Example sentences of "[art] second [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Declamation , not coloratura , distinguishes the three upper parts in ‘ O Primavera ’ , the second of a set of pieces on Guarini 's Pastor fido in his Eleventh Book . |
| 2 | This is the second of a set of two articles , written after a trip of some five months to Northern India , Pakistan and Bangladesh . |
| 3 | The score places the grotesque number for six dancing monkeys as the second of a sequence of three orchestral numbers played during a spectacular scene shift : |
| 4 | Chidambaram 's resignation , the second by a member of the current Council of Ministers [ see p. 38813 ] , prompted the government to respond to calls by opposition parties for a full inquiry into the scandal by announcing the establishment on July 9 of a joint parliamentary committee . |
| 5 | The latest decrease in the bank 's Short Term Facility — of 0.5pc to a new rate of 10.25pc — was the third in less than a month , and the second in a week . |
| 6 | One view is that Frank Reed 's release , the second in a week , may be the last for some time . |
| 7 | , Sir John Alexander ( 1871–1949 ) , author and editor of popular works of reference , was born in Alexandria , Dunbartonshire , 27 February 1871 , the second in a family of two sons and one daughter of James Hammerton , clog-maker of Oldham , and his second wife Janet , shopwoman , daughter of Alexander Lang , mason . |
| 8 | The minority centre-left government led by the Socialist Party survived a motion of no confidence on Nov. 23 — the second in a month [ see p. 39161 ] — when the three centre-right and right-wing parliamentary groups gained only 257 of the required 286 votes in the National Assembly . |
| 9 | The defeat , the second in a by-election to the House of Councillors ( the upper chamber of the Diet ) within a month , occurred despite the investment of huge campaign resources . |
| 10 | During college based sessions the first part of the morning is spent on a whole group presentation ; the second in a workshop/seminar situation . |