Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] second [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Action 159 ( page 2 ) incorrect details were given about the second consultation on communication studies in Latin American seminaries to be held in July 1992 . |
| 2 | The Hall 's own linen was sold and the proceeds used to purchase coin operated laundry facilities which were situated in the second floor utility room . |
| 3 | THE long-mocked idea of reparations to compensate black Americans for the slavery experienced by their ancestors is now before the US Congress , and its supporters say the $1.25 billion package to compensate Japanese-Americans who were interned during the second world war has created a legal precedent . |
| 4 | The tape was then continued , and after the first few words were uttered by the second voice Lucy almost froze in horror . |
| 5 | The bureau said that despite flooding the summer grain harvest was down by only 1.8 per cent , although " severe " economic losses were expected in the second half . |
| 6 | The legal arrangements for unification were contained in a second state treaty ( the first state treaty having been that providing for economic and monetary union — see pp. 37466-67 ) . |
| 7 | A Wembley spectator , Busby thought Sunderland were outclassed in the second half but not disgraced . |
| 8 | Domestic developments were dominated during the second half of the year by the Gulf crisis , which emphasized Djibouti 's close relationship with France at a time when it had been striving to build up its image as a non-aligned Arab state . |
| 9 | Five target fish were nominated for the second day as the anglers struggled to overcome persistent torrential rain and buffeting winds . |
| 10 | French restrictions on an African press were lifted after the Second World War , and between 1945 and independence in 1960 thirty-six newspapers emerged and disappeared in Abidjan alone . |
| 11 | Until very recently the essential oil trade was almost exclusively confined to the perfume and flavours industries — where synthetic or nature identical substances were included without a second thought . |
| 12 | Both awards were won for the second year in succession . |
| 13 | Two fluid processing modules for the Southern platform were installed during the second quarter and a 2,000 tonnes gas compression module for Ninian Central is well on the way for completion in 1993 . |
| 14 | Most of the stately saloon 's 74,000 miles were done before the Second World War . |
| 15 | The unions said that they were looking for the second week in January to begin an all-out stoppage . |
| 16 | Before counting ( LKB Wallac 1260 Multigamma II counter ) they were transferred to a second Falcon tube to exclude 1 2 5 I-IFN γ bound to plastic . |
| 17 | Today , half of the dwellings you see around you were built after the Second World War and two out of three are owner-occupied . |
| 18 | Joseph lead the team towards the children 's section and as they were passing through a second explosion was felt . |
| 19 | The first attempts at producing a problem-solving machine , or computer , were made during the Second World War as Allied scientists sought to break enemy codes . |
| 20 | Measures taken at the half year have cut the financing requirement , and small debt repayments were made in the second half . |
| 21 | Though many were crumbling after the Second World War many owners are now putting them in good order . ’ |
| 22 | Over a million gasifier units , usually powering road vehicles , were used during the Second World War . |
| 23 | Analyses of covariance were carried out in the first study , and t tests were used in the second study . |
| 24 | ELABORATE last-ditch attempts to save a town from lava flowing from Sicily 's Mount Etna were postponed for a second day yesterday because of poor weather . |
| 25 | Motivations were measured in the second fortnight of the campaign , but the question wording was not time-specific ( see Chapter 2 ) . |
| 26 | Picasso 's work was first seen in Germany in 1909 at the Thannhauser Gallery in Munich , and paintings by many of the other painters subsequently known as Cubists were shown at the second exhibition of the Neue Künstlervereinigung in Munich in 1910 . |
| 27 | United kept going … kept chasing and just before half-time were rewarded with a second goal … |
| 28 | United kept going … kept chasing and just before half-time were rewarded with a second goal … |
| 29 | Medau MArdle ( Norfolkese for ‘ gossip ’ ) is the title of a Medau newsheet launched last year for Norfolk members , edited by Janet Burns — so successful that readers were calling for a second edition a bare three weeks later . |
| 30 | In one area houses were flooded for the second time in six weeks , and residents are demanding the council take action to provide adequate drainage . |