Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] [prep] [art] second " in BNC.
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| 1 | Waqar Younis celebrates the key wicket of the England captain as the home side slumps in the second innings . |
| 2 | If the searched-for item is less than the mid-point ( for words this means the searched-for item comes earlier in the alphabet than the item at the mid-point ) , then the search continues in the first half of the structure , if it is greater , the search continues in the second half of the structure . |
| 3 | The glissando begins on the second beat , reaches its upward limit on the third , returns to its starting-point on the fourth , and ends on the first beat of the next bar . |
| 4 | Mix a teaspoon of sugar into the first glass , a teaspoon of tea leaves into the second glass and a teaspoon of washing powder into the third . |
| 5 | When the effect of one cell on another is directly by way of a modification of the synapse that the first cell makes on the second , this is known as a homosynaptic effect ; when the effect of the first cell on the second is modulated by the behaviour of a third cell synapsing on either of the other two , this is called a heterosynaptic effect . |
| 6 | When all the items have been used , the story passes to the second person who takes a turn continuing the story using her items . |
| 7 | The third stage of taphonomic modification merges with the second , with further dispersal of the bones resulting in breakage and attrition . |
| 8 | This challenge to the assumption that the revolution can be understood primarily by studying the major actors on the political scene leads to the second major theme addressed by revisionist work : the impact made by ordinary men and women upon political developments . |
| 9 | The exercise begins on the second syllable . |
| 10 | The third seed wasted two match points in the second set tie break before capitulating 4–6 7–6 6–3 to the big-serving Australian . |
| 11 | As this encoded beam passes through a second optoelectronic array , the various stages of the algorithm are executed . |
| 12 | As this encoded beam passes through a second optoelectronic array , the various stages of the algorithm are executed . |
| 13 | The emergence of task-oriented behaviour in the group leads to a second pattern of behaviour — the socio-emotional or maintenance behaviour . |
| 14 | The Spennymoor super heavyweight forced the referee to step in after Hopper had pounded the more fancied Craig Parsons of Brighton into three standing counts in the second round . |
| 15 | The conflict develops in the second part where it reaches a climax : in Giselle a death , in Romeo and Juliet several deaths . |
| 16 | A corridor from an exedra leads into the second , larger peristyle which had a gallery over the colonnade . |
| 17 | The first is , of course , a ‘ piece of string ’ question , since the availability ranges from a second hand VPI at say £4500 , to a new Saratoga , say £124,000 . |
| 18 | When the first bowl has filled , the water falls into the second and so on until it reaches the pool below . |
| 19 | Its façade dates from the second half of the 18C and is by Josef Jägr , an Austrian from the Tyrol . |
| 20 | The patient may have his arms and upper body supported on the treatment plinth as he stands facing it , while the physiotherapist sits on a second plinth behind him . |
| 21 | This is when a phrase finishes on the second ( or weak ) and not on the first or third beat of a final bar . |
| 22 | On the first row , you knit the background stitches for the first row of the original pattern , on the second row you knit the pattern stitches for the first row of the original pattern ; row 3 is the pattern stitches for the second row of the original pattern and the fourth row the background stitches for the second row of the original pattern . |
| 23 | If the target is slain then the bolt penetrates to the second rank and hits again in exactly the same way as a normal bolt thrower . |
| 24 | The main branch of the Bonsai Society meets on the second Friday of every month in Cregagh Library . |
| 25 | This statement in turn leads onto the second question : Why ? |
| 26 | This in turn links with the second great issue : just how , and to whom , should the council of ministers — and , by extension , the EC central bank — be accountable . |
| 27 | Similar logic applies to the second situation . |
| 28 | JOHN MELLENCAMP had to cancel tour dates for the second time in a month when bass player Toby Meyers was injured in a boating accident in Saratoga , New York . |
| 29 | We also did a very important er , technology transfer to Czechoslovakia , which er , unsubmersible pump neck technology and that 's tended to , to erm , hide a slight delcl er decline in the last quarter of the year , normally in oil most of the profit or more of the profit comes in the second half than the first , but with the Gulf War last year oil prices were pretty firm and er , so we 've made er , quite reasonable profits in the , in the er , first half and so too in the second half , but in the last quarter they 've been showed up by that technology er , transfer and the er , U S oil price is er , is , is er stag the U K's is stagnant , the U S is stagnant in oil and the gas prices are very , very far down , they 're well down . |
| 30 | Concern arises in the second case as there may well be a conflict of interest between the rights of an elderly person to live an eccentric independent life , and the rights of family or neighbours to be protected from hazards for example of vermin or fire . |