Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] for the second " in BNC.
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| 1 | He scored 102 not out , his third ton of the tour , as India decided to use the fourth and final day of the match as preparation for the second Test , which gets under way in Johannesburg on Thursday . |
| 2 | One high point was when I telephoned the historian , Roy Medvedev , to record on tape his message of support for the second European Nuclear Disarmament Convention , held in Berlin in 1983 . |
| 3 | Brundle was out of luck for the second race running . |
| 4 | There seemed , though , a general lack of enthusiasm for the second Mrs Machin . |
| 5 | of GDP for the second half of 1991 — that is a high level . |
| 6 | When they left home yesterday , they were full of confidence for the second leg of their play off campaign . |
| 7 | A MANCHESTER United starlet of the 1980s is plotting the downfall of Prescot for the second time in seven days . |
| 8 | The proposed Education Department budget of $26,600 million represented an increase of only $500 million ( 2 per cent , i.e. below inflation for the second successive year , despite Bush 's claim to be the " education President " ) . |
| 9 | This is what was left of his council house after it was struck by a bolt of lightning for the SECOND time in 2 weeks . |
| 10 | It was a ‘ secret garden ’ at least to David Eccles who when Secretary of State for the second time , in 1962 , was determined ( against the better judgement of many of its guardians ) to strip it of its secrecy . |
| 11 | Swindon who are fighting against relegation for the second year running were six points down at one stage … they fought back … |
| 12 | ‘ He 'll mention the Echo as often as he possibly can , ’ Graham said dryly , and defiantly filled his glass with whisky for the second time . |
| 13 | When Operation Gentle Shepherd swung into action for the second time , five of the six sperm whales were coaxed by 14 rescue vessels between the islands of Swona and South Ronaldsay and were heading for the Pentland Firth when they dived beneath the waves . |
| 14 | However , a new query language interface based on SQL is under development for the second generation of UGIX ( Raper and Bundock 1991 ) . |
| 15 | An OpenView storage management system is still under development for the second half of the year . |
| 16 | Early in 1922 the tramway fell into disuse for the second and final time . |
| 17 | Wimbledon manager Joe Kinnear has been charged by the FA with misconduct for the second time this year . |
| 18 | The deadline for comment for the second batch of exposure drafts is 30 September 1993 . |
| 19 | In preparation for the second round , Nebot , presenting an image of an energetic young leader , made public overtures to Bucarám on May 16 which hinted at the possibility of a populist alliance . |
| 20 | ‘ However , if the wrist heals sufficiently I hope to be back in action for the second race or , at the worst , the third . ’ |
| 21 | The club is having to play all its fixtures away from home for the second successive season because a new roof is being built at a cost of £1.3million . |
| 22 | The McCapra String Quartet have just been reappointed Aldeburgh Quartet in Residence for the second year running . |
| 23 | Poole will not recover from a groin injury in time for the Second Division promotion playoff final next weekend . |
| 24 | There were doubts , however , that the Soviet would be on board for the second leg . |
| 25 | Nuclear Scientists working at the Joint European Torus project in Oxfordshire will be going on strike for the second time . |
| 26 | Vienna , Virginia-based Legent Corp warns that it expects to report net profit of about $18.4m or $0.52 per share for the second quarter ended Aprch 31 , compared with the $0.44 before charges that it reported last year ; turnover will be about flat with the $102.5m a year ago : the news caused a bloodbath in the Legent share price , which slumped 16% , $6.125 , to land up at $33.25 . |
| 27 | In a letter of intent to the IMF , details of which were released on May 29 , the government had pledged further to reduce inflation to 2 per cent per month for the second part of the year and to achieve the reduction of the fiscal deficit to 1 per cent over the following nine months by further adjustments to public utility prices and controls on public sector wages . |
| 28 | And so I went to sea for the second time . |
| 29 | I think Fairclough was at fault for the second goal — trying to be too smart . |