Example sentences of "'s [noun] [prep] the second " in BNC.
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| 1 | The effect of the Court 's decision on the second appeal was that the trial judge should have allowed the jury to hear the way in which the appellant had answered the questions of the police . |
| 2 | Over the years Gouzenko 's story about the second Elli varied considerably . |
| 3 | Cantona 's miss in the second half in particular raised a chuckle , a perfect opportunity which he totally muffed , but they missed a sackload of chances . |
| 4 | Joan Bromberg describes in some detail the US 's preparation for the Second International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy . |
| 5 | Crisp soars over Becher 's Brook on the second circuit . |
| 6 | The longer the race went on , the better Devon Loch jumped , and as he soared over Becher 's Brook on the second circuit no runner was going better : the Queen Mother 's dream of winning the Grand National was about to come true . |
| 7 | At Becher 's Brook on the second circuit he put in a stupendous leap , pitched on landing but was confidently gathered together by Champion to continue on his triumphant way , pursued by Rubstic and Royal Mail . |
| 8 | Aldaniti at Becher 's Brook on the second circuit . |
| 9 | Approaching Becher 's Brook on the second circuit Freddie and Different Class were moving into challenging positions behind the leaders , who were accompanied by two loose horses . |
| 10 | He had leapt with ease over the fearsome Becher 's Brook on the second circuit , but he was tiring and had no jockey to keep him going . |
| 11 | ‘ I ca n't remember a horse so far ahead in the Grand National at this stage ! ’ enthused commentator Julian Wilson on BBC television as Crisp came to Becher 's Brook for the second time , still looking uncatchable : galloping relentlessly and jumping brilliantly , he was thirty lengths clear and showed no signs of flagging . |
| 12 | It was held that the plaintiffs could succeed against the first defendants in contract , but in third party proceedings the first defendant 's action against the second defendants ( the manufacturers of the pails ) failed as the pails were merchantable under s14(2) . |
| 13 | Rik Mayell in goal saved Norwich 's bacon in the second half , no doubt about it . |
| 14 | The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee , Mr Claiborne Pell , called the expulsion a ‘ disgrace ’ and compared it to Britain 's decision to forcibly return Cossacks to Stalin 's Russia after the second world war . |
| 15 | Producer stocks have been below five week 's consumption since the second half of 1989 . |
| 16 | Foster 's recall for the second Cornhill Test at Lord 's not only represents a major gamble , however , but also underlines a desperate shortage of fit and in-form pace candidates . |
| 17 | The first round of the National Clubs competition has now been completed with the holders Linden , of Birmingham , drawn against Nottingham 's Cliftonettes in the second round . |
| 18 | The novel insisted on reverting to the ampler great-sinner pattern ; hence Stavrogin 's emergence as ‘ chief character ’ , ‘ tragic villain ’ and so forth during this period , and Peter Verkhovensky 's withdrawal to the second rank : Verkhovensky the mere wrecker , the nihilist , the man of the 1860s , the deeper realist 's answer to Turgenev . |
| 19 | Looking on is his Surrey team-mate Alec Stewart , who became the first Englishman to carry his bat at Lord 's Test during the second innings |
| 20 | There is no such ring in the Reeve 's Tale , but it is hard not to notice that the motif seems to have been displaced and taken over by Absolon as he approaches Alison 's window for the second time that night , in order to deceive her : A sure example of intertextual inference is found in John 's use of the cradle trick ; he envies Alayn 's success with Malyne , and decides he will " " arise and auntre [ chance ] it " " himself . |
| 21 | Rex threw down Laura 's weapon for the second time and stuck 'em up . |
| 22 | Ipswich0 DON GOODMAN , the cup-tied striker almost forgotten during Sunderland 's run-up to the Cup final , scored two of the goals that should guarantee the team 's safety in the Second Division . |
| 23 | Can the Prime Minister say also whether he has encouraged discussion of the establishment in the new democracies of a payments union similar to that which played such an important part in western Europe 's recovery after the second world war ? |
| 24 | They returned to the Grand Hotel , ascended together to Harvey 's room on the second floor , drew the curtains and placed a bedside lamp on the floor . |
| 25 | Now Michael has written a new stage play Brother Mine which , as the title suggests , tells of two brothers named Nicky and Freddie whose resemblance to the real thing , as we see as the piece is acted out for Alfred 's approval in the second act . |
| 26 | In the corresponding Republican primary the incumbent governor , Bob Martinez , defeated four opponents to secure his party 's nomination for the second time . |
| 27 | He struck out Samuel Revill 's name on the second note . |
| 28 | Anti-suburbanism continues to be a strand in American feminist thinking ; in Women and the American City , Susan Saegert suggests that suburbs are bad for women and good for men ( Saegert , 1981 ) while Betty Friedan 's classic of the second wave of feminism The Feminine Mystique ( Friedan , 1963 ) and its fictionalised version in Marilyn French 's The Women 's Room ( French , 1978 ) have popularised the American feminist revolt against suburban life . |
| 29 | The government was very much more ready to mobilize all the nation 's resources in the Second World War than it had been in the First . |
| 30 | They 've just won the Southern Women 's Championships for the second time . |