Example sentences of "second time in [adj] years " in BNC.
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1 | For the second time in two years , the Dutch government has drawn up plans to price cars off the roads to ease the Netherlands ' growing problems of congestion and air pollution . |
2 | Oxfordshire side Bicester are already on their way to Twickenham for the second time in two years . |
3 | It 's the second time in two years a ban has been considered — last time the council threw it out . |
4 | This is the second time in two years that Strathclyde has threatened to halt work on the Ayr Road Route . |
5 | Kevin Tamati 's Red Devils hosted and won the Salford Sevens for the second time in four years at The Willows yesterday . |
6 | The very need to do this — for the second time in four years — testifies to a certain degree of insecurity within the minds of the Soviet leaders that their recent gains in terms of strategic power could easily be snatched from them . |
7 | The Edinburgh team , missing Tony Hand with an injured wrist , could now fail to reach Wembley for only the second time in nine years . |
8 | Murrayfield Racers , with just a point from three games , appear destined to miss Wembley for only the second time in nine years , but were unlucky to lose 5-4 at Durham . |
9 | The assault on Panama marks the second time in six years that the US has employed its military forces against a country in the hemisphere . |
10 | PETER Shreeves was sacked by Spurs for the second time in six years yesterday . |
11 | If the women really are changing the parturition rules for the second time in ten years , it is probably more to keep the men on the hop than anything else — just as black people keep changing the name you are allowed to call them in order to keep whitey on his toes . |
12 | The switch has surprised Wembley , who expected a home game against Spain , and has disappointed the Spanish FA , who hoped they were being invited to London for only the second time in 20 years . |
13 | Swan put Hull ahead with a close-range shot , but Plymouth , who dropped their captain , Tommy Tynan , for only the second time in seven years , equalised throughCampbell before Terry hit Hull 's winner . |
14 | He had just won the competitive Cambridgeshire Handicap for the second time in three years . |
15 | Mr Stringer , a most gracious loser despite experiencing the disappointment of missing out at the penultimate stage for the second time in three years , asked : ‘ What more do you have to do to prove yourself . ’ |
16 | JULIE BOND enjoyed an extraordinary run of serving success to guide Woolwich Brixton to the Royal Bank National League title for the second time in three years . |
17 | There was sympathy too for Floyd , who at 49 had the chance of becoming the oldest champion and now runner-up for the second time in three years . |
18 | The senior men's/junior ladies section was won , for the second time in three years , by Ashley Canning/Alison Parker of Grayshott ( - 12 ) . |
19 | News of her absence from Wimbledon , for the second time in three years , was greeted sympathetically from All England Club officials . |
20 | I would wish warmly to join in congratulating the hon. Gentleman 's constituent on his 80th birthday , particularly as , next month , the income support premium for the over-80s will be raised in real terms for the second time in three years . |
21 | CATRIONA Lambert dominated today 's final of the Scottish Women 's Championship to take the title for the second time in three years . |
22 | In 1941 , after a brief and inauspicious period of Vichy French rule , Lebanon was again occupied by Allied armies ; it was the second time in 24 years that British troops had crossed the southern frontier from Palestine . |