Example sentences of "the second [noun sg] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is the second blow to hit the bird sanctuary in as many weeks . |
| 2 | The home side at times pulled almost everybody back in the second half to withstand the threat of Giggs and the equally elusive Lee Sharpe , although Sheffield also forced chances of their own . |
| 3 | England were perhaps flattered by the scoreline against the Scots but did well in the second half to get the game moving in the direction that they wanted . |
| 4 | Wallace got another in the second half to make the final score 2–0 , bring the car in future boys . |
| 5 | Significant population differences were tested for in the second part to establish the probability of variations being due to systematic effects or to chance . |
| 6 | Geelong forward Gary Ablett led his team with a record-breaking nine goals and became only the second person to win the most valuable player award while playing on a losing side . |
| 7 | The curtain went up on the second act to reveal the face from this image lying on the ground where it was walked over and trampled on by the cast . |
| 8 | The second way to interpret the story carries little Messianic significance at all . |
| 9 | TIPPING Tim is favourite in all books to become only the second horse to land the Mackeson-A F Budge Cup double . |
| 10 | It was not seemly for the Second Son to outshine the father in this way and I knew instinctively that before a year had passed there would be more building in the compound . |
| 11 | It is the second tragedy to hit the family in nine months . |
| 12 | Simpson is the second player to leave the Manor Ground since the club was put up for sale eleven weeks ago . |
| 13 | In the second place to put the onus of preventing censorship in libraries on individual librarians is unreasonable and unrealistic . |
| 14 | The former title-holder , Jansher Khan , also from Pakistan , plays Bryan Beeson , who became the second Briton to reach the last eight by overcoming Jason Nicolle , 15-7 , 15-13 , 15-6 in a tussle of English giant-killers . |
| 15 | On 15 November , the second exhibition to occupy the modernized Exhibition Hall was opened by Sir Steven Runciman . |
| 16 | In the same year that Accrington Stanley became only the second team to leave the league through bankruptcy — Aldershot F.C . |
| 17 | It was a place he had visited three times — once to be seen ; the second time to appreciate the sermon which he had afterwards discussed outside the small West Door with the vicar who had been impressed by his distinguished visitor 's passionate piety . |
| 18 | But Hall began to dominate , leading 6-0 and then 9-4 before taking the second game to level the match . |
| 19 | This was the second attempt to install the liberal Komissarov in the post : in January Moscow city soviet had nominated him to replace the hardliner Pyotr Bogdanov , but the USSR Interior Ministry had rejected the nomination on the grounds that it had not been consulted , and had ordered Bogdanov to remain in the post . |
| 20 | The second attempt to replace the Quebec Agreement with something more useful than the modus vivendi began in September 1949 , just after the detonation of the first Soviet atomic bomb was confirmed , and coincidentally with a devaluation of sterling , which threw a spotlight on the shakiness of the British economy . |
| 21 | An agreement to do so was signed in February 1950 , just over a month after the breakdown of the second attempt to replace the 1943 Quebec Agreement . |
| 22 | Further practical steps were taken following the second amendment to make the SDR ‘ the principal reserve asset ’ : |
| 23 | COLCHESTER 'S quest to become only the second club to complete the non-League double continues today , with a 6,000-plus crowd expected at Layer Road for the Vauxhall FA Trophy semi-final clash with Macclesfield . |