Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] the second [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the rest of the inter-war period , and indeed ever since , Labour politicians and commentators have attempted to explain why Ramsay MacDonald ditched the second Labour government and formed a National Government . |
| 2 | A member of the public asked why Liphook had the second highest precept . |
| 3 | Bel-Korhadris had the second longest reign of any Phoenix King . |
| 4 | Klinsmann pulled a goal back in the 66th minute and Andreas Moeller scored the second 10 minutes from time . |
| 5 | It will be recalled from discussion of Table 1 , Expenditure on libraries and computing , that Strathclyde had the second lowest expenditure per student on libraries in 1986-87 . |
| 6 | That alienation of the German Bohemians showed up in the 1935 elections when Konrad Henlein 's pro-Nazi Sudetendeutsche Partei became the second largest parliamentary party . |
| 7 | Finally , in July 1937 , at the height of the Spanish Civil War , Nizan attended the Second International Congress of Writers for the Defence of Culture held in the beleaguered and bombarded city of Madrid . |
| 8 | The early 1980s was a time of immense fertility for blacks in sport : as well as their presence in athletics , boxing and soccer , Desmond Douglas established himself as the top table tennis player in the UK , ; Eugene Codrington consolidated his captaincy of the British karate team ( composed mainly of other blacks ) and Roland Butcher became the second black player to play for an MCC touring side ( the first being Basil D'Oliviera of South Africa ) . |
| 9 | In 1930 spectators during the second Cambridge innings in the University match at Lord 's were entertained by an unusual sight , when Oxford took the second new ball . |
| 10 | Worthington volleyed the second three minutes from time from a Nilsson cross after a short-corner routine . |
| 11 | Aberdeen had , at that point , been slow to regain the composure shown before Eadie 's involvement and this was illustrated when Aitken became the second experienced player to be booked . |
| 12 | In communal elections in Innsbruck on Sept. 24 the FPÖ and the local version of the Green Alternatives ( Grüne Alternativen — GA ) won seats and votes from both the ÖVP and the SPÖ , although the ÖVP remained the strongest party ; in Salzburg province on Oct. 8 the FPÖ improved its position while the SPÖ and the ÖVP both suffered losses ; in Lower Austria and Styria on March 25 , 1990 , the ÖVP retained its dominant position despite losing votes and seats to the FPÖ and the GA , while the SPÖ remained the second largest party ; and in Vorarlberg on April 1 the SPÖ lost its absolute majority on the Bregenz municipal council , which was taken over by an ÖVP chair . |