Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [to-vb] the second " in BNC.
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| 1 | Placed in the top four universities in terms of financial support from the Universities Funding Council ( UFC ) , Bristol has received funding from the UFC this year to support the second largest increases in student numbers in the country — some 17% . |
| 2 | There was a second voice — sharp , abrasive — and it took him a few moments to identify the second voice as belonging to Jane , the maid . |
| 3 | Thus there was little incentive to overcome the second factor , namely that Moscow 's early view of Latin America was governed by what became known as the law of ‘ geographical fatalism ’ . |
| 4 | Place two of the thinner ones on top of each other to form the second tower . |
| 5 | The Hercules made one more pass to drop the second and final target flare . |