Example sentences of "[verb] for a second [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Terrorism and the Liberal State was published in 1977 , and revised for a second edition in 1986 . |
| 2 | She asked for a second helping of spinach . |
| 3 | The case was heard for a second time in mid-1986 , when he was convicted on six counts of espionage and sentenced to life imprisonment , but the verdict was later overturned . |
| 4 | In January 1984 , the Chairman of the ESRC visited Belfast and announced that a further £480,000 was to be committed for a second phase of the programme . |
| 5 | Second time around was more impressive with the Swilers overwhelmed 61–7 as outside-half Gareth Rees provided four tries and eight conversions before returning for a second season of club rugby in France . |
| 6 | Hence began the campaign to enable the President to stand for a second term of office . |
| 7 | The deal took place at a public inquiry in 1981 , when the owner , Wedgwood , was applying for a second time for consent to demolish . |
| 8 | Haygarth Jackson was reappointed for a second term as chairman of Publications and Information Board . |
| 9 | It was like some ghoulish rerun of Sunday afternoon , as if the same sequence in a film was being shot for a second time under a different director . |
| 10 | If BR could not make a case for seven trains for one of its most profitable routes , it was clear that plans for a second tranche of HSTs for the Cross Country group of services would not satisfy the new criteria . |
| 11 | They 're hoping retired people , or those looking for a second home in the country will stump up the cash . |
| 12 | Many bright ideas — and failed ideas looking for a second lease on life — are being put forward as ways of converting weapon-grade plutonium into a form too awkward for the weapon-minded to bother with . |
| 13 | Nicandra was standing waiting for a second turn at her reflection , her attitude a droop of pure unhappiness . |
| 14 | Ben Gill was re-elected for a second year as deputy , and Tony Pexton for a second year as vice-president . |
| 15 | Diouf was re-elected for a second term at the same time . |
| 16 | Parliament elects a President for a four-year term ( the current President , Wee Kim Wee , having been re-elected for a second term in August 1989 — see below ) who appoints a Cabinet headed by a Prime Minister and responsible to Parliament . |
| 17 | President : Chaim Herzog was first elected by the Knesset to the largely ceremonial post of President in 1983 ; he was re-elected for a second term in 1988 . |
| 18 | At the last presidential elections , held on Jan. 31-Feb. 1 , 1988 , Mauno Koivisto , the candidate supported primarily by the SSDP , failed to win the required absolute majority but was re-elected for a second term by the electoral college on Feb. 15 [ see pp. 35853-54 ] . |
| 19 | That was how the first New Internationalist editorial began , back in March 1973 , calling for a second front in rich countries that would help the people of the Third World in their war on poverty . |
| 20 | Gorbachev returned for a second visit on Nov. 18-21 , 1988 , accompanied by the Foreign Minister , Eduard Shevardnadze , and the Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers , Vladimir Kamentsev . |
| 21 | The changes provided for a second poll to be held within 14 days of the first round of voting in the Federal Assembly if no candidate won at least 60 per cent of the vote . |
| 22 | Opposition leaders stated their concern that the PRI would push through an amendment to allow Salinas to run for a second term as president in 1994 . |
| 23 | On his return in 680 he was deprived of his relics by Iurminburg , imprisoned for nine months by Ecgfrith , and then expelled for a second time from the kingdom . |
| 24 | Quaint Irish rules allow for a second bite of the £50,000 cherry , but there were no squawks from Melody 's English owners . |
| 25 | A COUPLE who suffered a catalogue of tragedies are set for a second honeymoon in the Austrian mountains . |
| 26 | Theoretically his presidency must end in 1852 , but it was already evident that the Prince hoped for a second term of office , to which end he began to organize a campaign to drum up sufficient popular support for this to become possible . |
| 27 | Fignon said in a statement that he had asked for a second test at a different laboratory but his request had been turned down . |
| 28 | asked for a second rotation on Scotland to Amsterdam on a Saturday |
| 29 | On mentioning that I was not happy to pay for a second hour of parking , for the privilege of waiting for their delayed train , I was told ‘ That 's no problem . |
| 30 | This would allow for a second phase of gas generation and migration . |