Example sentences of "[verb] for [art] second [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Average property yields have fallen for the second consecutive quarter to 9.2pc , according to property agent Hillier Parker .
2 WALL Street plunged for the second straight session yesterday on fears that shares are overpriced as well as jitters about the continuing haemorrhaging on the Tokyo stock market .
3 The standard rate of SSP is frozen for the second successive year at £52.50 a week .
4 Going for a second triumphant retirement
5 Moodie , despite a clutch problem on his Honda , closed within four seconds at Ramsey on the final lap , but the 37 year-old Reid put the power down and pulled away to win for the second successive year .
6 Presidential elections took place in December 1986 , when Gen. Eyadema , the sole candidate , was re-elected for a second seven-year term .
7 The last presidential elections were held in December 1986 ( Gen. Eyadema , as the sole candidate , was re-elected for a second seven-year term — see p. 35111 ) .
8 He said a petition containing 500 names over 95pc of households in the village had been sent to the Welsh Office calling for a second public meeting .
9 Paul Beck , Ackers Trust Canoe Club Chairman , receives the Stand Club Trophy for the greatest participation in the Strand Touring Awards scheme for the second successive year .
10 One of these subjects may be offered to qualify for the Second Level Group Certificate in Book-keeping and accounts .
11 The game was set for the second goal-less draw at the ground in four days , when Andy Melville scored following a free kick .
12 As a result of the bad weather , the Royal Bank of Scotland 's oil index fell for the second consecutive month to 114.5 , the second lowest January since the index began ten years ago .
13 He could stand for a second four-year term .
14 McRae , who had led in his Subaru Legacy on the first day , was 28 seconds behind Jonsson — winning for the second successive year .
15 Either English for Business ( Second Level ) or English for Commerce ( Second Level ) must be passed for the Second Level Business Studies Certificate award and for the Second Level Group Certificate in Shorthand and typewriting award .
16 It 's unusual for Festival to extend an invitation to an artist to return for a second consecutive year but that is what 's to happen tonight and we make no apology for it .
17 A general election was held in August 1991 [ see p. 38397 ] ; Wee Kim Wee was elected for a second four-year term in August 1989 [ see p. 37574 ] .
18 On Jan. 13 Mário Soares , 66 , was elected for a second five-year term as President .
19 Prime Minister Erskine Sandiford of the Democratic Labour Party ( DLP ) , elected for a second five-year term in the general election on Jan. 22 [ see pp. 37955-56 ] , announced his new Cabinet on Jan. 26 [ for previous Cabinet see p. 37821 ] .
20 The Democratic Labour Party ( DLP ) government of Prime Minister Erskine Sandiford was returned for a second five-year term at a general election on Jan. 22 .
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