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

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1 A DoH Press Release reported that a total of 113 applications to join the second wave of Trusts had been received .
2 Currently , there are struggling efforts to house the second and third division pros .
3 Placed in the top four universities in terms of financial support from the Universities Funding Council ( UFC ) , Bristol has received funding from the UFC this year to support the second largest increases in student numbers in the country — some 17% .
4 There was a second voice — sharp , abrasive — and it took him a few moments to identify the second voice as belonging to Jane , the maid .
5 The Comintern 's aim was to convert a nationalist struggle into a broader social struggle ( in accordance with part of its remit ) , but Comintern officials made no serious attempt to fulfil the second part of the resolutions adopted at the Sixth Congress by setting up a Communist party in Nicaragua , which could have given the Sandinista movement an organisational base and therefore the possibility of continuity ( Cerdas Cruz : 1986a , pp. 363–97 ) .
6 ‘ It took her six years to mention the second child to me , and because of the way she 's been towards me , I 've never had an avenue to find out whether he was my son or not . ’
7 Once one army had been crushed , the efficient German rail system was to convey the victorious troops to engage the second Russian army .
8 Thus there was little incentive to overcome the second factor , namely that Moscow 's early view of Latin America was governed by what became known as the law of ‘ geographical fatalism ’ .
9 Place two of the thinner ones on top of each other to form the second tower .
10 Ian Shiels , the non playing team organiser explained that ‘ New players have recently joined which gives us a better opportunity to reach the second division . ’
11 Sharpe threw the Dragoon 's blade off then desperately backswung the long sword to meet the second man 's charge .
12 JO DURIE brushed aside worries about her injured knee to reach the second round of the Volkswagen Cup at Eastbourne with a 6–3 4–6 6–1 win over Elena Likhovtseva .
13 The Hercules made one more pass to drop the second and final target flare .
14 Now , if , so that is a slack variable in DP , then , where we have swapped labels i and j in the final sum in the first line to obtain the second line .
15 American war photographer Chris Morris recently took a rare break to attend the second festival of photojournalism in Perpignan where he spoke to Ted Welch about his images and his time in Iraq .
16 He recently took a rare break to attend the second festival of photojournalism in Perpignan where he spoke to Ted Welch about his time in Iraq .
17 Before the Heineken National League kicked off in September 1990 , BLAINA were installed as 2–1 favourites to win the Second Division .
18 Then it was the latter 's turn to make a blind swing into a bottomless groove to start the second pitch .
19 Soccer , Hereford won a dramatic penalty shoot-out last night to reach the second round of the Coca Cola cup .
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