Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] the second [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , it does provide a simple demonstration of a problem that dogs all our stratigraphical thinking , and as the palaeontologist in question was my student ( and I visited the area with him ) my inclinations are wholly for the second interpretation in this case . |
| 2 | He hooked badly off the second tee , was unplayable and took six . |
| 3 | It shows that Essex , grouped as part of the Home counties , will see job prospects changing little for the second quarter of 1993 . |
| 4 | I ca n't remember much about the second Arse goal , scored by Merson ; maybe Sunil on the north bank can say what happened . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Gremlin probably the species most recently to enter the catalogue of supernatural beings , for it was only during the Second World War that these misty GNOME-like creatures were blamed by British and American pilots and navigators for any trouble which assailed their aircraft . |
| 7 | The second " have " ( = " has " ) seems odd because the realisation happened only during the Second World War and is now clearly finished . |
| 8 | Prednisone was used less during the second year ; twenty six patients received one course and 10 children two or more courses . |
| 9 | That 's unusual is n't it , because I always think , I mean I , this is really only about the second watch I 've ever had good one . |
| 10 | Situations on more than one front look frustratingly perverse especially during the second week . |
| 11 | One problem relates to the grammatical word " have " when it is used to express past tense ( the " perfect " use of " have " ) : Women have been particularly targeted in magazines , especially during the Second World War , when the British government has realised the importance of women 's magazines as a channel of communication . |
| 12 | Halfway through the second day we got our chance to bat after bowling 132 scalding overs . |
| 13 | MAKESHIFT court proceedings in the home of a dying lung-cancer victim , Alfred McTear , had to be abandoned halfway through the second day yesterday on doctor 's advice . |
| 14 | A spokesman for the band said : ‘ He managed the first number , but had to leave the stage , almost collapsing , halfway through the second song . |
| 15 | A spokesman for the band said : ‘ He managed the first number , but had to leave the stage , almost collapsing , halfway through the second song . |
| 16 | ‘ Honest , mister , I 'm the 'ardest luck case I ever 'eard of , ’ she said , halfway through the second sandwich . |
| 17 | An old woman telling me the story of her life shat herself halfway through the Second World War . |
| 18 | One of the buildings totally flattened was the new home of the deaf in the town , so for the second time within the space of one year , the deaf in Exeter had to find new club premises . |
| 19 | Formed in the aftermath of the 1931 financial crisis , PEP exemplified that liberal-reformist strand of ‘ middle opinion ’ that was to grow in the 1930s and provide the basis for the political shift leftwards during the Second World War . |
| 20 | While Rosa Guy makes some parts of her book easy to understand , it was only after the second time I read the book that I was able to give unanswerable questions an answer . |
| 21 | For example , when Perk disappeared she was wearing a yellow dress and it was only after the second time that I realised the significance of Gail ( Perk 's older sister ) finding a yellow ribbon in Mr Elder 's ( the lodger ) drawer . |
| 22 | However , the worst outrage on Fox Hill came only after the Second World War , when horrid concrete housing was plonked on the top . |
| 23 | For a century and a half the subject of sexuality was taboo in much of Western society and it was only after the Second World War that this taboo decayed sufficiently for a body of formal knowledge concerning sexuality to be scientifically built up . |
| 24 | During the inter-war years commuting was encouraged by the railway companies and by speculative builders and it was only after the Second World War that the more widespread use of the car and the continuing electrification of the railways allowed the commuting zone to be extended further . |
| 25 | In the early 19th century , however , new legislation inadvertently deprived the press of its fiscal advantages , and its publishing petered out , to be revived only after the Second World War . |
| 26 | Often the males moult in flocks separately from the females , and only after the second moult in autumn do they regain their finery and again join up with their wives . |
| 27 | That was not long after the Second World War broke out . |
| 28 | May I correct Mr MacLaren on one small historical point where he states that ‘ the Royal Navy had abandoned hammocks not long after the Second World War ’ ? |
| 29 | Just a brief response to a small part of Iain MacLaren 's letter , where he refers to the Royal Navy abandoning hammocks not long after the Second World War . |
| 30 | I do not know how the RAF dealt with bed-wetters in the days of National Service , but I am certain that even although the Royal Navy had abandoned hammocks not long after the Second World War , a persistent enuretic on board a warship would create even more serious problems than he could in an army barracks . |