Example sentences of "seconds ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wills , who holds a victory over former world champion Greg Page and was no doubt encouraged by the fact that Derek Williams , whom he had floored and convincingly outpointed in New York this summer , became the new European champion after 55 seconds ' work against Hughroy Currie on Tuesday night , went about his work with pride , determination , and remarkable endurance . |
| 2 | After a few seconds ' thought I realised that she meant their President , that is the former General who was dictator with the continuing consent of their other commanders . |
| 3 | A few seconds ' pause gives the speaker a chance to calm down and gauge the atmosphere in the room . |
| 4 | After no more than five or ten seconds ' pause the door shivered under a hard kick , and then another . |
| 5 | The first and most obvious change is to increase the duration of each exercise , but keeping the rest periods constant , that is 30 seconds ' exercise followed by 1 5 seconds ' rest . |
| 6 | Once this increase becomes easier , change to 45 seconds ' exercise followed by 15 seconds ' rest . |
| 7 | You then have 15 seconds ' rest , during which time you must stand still . |
| 8 | As soon as the 15 seconds ' rest has elapsed , you must start the next exercise . |
| 9 | The first and most obvious change is to increase the duration of each exercise , but keeping the rest periods constant , that is 30 seconds ' exercise followed by 1 5 seconds ' rest . |
| 10 | Once this increase becomes easier , change to 45 seconds ' exercise followed by 15 seconds ' rest . |
| 11 | The first bell you hear is the 30 seconds ' warning . |
| 12 | In one sense they are the British equivalent of political advertising on American television ‘ but they differ from such advertising in three very important ways : first , PFB broadcasting is free ( although the parties have to bear at least some of the production costs — indeed , all of the production costs if they wish to use private production facilities ) ; second , the number of PEB broadcasts is fixed by agreement between broadcasters and the parties to reflect ( roughly ) the current popular standing of the parties ( in 1987 Labour , the Liberal-SDP Alliance , and the Conservatives got exactly equal time for PEBs while other parties received very much less ) ; third , the broadcasters have insisted , against the politicians ’ wishes , that PEBs be short programmes typically ten minutes long , rather than high-impact adverts of perhaps twenty or thirty seconds ' duration . |
| 13 | I dismiss the popular theory that goldfish have a memory of only nine seconds ' duration . |
| 14 | The cacophony within the house seemed to last for several minutes , but was perhaps only of seconds ' duration . |
| 15 | This man would blow up a city without five seconds ' compunction — and she did not criticise him for that — but he would insist on good whisky , eat in good restaurants , like to travel first-class . |
| 16 | Moving heavy deliveries up six flights of stairs , running through the streets with cartons of clothes at 30 seconds ' notice , for maybe ten francs ( £1 ) a time . |
| 17 | The barman brought over their hot toddies and Roy was glad of the few seconds ' reprieve . |
| 18 | Often he lost count or forgot to multiply his fifteen seconds ' worth by four to get the rate per minute . |
| 19 | You 've said ‘ Fire ! ’ and seen the price of a dozen cameras blow away in a few seconds ' worth of flash and bang , with nothing left at the end to stick in the family album . |
| 20 | Lederer ( 1978 ) describes a similar study for spoken language interpreters , where a 3 — 6 seconds ' lag occurs as a base level but with a great deal of interpreting occurring much further behind the speaker 's words . |
| 21 | It therefore follows that even if you are two points ahead at the 30 seconds ' bell , the opponent can still pull these back and take the final point to win . |
| 22 | Similarly , if you are lagging behind at the 30 seconds ' bell , it is not too late for you to win the bout . |
| 23 | The initial orientation can not be predicted , but reversal after a few seconds ' observation always takes place in the same way . |