Example sentences of "[being] [vb pp] [prep] the second " in BNC.

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1 Progressive versus non-progressive disorders — The diagnostic groups were broadly classified into progressive and non-progressive disorders ( table II ) , stroke patients being placed in the second group for analysis .
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 In short , whereas there is not the possibility of using an argument from analogy to answer factual questions about time on the Sun , there is the possibility when it comes to people 's feelings , and so , being predisposed by the second reason to think that there is some sort of connection between moaning and the pain-language , we naturally fall into the trap of confusing valid fact-establishing arguments from analogy with invalid meaning-establishing ones , and produce the well-known argument that I am , in general , justified in applying ‘ mental ’ language to other people by the fact that they behave as I do when I 'm in a certain state of mind .
4 Karajan himself , not unnaturally for the son of a doctor being educated in the second and third decades of the twentieth century , had a training that mixed science with the humanities .
5 Forest had chances to win , a traditionally exciting game , but Kingsley Black missed a series of opportunities before being substituted in the second half .
6 The highly-rated defender , who has brought League scouts flocking to the Huish , looks certain to miss the game after being booked in the second round replay triumph at Hereford .
7 A cap badge with the Guildford arms was continued in bi-metal form after 1902 with the King 's Crown ; the only radical variation being made after the Second World War when a beret badge of about ⅔rd size was introduced .
8 She and Mr Singh had visited the school for a Christmas event and had been pleased to hear that Balbinder was being moved into the second class .
9 It has been used successfully in the drilling of the first extended-reach well to the offshore extension of the Sherwood reservoir lying under Poole Bay and is now being used for the second well being drilled .
10 A chance observer saw the sling being used by the second and soon the rumour was circulating that Paul Ross had used ‘ dubious tactics ’ on Prodigal Sons ( a later companion route to Deja Vu ) .
11 Movement of the system thus results in a number of parallel images being produced for the second model at each event .
12 Clearly some rulers and ministers were being affected in the second half of the century by the complex and often conflicting currents which made up the great intellectual movement of the Enlightenment ( see Chap .
13 Striker Ferdinand , one of the midweek heroes in the win at Coventry , was taken to hospital after being replaced in the second half .
14 The first generation Renault 5 was in production for 13 years before being replaced by the second generation Renault 5 ‘ SuperCinq ’ in 1985 .
15 But the 2-1 favourite was under pressure almost from the outset and betting slips were already being crumpled before the second circuit .
16 Microsoft Corp 's NT is now being touted for the second quarter of 1993 .
17 The increase in borrowings had been $1.1 billion at the mid-year , with $0.6 billion being repaid in the second half of the year .
18 Each of the remaining public rooms have individual designs to suit their grand style , some being repeated on the second floor where another series of function rooms overlook Edinburgh Castle and Princes Street .
19 As far as registered conveyancing is concerned , there seems no reason why the transfer should not be prepared and executed in triplicate ( or an original with examined copies ) , the original transfer being lodged at HM Land Registry , the duplicate being held with the second charge certificate and the third being retained by the husband as evidence of his release from the first mortgage and of the indemnity in respect of the second mortgage .
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