Example sentences of "be [adv] [prep] the second " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , it does provide a simple demonstration of a problem that dogs all our stratigraphical thinking , and as the palaeontologist in question was my student ( and I visited the area with him ) my inclinations are wholly for the second interpretation in this case . |
| 2 | Football , and Oxford United are through to the second round of the Coca-Cola cup . |
| 3 | Four of our sides are through to the second round … and Hereford have a chance to make a name for themselves here … first division teams do n't play until the third round … |
| 4 | ‘ They 're both on the second floor now . |
| 5 | We 're now in the second stage — the establishment of democratic institutions . |
| 6 | If one says that they are both in the second row you will know they are on the two n's of nomen . |
| 7 | Nizan 's preferences are clearly for the second and third hypotheses which interconnect . |
| 8 | This affinity alone suggests that , like some examples of individual arrangements of squares , the multiple configurations are also of the second quarter of the fourth century . |
| 9 | So erm yes I think everybody 's very very disappointed as I think we probably heard with Paul Simpson because United certainly in my books , played some of the best football I 've seen them play since they 've been back in the second division in the erm first half , but really did let things slip away a little bit in the second . |
| 10 | Well Peter , I 'd I 'd love to say yes , as you know , but erm they 've gone to Swindon the last two years since United have been back in the second division , and really they 've performed dismally . |
| 11 | We are now in the second division of world football and world cricket . |
| 12 | NT for the Clipper will be out in the second half of 1993 . |
| 13 | Most SMP vendors believe an efficient and scalable SMP version of Windows NT wo n't be around until the second or third release , which are reportedly scheduled to be rolled-out mid 1993 . |
| 14 | They wo n't be there by the second |
| 15 | Chapter 2 I , which seems to have been composed as an afterthought to the main body of the Gospel with its climax in 20:31 , indicates that there was a tradition doing the rounds in Christian circles to the effect that John would not die : he would be there until the Second Coming of Christ . |
| 16 | They were behind throughout the second half against Bromley , but the lethal shooting of Kulbir Takher saved them . |
| 17 | But it is only in the second half of 1908 that Picasso turned to a more concentrated study of Cézanne . |
| 18 | Er , at the time , we had no response when this was announced by Jim erm , it does in fact clash with our council meeting but in view of the fact that erm our business meeting Se , in December is not until the second Monday , I would be happy to put the erm council meeting back to the following Monday if there was sufficient interest from the members . |
| 19 | Meanwhile , the process of selling Official Airline Guides is now into the second round , with Reed Elsevier as the leading contender . |
| 20 | The other point is that , while I have distinguished between the culture of the academic community and the cultural dimension in the student 's educational experience ( and this book is mainly about the second of those ) , there has to be a strong connection between them . |
| 21 | It is therefore to the second alternative — selling goods and services overseas — that countries must look if they are to maintain and improve their living standards and avoid a balance of payments crisis . |
| 22 | Gremlin probably the species most recently to enter the catalogue of supernatural beings , for it was only during the Second World War that these misty GNOME-like creatures were blamed by British and American pilots and navigators for any trouble which assailed their aircraft . |
| 23 | It was only on the second and third day after the tragedy that the family slowly began to realise how many other people had been sitting around in shocked disbelief at the news . |
| 24 | For a century and a half the subject of sexuality was taboo in much of Western society and it was only after the Second World War that this taboo decayed sufficiently for a body of formal knowledge concerning sexuality to be scientifically built up . |
| 25 | During the inter-war years commuting was encouraged by the railway companies and by speculative builders and it was only after the Second World War that the more widespread use of the car and the continuing electrification of the railways allowed the commuting zone to be extended further . |
| 26 | While Rosa Guy makes some parts of her book easy to understand , it was only after the second time I read the book that I was able to give unanswerable questions an answer . |
| 27 | For example , when Perk disappeared she was wearing a yellow dress and it was only after the second time that I realised the significance of Gail ( Perk 's older sister ) finding a yellow ribbon in Mr Elder 's ( the lodger ) drawer . |
| 28 | Sure enough , it was just as the second , regurgitated blade appeared , dangling on a length of thread from Jim Rose 's mouth , that Richard had collided suddenly and rather violently with the floor of Strathclyde University Union 's level eight hall . |
| 29 | It was just after the Second World War that Wimpey first established a local presence in the Middle East . |
| 30 | And we went , because it , it 'd been at five o'clock you see , it 'd been up to the second , that was when it was up to the second step |