Example sentences of "by the second [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It has a basic negentropic ( formative and organising ) effect even as heat increases , and therefore is the opposite of entropy which is the disintegration and disorganisation of matter set forth by the Second Law of Thermodynamics , which it thereby violates . |
| 2 | The explanation that is usually given as to why we do n't see broken cups gathering themselves together off the floor and jumping back onto the table is that it is forbidden by the second law of thermodynamics . |
| 3 | Should not the entropy change for the reaction therefore be positive-as required by the second law of thermodynamics ? |
| 4 | The first defendants lent a grinding tool owned by the second defendants to the plaintiff . |
| 5 | This attitude was reinforced by the second wave of technology which provided instrumentation , ways of sensing and recording data which gave more accurate and reliable data than that which can be detected directly by the human senses . |
| 6 | It might be argued that the test procedure is thus shown to be at fault , since in all the above cases the first element can be shown to have a clear semantic function relative to the second element : in fact , it signals a sub-variety of the general category denoted by the second element . |
| 7 | The tape was then continued , and after the first few words were uttered by the second voice Lucy almost froze in horror . |
| 8 | This definition suggests two of the major deficiencies of the international legal system — firstly that there is little one country can do if another fails to abide by the rules , and this is made worse by the second factor , the lack of a comprehensive single body of law that could form the basis of a truly coherent system . |
| 9 | The number of errors which may be reported during any LIFESPAN run is determined by the second parameter of the keyword ERROR_FILENAME in the LIFESPAN configuration file . |
| 10 | A popular view is to regard the latter mainly as young families outbid for rural property , perhaps by the second home buyers . |
| 11 | After much destruction of icons the conflict in the East was resolved in 787 by the second Council of Nicaea . |
| 12 | By the second quarter of the century there were more examples of women writers whose morality was unimpeachable , including Elizabeth Rowe and Elizabeth Carter . |
| 13 | Although a statement of intent has been signed , confirmation is needed from the boards of both companies and the acquisition is expected to be completed by the second quarter of this year . |
| 14 | Advanced Micro Devices Inc says it expects to announce an agreement on a foundry for production of Am486s by the end of next month , but it does not see any revenues from the agreement before January next year : it expects to produce about 600,000 to 700,000 Am486 chips this year , and to increase that production to about 1m per quarter by the second quarter of next year ; it is still ‘ negotiating in earnest ’ with several possible foundry candidates . |
| 15 | Support for Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT is to be added by the second quarter of next year . |
| 16 | The firm says it 'll have TPC-C and TPC-D figures by the second quarter of next year . |
| 17 | Burlington , Massachusetts-based , Symbolics Inc says it is working with both DEC and Intel Corp to make its object-oriented development environment and database — respectively Genera and Statice — available on DEC Alpha RISC and Intel Corp P5 ( or Pentium , see back page ) platforms by the second quarter of 1993 . |
| 18 | It hopes these measures will return it to profitability by the second quarter of 1993 . |
| 19 | Tivoli Systems Inc is porting its Management Environment from Solaris 1.1 to 2.1 , expecting it to be ready by the second quarter , with all applications available by the third quarter . |
| 20 | Support for Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT will be added by the second quarter of next year . |
| 21 | For Novell , CA engineers are having to re-write parts of the application which directly integrate at the operating system level , but optimistically predicts a general release for NetWare by the second quarter of next year . |
| 22 | According to the Bank of England , by the second quarter of 1992 around 876,000 households faced a situation where house price falls had reduced the value of their home to below the value of their outstanding mortgage . |
| 23 | The Monetary Affairs Bureau announced on Jan. 12 that the government had agreed to lift by the second quarter of 1992 the ban on the export of gold , in place since 1949 . |
| 24 | Certainly by the second quarter of the sixteenth century there were serious social grievances which underlie such movements as the Pilgrimage of Grace of 1536 and the West Country and Norfolk revolts of 1549 . |
| 25 | By the second quarter of the fifteenth century , rents were in decline , and this continued after 1450 . |
| 26 | Even the World Cup was upstaged , however , by the second speaker Fr Michael McKenna , Roman Catholic priest at Leam Lane , Gateshead . |
| 27 | By the second year the young orang is becoming more independent , though it still keeps close to its mother . |
| 28 | By the second year , it had moved from a sectoral base to a country base , to help achieve cross-sector policy objectives . |
| 29 | By the second year of life the child is capable of physical independence to a marked degree . |
| 30 | By the second year they were worlds away , |