Example sentences of "the [noun] [to-vb] the second " in BNC.

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1 The provision of a Frontier Station at Kensington Olympia , and the decision to site the second London terminal at King 's Cross are also of benefit .
2 The decision to postpone the Second Front , first to 1843 and then to 1944 , was deeply displeasing to the Russians , who felt they were being left to bear the brunt of the fighting against Germany .
3 Repeat the exercise to calibrate the second pickup winding and the instrument is ready for use .
4 Barry Cooper receiving from a log by Mark Butler went round the defender and the keeper to score the second goal after the twelfth minute .
5 Extend the selection to include the second sentence
6 She follows this with a beautifully breathy version of Cole Porter 's ‘ You Do Something To Me ’ ( from ‘ Red , Hot & Blue ’ ) and the Marilyn Monroe classic ‘ I Want To Be Loved By You ’ ( boo boo be doo ! ) and ( next week , fan mugs ! ) you get the chance to buy the second half of this two CD set including the title track ( again ) plus ‘ Someone To Watch Over Me ’ and — wait for it — ‘ My Heart Belongs To Daddy ’ .
7 The increases were met by a series of strikes and protest demonstrations which , together with the threat of a national strike , led the government to withdraw the second price rise on Dec. 10 .
8 In the March 12 elections in Carinthia the FPÖ had overtaken the ÖVP to become the second largest party in the province [ see p. 36528 ] .
9 It also provided a basis for the subsequent investigation , encouraging the analysts to approach the second phase in a structured and methodical manner .
10 When St Bernard was instructed by the pope to preach the Second Crusade in 1146 he chose Vézelay for the site of his chief gathering — for it was the greatest centre of tourist traffic in his world ; and there again , from the pulpit of the abbey church , St Thomas Becket chose to utter his choicest thunders against the counsellors of King Henry II of England in 1166 — for it was the meeting place of all the peoples of Europe , the ideal centre for a great gesture of propaganda .
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