Example sentences of "[was/were] the second [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In performing so well , BRC beat by 16 seconds Dublin University who have won at Erne and Galweay Heads and were the second Irish crew at Laganside Head . |
| 2 | It was the second major shock of the week . |
| 3 | It was the second major concession by the President , the first having been to abandon his election campaign pledge of no new taxes . |
| 4 | It was the second major blow in a week for Sampras , who failed to live up to his top seeding in Paris when he lost in the quarter-finals of the French Open . |
| 5 | It was the second major blow in a week for Sampras , who failed to live up to his top seeding in Paris when he lost in the quarter-finals of the French Open . |
| 6 | The incident was the second major crisis since September 1991 [ see p. 38451 ] involving access by international weapons inspectors acting under UN Gulf ceasefire resolutions . |
| 7 | Of the 24 shareholders Haug & Co. now held 9¾ shares having released 1¼ since 1564 ; Sir William Cecill with 2 was the second major shareholder . |
| 8 | The study was the second major investigation into the crash , following that by a United States Presidential Commission on Aviation Security and Terrorism [ for whose report in May 1990 see p. 37475 ] . |
| 9 | That decision was the second major controversy of Hunt 's extraordinary year : this time not just Ferrari but many others felt that the race had been stopped to give Hunt time to repair his car , an argument given plausibility by the fact that Lauda had made his way out of the trouble and was clearly leading the race when it stopped . |
| 10 | The award was the second international recognition of SHARQ 's safety record in 1991 — in November SHARQ received the British Safety Council 's Sword of Honour , an award bestowed on only 30 companies worldwide . |
| 11 | This was the second annual arrangement of a three-year ESAF arrangement for a total of SDR136,050,000 which had been approved in July 1988 , and under which Bolivia had already drawn SDR45,350,000 . |
| 12 | It was the second Unionist lever against Home Rule that helped to involve the King , for it assumed that Home Rule would become law , would be repudiated in Ulster , and that then the army would refuse to enforce it . |
| 13 | Expansion to north Italy brought into play the gold of the Val d'Aosta and south Piedmont , but it was the Second Punic War ( 218–201 B.C. ) which first increased the supply of gold significantly by taking in the alluvial deposits of the Guadalquivir . |
| 14 | Carroll House was the second Italian-owned winner of the Arc in the two years it has been sponsored by the Italian hotel chain Ciga . |
| 15 | But the Communists ' most dramatic political intervention was the Second Front Campaign . |
| 16 | Bob Anderson , an American climber and Everest veteran who was part of the successful Kangshung face team that put Steve Venables on the summit , was the second Western climber to speak to Krishchaty . |
| 17 | Sex was the second principal category covered by the code — this is what it had to say on that subject as well as Vulgarity , Obscenity , profanity , Costume and Dances : |
| 18 | It was the second Cultural Revolution but this time it came from the students and the workers and this time it was nonviolent , peaceful , gentle . |
| 19 | It was the second big explosion there in a year . |
| 20 | This was the second full year of operations for the company and chief executive , Robert Bauman , commented , ‘ the key objectives of the merger have been achieved and we are now focusing on growth and we have made dramatic strides in our new product programme ’ . |
| 21 | Ms Place was the second foreign aid worker shot dead since January . |
| 22 | The incident was the second U.S.-Russian submarine collision in 14 months . |
| 23 | And yet it was the second National Government , not the first , which really determined the politics of the 1930s . |
| 24 | He was the second outgoing minister to come under investigation for corruption [ for investigation of outgoing Tourism Minister Carlo Tognoli see p. 38896 ] . |
| 25 | The prosecution say Kelly was the second running man , but the police took a calculated risk . |