Example sentences of "is [adv] the second [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | City of London Telecommunications Ltd , which is 90% owned by the US Fidelity Management & Research Corp , is only the second company to win a new public telephone operators licence since the creation of the British Telecommunications Plc-Mercury Communications Ltd duopoly . |
| 2 | Mr Mackie is only the second person to stand trial in Scotland charged with insider dealing . |
| 3 | And this is only the second day ! |
| 4 | It is only the second time the ITV company has followed the American idea of using a survey to back up launch plans . |
| 5 | This is only the second time out for the Pond Racer . |
| 6 | This is only the second time that 6203 has hauled passenger trains at the Centre , the first was in November 1991 when thick fog rather spoilt any photographic opportunities . |
| 7 | This is only the second time in post-war history that war booty art treasures have been put on view . |
| 8 | This is only the second time that the House has been given an opportunity to debate the momentous consequences of the closure of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International . |
| 9 | In 20 years as headmaster this is only the second time something like this has happened and the previous incident was even smaller . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ This is only the second time Derry has got through to the final in 35 years , so tickets this year are like gold dust , ’ he said . |
| 11 | It is only the second time the Tour de France has visited Britain . |
| 12 | It is only the second time this century that a school of sperm whales has been seen in the waters around Orkney . |
| 13 | Harry Taylor is only the second Briton to conquer Everest without Oxygen equipment . |
| 14 | It 's inserted into the poem in two ways : first the devils are identified with the pagan gods — they are introduced , indeed , with a great fanfare in the first book and given all sorts of classical erm and oriental names , and Milton explains to us that of course it was the devils themselves who managed to disperse this tradition that that 's who they really were ; and second , and though less central and less impressive in its poetic results , is perhaps the second device which is more interesting when we think of the poem in terms of Milton 's personal involvement . |
| 15 | In Chapter 7 , however , we do ‘ open the box ’ , by taking bureaucracy as a rival to the state in what is thus the second debate about the level of analysis . |
| 16 | We moved quickly on to what is normally the second lesson , snow plough turns , and then the third when thankfully you can use the rope tow . |
| 17 | But these are exceptional , and traditional user education is largely the second concern . |
| 18 | The so-called first published ( English ) edition is really the second edition . |
| 19 | It is now the second drawing by Raphael in the National Gallery in Edinburgh , the other being a study of a kneeling nude , purchased in 1987 . |
| 20 | And this is where the second proposal is , that , there is again confusion between having a joint pol erm , a , erm , a joint policy group at chief officer level , and J C P T , and that again those should as it were combined , but that the arrangement could be s could be erm , kept as small and tight to encourage effective action as you move into joint commissioning , and that is bringing your budget alongside that of the Health Authority , and would be the best way to get erm , the best leverage on services that you can across that divide . |
| 21 | Incidentally it should be remembered that the first picture ( Fig. 22.3 ) is actually the second stage of the sequence , because this pattern is itself the consequence of an instability that occurs only if the Rayleigh number is high enough ( Sections 22.2 , 22.3 ) ; however the first stage could only be represented by a picture which was ‘ a perfect and absolute blank ’ . |