Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] the second [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ballyclare restored their lead in the 55th minute when promising Adrian Moore broke clear on the right and crossed for James Beattie to tap home the second goal . |
| 2 | We can continue to represent the normal case , which corresponds to Bolinger 's referent-qualification , by either of the types of formulae : ( 6 ) Although it is relatively easy to describe verbally the second version where the adjective qualifies the property of the noun but does not in itself qualify the entity of the noun phrase , it is not so easy to suggest a simple but appropriate diagrammatic representation for it ; we may perhaps adopt a formulation as in ( 7 ) where the arrowhead representing qualification passes through the bracket into the property which is the descriptive identification resource of the noun : ( 7 ) [ ( DISTANT ) ( COUSIN ) ] We should still speak of the adjective as attributive , since it remains part of the same entity-identification as the noun ; and it is still perfectly proper to describe it as qualifying the noun syntactically , inasmuch as it marks an extension of what would be achieved by using the noun alone . |
| 3 | ENGLAND 'S number one , grandmaster Nigel Short from West Hampstead , is poised to score only the second victory of his career over former world champion Anatoly Karpov in their World Chess Championship semifinal match at Linares , Spain . |
| 4 | TIPPING Tim is favourite in all books to become only the second horse to land the Mackeson-A F Budge Cup double . |
| 5 | COLCHESTER 'S quest to become only the second club to complete the non-League double continues today , with a 6,000-plus crowd expected at Layer Road for the Vauxhall FA Trophy semi-final clash with Macclesfield . |
| 6 | In the end it was left to Jose-Maria Canizares , the oldest man in either side , to secure the point which assured Europe of a tie , before the final four Americans on the course won their matches to produce just the second stalemate in a series stretching back to 1927 , and the first for 20 years . |