Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] for [art] second [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Five target fish were nominated for the second day as the anglers struggled to overcome persistent torrential rain and buffeting winds . |
| 2 | Both awards were won for the second year in succession . |
| 3 | The unions said that they were looking for the second week in January to begin an all-out stoppage . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The opening piece , Respighi 's symphonic poem Fountains of Rome , was subtly characterised and sensuously played , but the real fireworks were reserved for the second half of the concert . |
| 8 | The 58th British Services International Alpine Ski Championships were held for the second year running in Megève . |
| 9 | Jasbir Singh was stopped for the second time in two days driving his blue Ford Escort van . |
| 10 | The case against Therese Dunne ( 42 ) , a buyer with Dunnes Stores , was halted for the second time in three months yesterday because of the alleged interference . |
| 11 | Thus Saxony was conquered for a second time . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Haygarth Jackson was reappointed for a second term as chairman of Publications and Information Board . |
| 14 | JANSHER KHAN narrowly avoided a ban but was fined for the second time in six weeks by the International Squash Players Association yesterday — and lost ranking points which may cost him his world No.1 spot . |
| 15 | The deal took place at a public inquiry in 1981 , when the owner , Wedgwood , was applying for a second time for consent to demolish . |
| 16 | North-East champion Brian Rushworth finished a best-ever 11th in the senior men 's race , which was won for the second time by Commonwealth Games 10,000 metres gold medallist Eamonn Martin , of Basildon . |
| 17 | The club , in Normanby Road , and its stand have been the scene of a series of unexplained fires , the latest being last Friday when the stand was gutted for the second time . |
| 18 | The pressure on V. P. Singh to remove Chauthala became overwhelming after the Meham election was countermanded for the second time . |
| 19 | Part of the M1 was closed for the second time in three days following a multiple pile-up in sub-zero temperatures . |
| 20 | Ben Gill was re-elected for a second year as deputy , and Tony Pexton for a second year as vice-president . |
| 21 | 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 ] . |
| 22 | Diouf was re-elected for a second term at the same time . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The current President , Maumoun Abdul Gayoom , who first took office in July 1978 , was re-elected for the second time in a referendum held on Sept. 23 , 1988 [ see p. 36350 ] . |
| 25 | In other words , Abingdon Weir Slalom was blessed for the second year running with good weather and moving water . |
| 26 | In 1981 , however , this fundamental right was challenged for the second time in another case to make legal history . |
| 27 | And , if any other recommendation be needed , I was asked for the second time to be coach monitor on our outing to Brighton , so you can see that I must be OK . |
| 28 | More than £250,000 gate money was taken for the second day of the June test against Pakistan , and the decision could open the floodgates for other claims . |
| 29 | At last , wonder of wonders it was finished for the second time , I tried it on and it drowned me . |
| 30 | A packed City Hall did not have long to wait as Lewis roared in with several more stinging rights and left hooks and when Garber was floored for the second time he had no chance of beating the count . |