is a fallen world , ’ J. R. R. Tolkien wrote to one of his sons early in the Second World War . |
| 28 | They coped with the pressure admirably , with central defenders Rogan and Ball , who was carried off with knee ligament damage early in the second half , outstanding . |
| 29 | The metabolic clearance rate of G17 was 8 ( 6–93 ) before and 8 ( 6–76 ) ml/kg.min after treatment when calculated by the first method and 9 ( 6–74 ) and 8 ( 6–62 ) ml/kg.min respectively by the second method . |
| 30 | I had pulled the team together by the second half , and Sporting found us a very different proposition and were lucky to hold us to 0–0 . |