Example sentences of "was [adv] the second [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was only the second occasion ever in which bankers had been summoned and reflected both the high degree of public outrage and government embarrassment over the spate of recent financial scandals . |
| 2 | This was only the second occasion on which a French court had given the maximum sentence for this offence ( the first being for Arrospide — see above ; for capture of Arrospide and Urrutikoetzea in France see pp. 36406 ; 37588 ) . |
| 3 | Darlington was only the second date on the tour and got off to a bad start with a trip from Manchester through freezing fog arriving late and cold . |
| 4 | Between 1856 and 1859 he travelled to Palestine and Syria and up the Nile beyond the sixth cataract ; he believed he was only the second European to have gone so far . |
| 5 | Kingsley Amis 's Lucky Jim , on the other hand , was only the second novel he had ever written , and he has since admitted that he was glad that the first was not published . |
| 6 | He was only the second man she had ever slept with . |
| 7 | ‘ I was only the second actor to get a non-exclusive contract . |
| 8 | It was only the second time she had taken part and this race , taking less than ten minutes , had been a particularly fast one , but as she said , it was a family tradition to take part in it and she had really enjoyed it . |
| 9 | It was only the second time this season we 've been comprehensively beaten . |
| 10 | It was only the second time since they had been married that she had rebuffed him . |
| 11 | It was only the second time they had worked together . |
| 12 | It was only the second time Meg had seen Arthur really angry . |
| 13 | Ichkeul , indeed , was only the second wetland , after the Florida Everglades , to be given World Heritage status . |
| 14 | It was only the second authority in the country to open a state-run nursery , George Dent 's , which this year celebrates its 75th birthday . |
| 15 | This was another remarkable achievement since she was only the second woman solicitor to become a Recorder , a position totally dominated by barristers and by men . |
| 16 | And that was just the second post . ’ |
| 17 | In general , however , it was not the second part of Bacon 's Inductive Method that found favour . |
| 18 | The Madrid meeting was technically the second part of the 11th special session of the Treaty conference , the first part of which had been held in Vina del Mar , Chile , at the end of 1990 [ see ED no. 41-42 ] . |
| 19 | And it was probably the second door that the professor heard . ’ |
| 20 | However , he thought it was probably the second language of no fewer than ninety per cent of Tanzanians . |
| 21 | Please remember that the navigator at that period was also the second pilot , I considered mine was as good as any on the station — he was included . |
| 22 | The first volume of her poems was published by subscription ( the proposals for which were drawn up by Mr. Garrick ) under the patronage of several persons of rank and taste , in 1748 ; as was also the second volume , of which the late Mr. Hawkins Browne was the editor in 175 … , both of them after her death , which happened prematurely by the meazles , at the age of 24 . |
| 23 | It was now the second week in January and she had n't spoken to him since the night of the Christmas dance . |
| 24 | In 1816 , the logical extension of this waterway to join the waters of the Wey Navigation , about 26km ( 16miles ) to the north , and hence to establish an inland navigation between London and the English Channel , was completed with the opening of the Wey and Arun Junction Canal , whose main sponsor was again the second Lord Egremont . |
| 25 | The next printing , of 1866 , was from new type and was therefore the second edition , often , if not accurately , called the first published edition , on the grounds that , since so few of the 1865 copies were published and a number were recalled by Carroll , it was really a private printing and does n't count . |