Example sentences of "be [adv] [art] second " in BNC.
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| 1 | INXS are only the second Aussie band to crash into the album charts at No 1 . |
| 2 | You 're only the second Scot I 've met in ten months . ’ |
| 3 | You 'll have to bear with me David , I think you 're only the second person I 've ever had , if you 'll excuse the expression , in this studio . |
| 4 | I think many of us in the hall here er realize that we 're probably the second largest users of the waters after the feathered variety and it 's very encouraging to realize that er there are some , may I say , green members of Council and its committees er who are very foresighted . |
| 5 | They are respectively the second and third largest land animals , the elephant being the largest . |
| 6 | These are also the second premises to be attacked . |
| 7 | On the county council we are now the second larget group . |
| 8 | Price rises in the UK are now the second lowest in Europe , behind Denmark with 1.5 per cent inflation , according to the Central Statistical Office . |
| 9 | A decision to cut or pass the dividend will be especially painful for Costain because of the blow it will be for the 91 per cent of shareholders who took up last year 's rights issue and because Costain will be only the second major contractor , after John Laing , to cut the pay-out . |
| 10 | It will be only the second time in 27 Tests at the Kensington Oval that no Barbadian fast bowler is included . |
| 11 | But trapping appears to be only the second line of defence . |
| 12 | He has contributed much to music in the Farnham area during the last 20 years and the many supporters of the Tilford Bach Festival will no doubt want to hear what will be only the second performance of his work . |
| 13 | Shortly before the joint statement was issued , Coopers & Lybrand became what is thought to be only the second US firm to file a countersuit against a former client . |
| 14 | It will also be only the second significant merger the industry has yet seen . |
| 15 | When he fights for his country in Barcelona in July , Richardson will be only the second representative from Middlesbrough to compete in the Olympics . |
| 16 | He would be only the second goalkeeper to be similarly honoured by the Scottish Professional Footballers ' Association ( Theo Snelders , in 1989 , was the other ) . |
| 17 | Of course , if all had been there the second day the justices could well , and should in my judgment , have invited them to consider the intention that they then had to substitute prohibited steps orders for the sought after care order . |
| 18 | Soon after midday Tom Poole and his brother Richard decided to take their interesting visitors on a short walk to the farmhouse called Marshmills in Over Stowey , home of a large tribe of Poole cousins who were almost a second family to Tom and Richard : among them were Penelope Poole , ‘ a beautiful , dark-eyed girl ’ who would never return Tom Poole 's love for her ( he died unmarried ) , and John Poole , an Oxford fellow and later the rector of Enmore , who was Tom Poole 's friend and companion from childhood . |
| 19 | It 's only the second offence according to the last |
| 20 | Although he 's only the second son and will never be king himself , he 's still an important man and very popular , I hear , with many Ruritanians . |
| 21 | It 's only the second one . |
| 22 | Even though the site is only a second option , Councillor William Bleakes urged the council 's planning committee not to allow the matter to rest , and Alderman Samuel Semple pointed out the site had been under consideration since 1976 . |
| 23 | It is only the second time the ITV company has followed the American idea of using a survey to back up launch plans . |
| 24 | This is only the second time out for the Pond Racer . |
| 25 | This is only the second time that 6203 has hauled passenger trains at the Centre , the first was in November 1991 when thick fog rather spoilt any photographic opportunities . |
| 26 | City of London Telecommunications Ltd , which is 90% owned by the US Fidelity Management & Research Corp , is only the second company to win a new public telephone operators licence since the creation of the British Telecommunications Plc-Mercury Communications Ltd duopoly . |
| 27 | This is only the second time in post-war history that war booty art treasures have been put on view . |
| 28 | And this is only the second day ! |
| 29 | This design/build contract is only the second of its kind to be let in Scotland and will be the first to be completed . |
| 30 | This is only the second time that the House has been given an opportunity to debate the momentous consequences of the closure of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International . |