Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [art] second [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scientists working on the jet fusion project at Culham in south Oxfordshire have been protesting today in a bid to influence leading figures in the project as they met for the second day of their full Council Meeting . |
| 2 | On Wednesday 13 February , we met for the second time with pensions as the agenda item . |
| 3 | THE long-mocked idea of reparations to compensate black Americans for the slavery experienced by their ancestors is now before the US Congress , and its supporters say the $1.25 billion package to compensate Japanese-Americans who were interned during the second world war has created a legal precedent . |
| 4 | A few years ago Japanese-Americans were compensated for being interned during the second world war , and some ( mostly white ) people have begun to point out that blacks have yet to be compensated for centuries of slavery . |
| 5 | On Oct. 26 , 1989 , the House of Representatives fulfilled a commitment made in 1988 [ see p. 37081 ] when they voted that $20,000 should be paid to each of 62,000 Japanese-Americans who had been interned during the Second World War . |
| 6 | Can you say why the intervention must be stopped for the second baseline ? |
| 7 | Jasbir Singh was stopped for the second time in two days driving his blue Ford Escort van . |
| 8 | Each party to the conference , including the Palestinian representation , was understood to have received during the second half of October a separate " letter of assurances ' from the US government . |
| 9 | Only within the last 20 to 25 years has there even been an identifiable cohort of ageing disabled adults ; first , life expectancy for many types of impairments prior to this was low ; second , people who became disabled as a result of injuries received during the Second World War are now entering older age ; third , many children and young adults disabled as a result of the polio epidemics of the late 1940s and early 1950s are now in their 50s or older . |
| 10 | Resentful at Alexander and fearful that the King might beget am heir by his new queen and so lose for a second time the opportunity to advance the claims of his own house ? |
| 11 | It was stripped of this status when its majority Tatar population was deported to Central Asia , accused of having collaborated during the Second World War with the Nazi German occupiers . |
| 12 | Heavy rain stopped everyone after 18 laps , so it was back to go for a second start . |
| 13 | If you lived through the second world war you 'll recognise the sound of the air raid bell . |
| 14 | The new date for the first round had been announced on Feb. 4 , when new provisional dates were also given for the second round ( March 8 ) and the two rounds of the presidential elections ( March 22 and April 5 ) . |
| 15 | Terrorism and the Liberal State was published in 1977 , and revised for a second edition in 1986 . |
| 16 | The reader 's sympathy towards Pip continues to fall during the second part of his expectations due to his rejection and embarrassment of his past life . |
| 17 | The case against Therese Dunne ( 42 ) , a buyer with Dunnes Stores , was halted for the second time in three months yesterday because of the alleged interference . |
| 18 | Well this guy 's jumped off the second board and done a belly flop |
| 19 | Now back at Jan Smuts Airport , X-Ray Foxtrot may well have flown for the second time in civvies by the time these words are read . |
| 20 | She asked for a second helping of spinach . |
| 21 | Next Brook asked for a second volunteer . |
| 22 | She had repaid £35 in seven monthly instalments of £5 , when she asked for a second loan . |
| 23 | If you are recalled for a second interview it is worth changing to a different outfit altogether if you can afford it or have something else suitable . |
| 24 | You may be recalled for a second interview or apply to the same place some time in the future . |
| 25 | He passed through a second archway . |
| 26 | That day , April 29 , twenty Spitfires were safely delivered to Renfrew with one each on April 30 and May 1 for a total of 52 aircraft which constituted 100% of the complement assigned for the second delivery to Malta . |
| 27 | Having driven past in the usual manner , the driver then had to go through a second time in reverse so that the mourners on the other side could also take a look . |
| 28 | class teacher interviews , using a modified interview schedule developed during the second project ( 1986 ) . |
| 29 | Thus Saxony was conquered for a second time . |
| 30 | In Action 159 ( page 2 ) incorrect details were given about the second consultation on communication studies in Latin American seminaries to be held in July 1992 . |