Example sentences of "be the second [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was the winner against Chesterfield scored by Simon Brain after 12 minutes and this should have been the second goal . |
| 2 | Or the vendor may have been the second defendant , also called Swiss Atlantic Holdings Ltd. , a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands on 23 September 1988 and to which company all the assets of the U.K. Swiss Atlantic Holdings Ltd. had , following an agreement of 26 October 1988 , been transferred . |
| 3 | " Funny , I did n't think I 'd hit him , but I suppose I must have — must 've been the second shot . |
| 4 | This change has , however , been accompanied by a rise in home ownership and an explosion in house prices , which has been the second force at work affecting the distribution of wealth . |
| 5 | One man , Ivan Masterson , talks about how he helped pull people from the rubble and says : ‘ It must have been the second body I helped to take out … it was an awful shock seeing my uncle there with his wife beside him . ’ |
| 6 | Rufus could not remember the man 's name , only that he had been the second visitor to Wyvis Hall , the gardener being the first . |
| 7 | These three periods are the second quarter of the eighteenth century , the two decades after the Napoleonic Wars , and the so-called Great Depression of the late Victorian period . |
| 8 | Those are the second generation . |
| 9 | Apart from First-past-the-post , the main majority systems are the Second Ballot ( used in French parliamentary elections ) , and the Alternative Vote ( used in Australia ) . |
| 10 | Enfield are the second team . |
| 11 | The problems encountered when making a 17 keV neutrino fit with what is known about the universe are the second reason for scepticism . |
| 12 | A tidal acceleration is the difference between gravitational acceleration at different locations so that the corresponding parameters in curved space–time are the second derivatives of the metric connections . |
| 13 | " You 're the second person to say that to me today , " Patrick murmured . |
| 14 | It will be the second Prayer for Peace event to be held in Assisi from January 9th to 10th . |
| 15 | Alysardi could be the second leg of a double for Alec Stewart , her trainer , and Michael Roberts , her jockey , who may earlier have won with ELEGANT RAINBOW ( nap 3.05 ) . |
| 16 | On offer in this furniture sale will be the second part of a private collection from an ‘ hôtel particulier ’ of the Faubourg St Germain , as well as pieces from other vendors . |
| 17 | ‘ It is n't very gallant of me to say so , ’ he added , softly kissing her fingertips , ‘ but the fact is , Marissa had decided that she wanted to be the second Mrs Wyndham — while I , my darling , was only interested in the first . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Oh sir ! ’ said Mrs Crump faintly and for a moment she threatened to be the second act to Miss D'Arcy 's opener . |
| 19 | It 's believed to be the second incident involving the same man in twenty four hours . |
| 20 | On arrival in Johannesburg , the first thing I noticed was a young , fresh , smiling face , who turned out to be the Second Secretary at the Consulate . |
| 21 | There is no general right of appeal , since this will be the second appeal following the decision of the SSAT . |
| 22 | It must be the second front . |
| 23 | Well it 's supposed to be the second week in March that Lyn and Gary come down . |
| 24 | It is gon na be the second room for the police and by moving one door we can put their two rooms together and you 've got access to the toilets , cloakrooms and all the necessary things , so without very much expenditure at all on anybody 's back , we 've actually created the section within this building . |
| 25 | There was also still a feeling in the Hollywood colony that as he had established himself as a star he should not play an unattractive character , and , what is more , he would only be the second lead and not appear for the first twenty minutes . |
| 26 | Dowell is adamant it will be the second option : ‘ As young dancers they would start and be used in the corps like everybody else . ’ |
| 27 | Foreign Secretary and MP for Witney , Douglas Herd , wants English to be the second language in Eastern Europe rather than Russian . |
| 28 | No longer wanting to be the second class citizens of the sport , the women golfers have used the Classic at Woburn to launch their new drive for equal opportunities . |
| 29 | This would be the second time Mike 's mother had looked after Catherine . |
| 30 | If Mr Nitschke is right about the hotel being the last of its type in London , it will be the second time around for the property . |