Example sentences of "[art] second [vb -s] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second compares the number of all major postcranial elements , the femur , tibia , humerus , radius and ulna , with not just the mandible and maxilla but the isolated molars as well . |
| 2 | The Army 's new anti-tank weapons are being designed with ‘ tandem warheads ’ ; the first explodes reactive armour and the second penetrates the shell of the tank . |
| 3 | The second involves the juxtaposition of two consonants not usually placed together in an attempt to reproduce a sound peculiar to the original language ( e.g. , the " kh " sound in Bakhtiari or Bakhshaish ) ; the two consonants used in this way may vary , or one of them may be left out altogether . |
| 4 | The second involves the settling of cells onto a slide surface through a sucrose , saline or other solution , and has been used principally for oocytes , but may be useful for spermatocytes if only a thin suspension is available . |
| 5 | The second requires the child to make a verbal response to either a verbal or a non-verbal stimulus and is used as a measure of the child 's ability to produce spoken language . |
| 6 | The second defines a procedure which clears from the current cursor position to the end of line on an 80 column screen . |
| 7 | The second defines the header , providing something analogous to an electronic title page for the electronic text , as further discussed in section 3.2 below . |
| 8 | There are 2 quite different uses for the DIM statement : the first dimensions an array and the second reserves an area of memory for special applications . |
| 9 | Consider , in this light , the contrasts in ( 17 ) and ( 18 ) , each presenting two sets of data ; the first set includes an adverbal adjective ; the second contains a predicate qualifying adjective , as indicated by the identity of the appropriate questions : ( 17 ) Ellen shook loose the keys what did Ellen do to the keys ? how did Ellen shake the keys ? the thief produced unharmed the goat what did the thief do to the goat ? how did the thief produce the goat ? ( 18 ) the raiders shot dead two vigilantes what did the raiders do to the vigilantes ? how did the raiders shoot the vigilantes *Andrew wants milky his coffee what does Andrew do to his coffee ? how does Andrew want his coffee ? |
| 10 | The first deals with the reasons of the ( apparent ) diminution of objects as they recede from the eye , and is known as Perspective of Diminution : the second contains the way colours vary as they recede from the eye : the third and last explains how objects should appear less distinct in proportion as they are more remote . |
| 11 | The first field provides a file name , and the second provides a comment : |
| 12 | The second regards the state as an autonomous actor , not controlled from outside by anyone , but instead responding chiefly or solely to the preferences of the administrative and governing elites who directly staff its institutions . |
| 13 | The second concerns a love for God which is a gift and has nothing to do with learning ( c.5-7 ) ; this itself has two aspects covering that which is experienced sporadically by both actives and contemplatives , and a stabler devotion given after a long process of discipline in which the contemplative feels a " grete rest of bodie and of soule " ( 7.282a. – 81 ) . |
| 14 | The second concerns the flow of technical and commercial information which takes place between companies trading technology , their ability to absorb it , and the terms under which technology receivers are allowed to use the technology they have acquired . |
| 15 | The first concerns the protection of the individual , which is a matter for the Home Secretary , and the second concerns the state of Anglo-Iranian relations . |
| 16 | I have learned never to do this again and the second concerns the use of a lacquer as a finish for fine furniture which I hope never to use again . |
| 17 | The second concerns the nature of the ‘ functions ’ we ascribe to neural regions as a result of our studies . |
| 18 | The second concerns the nature of the break between a post-industrial era and a new post-industrial order . |
| 19 | The second concerns the role of syntactic dependency in determining the meaning of a combination . |
| 20 | The first example below sets only the date and the second sets the date and the time . |
| 21 | The second entails a projection as to how the pupil will behave in the unit but this is often obliquely expressed and reworked in terms of the first . |
| 22 | In fact , the total rise reflects two separate increases — the first is the actual rise in new additional funds brought in , while the second comprises the increase in existing funds arising from investment performance — which combine to make the whole . |
| 23 | The second covers a miscellany of submissions , some on a yearly or other periodic basis , others made only when the need arises . |