Example sentences of "[art] second was [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second was a paperback , a romance set in Ancient Greece . |
| 2 | The second was a conviction that many of us had , that we do indeed have a great deal to offer , by way of expertise and consulting , from the campus . |
| 3 | The second was a cooking pot , black outside , polished and gleaming inside , solid and commodious . |
| 4 | The Northamptonshire Nonconformist listed three reasons for the ‘ decline ’ they saw in Nonconformity : the first was ‘ a cultured ministry which repels rather than attracts [ for ] it shoots over the heads of the people ’ ; the second was a ministry which disregarded the central truths of the Gospel in favour of ‘ the latest theories of the … |
| 5 | The second was a law enforcement action brought by the Crown ; he referred in particular to such an action brought under a statute which provided expressly for enforcement of a provision of the statute by civil proceedings by the Crown , which was the position in the Hoffmann-La Roche case [ 1975 ] A.C. 295 where the Crown was proceeding pursuant to a provision of the Monopolies and Restrictive Practices ( Inquiry and Control ) Act 1948 . |
| 6 | The second was a heart shot , but it turned on the breastbone . |
| 7 | The second was a report on restructuring the business in the run-up to privatisation . |
| 8 | The second was a woman with a brown suitcase . |
| 9 | The first list was a set of n-grams taken from a short dictionary ( 11,795 words ) , and the second was a list of n-grams taken from a larger dictionary ( 71,279 words ) . |
| 10 | The second was a glass dome , the size of a man , and a little taller than our hero . |
| 11 | Two incidents had drawn public attention to the Directorate in October : the first on Oct. 9 concerned an armed relative of Khasbulatov who was arrested by the police but released without charge ; the second was a shooting incident on Oct. 20 , involving police and three members of the Directorate . |
| 12 | The second was a gem : |
| 13 | The second was a letter to everyone who had volunteered , thanking them for offering to come , and saying when to turn up and what to bring . |
| 14 | The second was a reaction to the concept of the EEC as a ‘ rich man 's club ’ , discriminating against its own poor through the CAP and through its VAT rates , just as it discriminated against poorer countries elsewhere in the world . |
| 15 | The second was a showroom for garish '50s juke boxes . |
| 16 | And the second was a sort of . |
| 17 | The second was the request for payment for the three lessons . |
| 18 | The second was the proposal by the Gas Council for a terminal at Bacton in East Anglia to process North Sea Gas . |
| 19 | The second was the decision of the American Supreme Court that they should divest themselves of monopoly control of the cinema chains which , as Heston said , was in hindsight a death blow which merely served to hasten the financial decline of each and every studio . |
| 20 | The second was the level of seniority at which appointments were made . |
| 21 | The second was the enthusiasm for something which can be — depending on the individual — a love of wisdom ( philosophy ) , the English ( anglophile ) , or postage stamps ( philatelist ) . |
| 22 | The second was the sight of strange mythological beasts and demonic gargoyles which surrounded and surmounted the gateway . |
| 23 | The second was the development of a method for fixing vulcanized rubber firmly on to mild steel , thus facilitating the manufacture of cheap chemical-resistant equipment . |
| 24 | The second was the home life , an intimate , colourful contrast to the subtler hues of the buildings and surrounding countryside . |
| 25 | The second was the problem of bridging major rivers , which left the railways almost literally suspended on their banks with temporary terminal stations leading to steamer river crossings . |
| 26 | The second was the problem of internal security . |
| 27 | The second was the submission of another monster petition in 1848 , which forms the background to Charles Kingsley 's Alton Locke . |
| 28 | The second was the rhythm of the war itself , which gave time for the detailed discussion of post-war policy . |
| 29 | The second was the appeal of a politician to his constituency . |
| 30 | The second was the Bishop of Oxford , Tommy Strong ; the bishop with the most sensitive taste and rare learning and musical apprehension of all the bishops ' bench . |