Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] the second [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE long-mocked idea of reparations to compensate black Americans for the slavery experienced by their ancestors is now before the US Congress , and its supporters say the $1.25 billion package to compensate Japanese-Americans who were interned during the second world war has created a legal precedent . |
| 2 | A few years ago Japanese-Americans were compensated for being interned during the second world war , and some ( mostly white ) people have begun to point out that blacks have yet to be compensated for centuries of slavery . |
| 3 | On Oct. 26 , 1989 , the House of Representatives fulfilled a commitment made in 1988 [ see p. 37081 ] when they voted that $20,000 should be paid to each of 62,000 Japanese-Americans who had been interned during the Second World War . |
| 4 | Can you say why the intervention must be stopped for the second baseline ? |
| 5 | Jasbir Singh was stopped for the second time in two days driving his blue Ford Escort van . |
| 6 | Each party to the conference , including the Palestinian representation , was understood to have received during the second half of October a separate " letter of assurances ' from the US government . |
| 7 | Only within the last 20 to 25 years has there even been an identifiable cohort of ageing disabled adults ; first , life expectancy for many types of impairments prior to this was low ; second , people who became disabled as a result of injuries received during the Second World War are now entering older age ; third , many children and young adults disabled as a result of the polio epidemics of the late 1940s and early 1950s are now in their 50s or older . |
| 8 | It was stripped of this status when its majority Tatar population was deported to Central Asia , accused of having collaborated during the Second World War with the Nazi German occupiers . |
| 9 | The new date for the first round had been announced on Feb. 4 , when new provisional dates were also given for the second round ( March 8 ) and the two rounds of the presidential elections ( March 22 and April 5 ) . |
| 10 | The case against Therese Dunne ( 42 ) , a buyer with Dunnes Stores , was halted for the second time in three months yesterday because of the alleged interference . |
| 11 | Well this guy 's jumped off the second board and done a belly flop |
| 12 | Now back at Jan Smuts Airport , X-Ray Foxtrot may well have flown for the second time in civvies by the time these words are read . |
| 13 | That day , April 29 , twenty Spitfires were safely delivered to Renfrew with one each on April 30 and May 1 for a total of 52 aircraft which constituted 100% of the complement assigned for the second delivery to Malta . |
| 14 | class teacher interviews , using a modified interview schedule developed during the second project ( 1986 ) . |
| 15 | In Action 159 ( page 2 ) incorrect details were given about the second consultation on communication studies in Latin American seminaries to be held in July 1992 . |
| 16 | NATO had been formed after the Second World War in order to tie North America and Western Europe together in a military alliance against the perceived threat of world domination by the Soviet Union . |
| 17 | Both awards were won for the second year in succession . |
| 18 | The Portuguese Social Democrats have recently won for the second time running with a slightly increased majority and 50.7 per cent of the votes cast . |
| 19 | North-East champion Brian Rushworth finished a best-ever 11th in the senior men 's race , which was won for the second time by Commonwealth Games 10,000 metres gold medallist Eamonn Martin , of Basildon . |
| 20 | Domestic developments were dominated during the second half of the year by the Gulf crisis , which emphasized Djibouti 's close relationship with France at a time when it had been striving to build up its image as a non-aligned Arab state . |
| 21 | Five target fish were nominated for the second day as the anglers struggled to overcome persistent torrential rain and buffeting winds . |
| 22 | He remains worried that margin benefits expected for the second half will now be pushed out to next year and has slashed his full-year forecast from £27 million to just £15 million , with £25 million pencilled in for 1993-94 . |
| 23 | Mr Clarke said last night that the pay of five million workers , ranging from teachers to nurses and civil servants , would be curbed for the second year in a row . |
| 24 | The Bath back row replaces England 's most capped No 8 Dean Richards , dropped for the second time in 12 months . |
| 25 | But he has to go some to outshine Dean Richards , dropped for the second time in a year . |
| 26 | In April the notoriously unreliable official figure for the state 's unemployment rate dropped for the second month running — to 8.6% . |
| 27 | Giant Eachus , blamed for the second goal in Cyprus which sent Bangor crashing out of Europe in midweek , gifted Glenavon two goals yesterday and is clearly suffering a crisis of confidence . |
| 28 | Giant Eachus , blamed for the second goal in Cyprus which sent Bangor crashing out of Europe in midweek , gifted Glenavon two goals yesterday and is clearly suffering a crisis of confidence . |
| 29 | Under the new law those found guilty of racial discrimination or incitement to racial hatred or violence would face heavier fines , imprisonment and could be declared ineligible for public office ; it became an offence to contest the existence of Nazi concentration camps , gas chambers and other evidence of crimes against humanity committed during the Second World War . |
| 30 | Of these 145,000 were UNRWA refugees uprooted for the second time . |