Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] the second " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The Hall 's own linen was sold and the proceeds used to purchase coin operated laundry facilities which were situated in the second floor utility room . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The tape was then continued , and after the first few words were uttered by the second voice Lucy almost froze in horror . |
| 5 | The bureau said that despite flooding the summer grain harvest was down by only 1.8 per cent , although " severe " economic losses were expected in the second half . |
| 6 | A Wembley spectator , Busby thought Sunderland were outclassed in the second half but not disgraced . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Five target fish were nominated for the second day as the anglers struggled to overcome persistent torrential rain and buffeting winds . |
| 9 | French restrictions on an African press were lifted after the Second World War , and between 1945 and independence in 1960 thirty-six newspapers emerged and disappeared in Abidjan alone . |
| 10 | In different forms they were pursued at the second and third Councils of Constantinople ( 553 and 680–1 ) . |
| 11 | Both awards were won for the second year in succession . |
| 12 | Two fluid processing modules for the Southern platform were installed during the second quarter and a 2,000 tonnes gas compression module for Ninian Central is well on the way for completion in 1993 . |
| 13 | Most of the stately saloon 's 74,000 miles were done before the Second World War . |
| 14 | The unions said that they were looking for the second week in January to begin an all-out stoppage . |
| 15 | Today , half of the dwellings you see around you were built after the Second World War and two out of three are owner-occupied . |
| 16 | The first attempts at producing a problem-solving machine , or computer , were made during the Second World War as Allied scientists sought to break enemy codes . |
| 17 | Measures taken at the half year have cut the financing requirement , and small debt repayments were made in the second half . |
| 18 | Though many were crumbling after the Second World War many owners are now putting them in good order . ’ |
| 19 | Over a million gasifier units , usually powering road vehicles , were used during the Second World War . |
| 20 | Analyses of covariance were carried out in the first study , and t tests were used in the second study . |
| 21 | Motivations were measured in the second fortnight of the campaign , but the question wording was not time-specific ( see Chapter 2 ) . |
| 22 | Picasso 's work was first seen in Germany in 1909 at the Thannhauser Gallery in Munich , and paintings by many of the other painters subsequently known as Cubists were shown at the second exhibition of the Neue Künstlervereinigung in Munich in 1910 . |
| 23 | In one area houses were flooded for the second time in six weeks , and residents are demanding the council take action to provide adequate drainage . |
| 24 | The reserve takes in part of the Minsmere levels which were flooded during the Second World War to counter possible invasion . |
| 25 | It was the biggest body-blow the club had taken since they were dumped into the Second Division 20 years ago . |
| 26 | ATs and PS for maths and science were introduced in the second year of key stage 3 , and those for design and technology in the first year of key stages 1–3 . |
| 27 | Mr speaker I beg to move that the draft European parliamentary constituency 's England order nineteen ninety four erm the draft European parliamentary constituency 's Wales order nineteen ninety four which were laid before the house on the twentieth of January together with the draft European parliamentary election changes to the franchise and qualification of representatives regulations nineteen ninety four which were laid on the second of February , be approved . |
| 28 | Unfortunately , the overwhelming majority of surviving herds of deer either died off or escaped when country houses were requisitioned during the Second World War ; the ‘ Dig for Victory ’ campaign meant that much ancient pasture was ploughed and used as arable land which was often never reseeded . |
| 29 | I think all goals were scored in the second half . |
| 30 | The first changes of net water and ion transport were observed after the second or third hour after administration of cholera toxin . |