Example sentences of "as [prep] the second [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for the second weakness , there is a direct link with the first . |
| 2 | As for the second factor , the January 1959 revolution in Cuba irreversibly changed the perceptions of Soviet policy-makers concerning the opportunities available to them in Latin America . |
| 3 | As for the second part of my hon. Friend 's supplementary question , I can not anticipate entirely what will happen , but the reduction in mortgage interest rates will obviously have a beneficial effect . |
| 4 | As for the second type of case , something that Kant had to say may again be relevant . |
| 5 | As for the second charge , that democracy , perhaps like British liberty in the nineteenth century , was parasitic upon empire , A.H.M. Jones points out that it continued to operate in the fourth century , after the loss of empire , and , indeed , was if anything more expensive then than before , since it was then that payment for attendance at the assembly was added to payment for other public duties . |
| 6 | The dullness she had felt in her exhaustion became a kind of sickness now , as for the second time that day she once again flew from her own body and split into two . |
| 7 | Eta ( 3.9 ) , in the Y , was ranked as of the second magnitude in ancient times , but as it is an A-type star it is not likely that there has been any real change in it . |
| 8 | Therefore , the result is that I dismiss the claim as against the second defendant . |
| 9 | There is no armour against fate : as with the second cousin , so with the fourth . |
| 10 | Once this is done , the postcard will open out and you can cut down the centre as in the second diagram enabling you to walk through it . |
| 11 | It can moreover , as in the second case , be used in order to produce coherence within the biblical material itself . |
| 12 | For successful anaphor resolution , it is important to co-ordinate the contributions of system components embodying different types of linguistic and non-linguistic knowledge , such as configurational constraints in ( ‘ He examined him ’ , the two pronouns can not co-refer ) , sortal restrictions ( in ‘ She drank it ’ , ‘ it ’ must refer to some liquid if ‘ drank ’ is interpreted literally ) , focusing ( as in ‘ He examined its legs ’ above ) , and reasoning ( as in the second sentence of ‘ John told the waiter he had no money . |
| 13 | The Hong Kong economy performed poorly in the first half of 1990 , but not nearly as badly as in the second half of 1989 when it had suffered from the international reaction to the upheavals in China . |
| 14 | In Lincolnshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire , a substantial number of villages disappeared from the records in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries , as well as in the second half of the fifteenth century , which seems to have been the worst period of depopulation in the area most seriously affected in the Midlands , particularly in Northamptonshire , Oxfordshire , Warwickshire , Buckinghamshire , Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire ( 58 , pp.170–3 , 220–1 , 229 ) . |
| 15 | Virtually the whole movement comprises a double canon which begins as in the second violin and viola parts given in Example 90 ( these parts first being played by first violin and viola ) : The point at which our example begins is the first entry of the full orchestra , with the first and second violins in one canon and the violas and basses in another . |
| 16 | There will be times ( as in the second example ) when it 's more useful to keep the question at the back of your mind ; asking it directly might be too intimidating . |
| 17 | Perhaps more serious is the lesson to be learned from people 's answers when they were considering loan options where APR was lowest for the longest repayment periods ( as in the second table , on p. 63 ) . |
| 18 | As to the second part … ’ |
| 19 | As to the second criticism , it is true that a talking-head programme does n't provide visual clues as to content , but it does permit the language learner to watch as well as listen , to see lip movements and facial expressions and to see what the speaker looks like . |
| 20 | It is not possible to say that the material as to the second audit must be irrelevant . |
| 21 | As to the second kind of evidence , which shows you could intrigue your way onto the Council , this is a puzzle : was the lot then ineffective ? |
| 22 | As to the second category , a staccato with emphasis , exx.2a and b from the minuet of the String Quartet in D , That the dots were purposeful , not due to Mies 's ‘ writing K575 , show an interesting juxtaposition of dots and factor ’ becomes clear at the start of the second section strokes . |
| 23 | As to the second stage , like the Court of Appeal I can see no ground for impugning the grounds for decision stated in the letter to Mr. Choudhury . |
| 24 | As to the second argument , the Court accepted that in principle it was desirable to entrust supervisory control to a judge , concluding that the rule of law implies that executive interference with individual rights should be subject to effective control which should normally be the judges on the ground that this offers the best guarantee of independence , impartiality , and proper procedures . |
| 25 | As to the second point , there are numerous cases in which attempts have been made to induce the courts to review or ignore decisions of the visitor acting within his jurisdiction , all of which have been unsuccessful . |
| 26 | Whereas the serial usage of Example 139 ( the same series in each voice ) easily avoids the occurrence of octaves , octaves are formed only too easily when we use different forms together , as on the second quaver of the last bar , where all voices sound D or E♭ . |
| 27 | It would n't work at all with fashion lace , as on the second row there would n't be a stitch to transfer . |