Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] the second [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus one has to infer that the second statement here functions as some kind of explanation of the first statement in the passage , so that the failure of oil-bound paints on certain building materials is caused by the reaction of an acid and an alkali . |
| 2 | Leapor 's plays have an obviously public character , yet it is interesting to observe that the second play was written ‘ At the Request of a Friend ’ [ ML , 2 , 225 ] ; presumably , that friend was Freemantle . |
| 3 | It is not possible to arrange that the second derivatives as well as the first derivatives of the coefficients all simultaneously vanish , because there are insufficient free variables . |
| 4 | It was a match to remember and the second time that Ipswich have lost 4–3 at The Dell after leading . |
| 5 | BP has excellent potential but given uncertainty over first-half earnings any recovery will have to wait until the second half . |
| 6 | There is compelling evidence to suggest that the second amplification stage is mediated by leukotriene B 4 , a lipo-oxygenase product released by the neutrophils themselves . |
| 7 | The next morning , as Harriet looked out on to a calmer sea , she switched on her wireless to hear that the Second Front had begun . |
| 8 | The d between service and working class would be much smaller , +0.09 , but we might not want to conclude that the second society displayed smaller class differentials ; after all , ten times as many service as working class children attend selective schools in the latter case , while only three times as many do in the former . |
| 9 | The managers may feel that it is appropriate to insist that the second investor 's director bring to the board something additional , such as technical expertise or contacts . |
| 10 | Well , nearly — it appeared game , set and match to the PFA but either the memory , or the shorthand , of the Football League 's negotiators was faulty because in their letter to clubs , describing what had been agreed , they led them to believe that the second principle had not been conceded . |
| 11 | Because it 's easier to treat both dogs as one unit , we fail to recognise that the second dog is n't getting the chance to develop its own character . |
| 12 | The purpose of such an approach would be to demonstrate that the second language has the same potential for use as the first language , encourage learners to draw on their own experience of language by applying familiar procedures to the interpretation of second language use , and so to teach the second language system not as an end in itself but as a resource for the achievement of meaning . |
| 13 | Thus it would be difficult to say that the second person of the trinity is somehow male and the third female . |
| 14 | Demand was not expected to improve until the second half of the year , despite gross capital investment ( which had risen by 5 per cent in 1989 compared with 1988 , but was down by 30 per cent compared with 1980 ) . |