Example sentences of "the second [noun sg] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is thought one pin may have failed on the El Al flight , causing an engine to tear free of its mountings and hit the second engine as it fell . |
| 2 | Sammy Smyth , who almost signed for Comrades after playing a number of pre-season friendlies , put Carrick ahead in the second minute before Brian Robson edged them further in front on the stroke of half-time . |
| 3 | Sammy Smyth , who almost signed for Comrades after playing a number of pre-season friendlies , put Carrick ahead in the second minute before Brian Robson edged them further in front on the stroke of half-time . |
| 4 | The consequence of this ‘ friendly and useful ’ advice was that the parts healed in half the time after the second operation as they did after the first . |
| 5 | 520c. ( 1 ) A person is guilty of criminal sexual conduct in the second degree if the person engages in sexual contact with another person and if any of the following circumstances exists : ( a ) That other person is under 13 years of age . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , Boswell enlightened his readers regarding ‘ The thickness of the walls , the small slaunting windows , and a great iron door at the entrance to the second story as you ascend the stairs , all indicate the rude times in which this castle was erected . ’ |
| 7 | The crunch game came at the second hurdle when Sudbury toppled the mighty London Welsh at Moorsfield , after which they have gone from strength to strength , bolstered by a refreshing brand of running rugby . |
| 8 | Right you 'd get two twelfths out of the second pizza as well there 's another two twelfths so you 'd have four twelfths all together . |
| 9 | The easiest way of proceeding is to have the first row as YYYYNNNN , the second row as YYNNYYNN and the final row as YNYNYNYN . |
| 10 | If he failed to pay one instalment , he was fined a halfpenny for every shilling , which became a penny after the second omission when the loan society secretary sent him a circular letter for which a fee of threepence was exacted . |
| 11 | Margins are expected to improve in the second quarter when higher speed Viking chips are more available and more deliveries on higher end higher margin Sparc 10s are made . |
| 12 | Adverse currency movements in Brazil and a worse result in Puerto Rico also contributed to the increased deficit , although the latter showed some improvement in the second quarter when compared to the first three months of the year . |
| 13 | Against this background , it has been a difficult start to the year but some improvement is forecast for the second quarter when further price increases will recover the impact of higher raw material costs . |
| 14 | Emulex Corp , Costa Mesa , California will be taking a charge against its third quarter figures for the period to March 28 that could result in a loss for the period : operating profit will be lower than the $2.6m reported in the second quarter because of lower revenues in the Network Systems Division ; the unspecified restructuring charge stems both from costs associated with the further consolidation of manufacturing operations to Puerto Rico from Costa Mesa , and from some lay-offs in the sales administration sector ; the charge will be less than $1.0m . |
| 15 | Moreover , the common law is likely to take a stricter approach when dealing with terms in the second category than when considering those in the first . |
| 16 | According to the LFS code book , temporary jobs in the first category can include jobs the termination of which " is fixed for , by example , reaching a certain date or completing an assignment , or by return of an employee who has been temporarily replaced " ( our italics ) i.e. jobs that could fit equally well into the second category whilst jobs in the second category are taken to include those with " a work contract for a specific task or a fixed period of time " ( our italics ) i.e jobs that could fit equally well into the first category . |
| 17 | And I thought I was gon na go , go home early at the end of the second semester cos I 'd have my exams . |
| 18 | Judit performed even better in the second half than the first . |
| 19 | We also did a very important er , technology transfer to Czechoslovakia , which er , unsubmersible pump neck technology and that 's tended to , to erm , hide a slight delcl er decline in the last quarter of the year , normally in oil most of the profit or more of the profit comes in the second half than the first , but with the Gulf War last year oil prices were pretty firm and er , so we 've made er , quite reasonable profits in the , in the er , first half and so too in the second half , but in the last quarter they 've been showed up by that technology er , transfer and the er , U S oil price is er , is , is er stag the U K's is stagnant , the U S is stagnant in oil and the gas prices are very , very far down , they 're well down . |
| 20 | The hero again was Newcastle goalkeeper Tommy Wright who brought off three superb saves at crucial stages of the second half while Dowie 's goal , his second in international football , was impressively taken . |
| 21 | Wolves , who are beginning to look for a place in the promotion play-offs , hit back in the second half after Scott Sellars had poached a fine first-half goal . |
| 22 | Another quick break by St Albans set up Ian Plummer for his second goal at the start of the second half before Woodmill started to fight back . |
| 23 | Forest regained the lead four minutes into the second half when Gary Crosby , chasing Nigel Clough 's clever pass , swept past Chris Hutchings and poked the ball between Steve Hardwick 's legs . |
| 24 | Sutton missed an even better chance early in the second half when Norwich 's pressure was at its most intense . |
| 25 | Their good combination football made Hammer look static , particularly in the second half when the home team scored four times . |
| 26 | Denmead opened the scoring through Chris King and they held on until the second half when Campbell Wilson equalised for Good Sports . |
| 27 | Millmead battled away and did the best they could , but their cause was blighted further during the second half when they were reduced to eight men due to injury . |
| 28 | Berbizier 's decision to start the game without a recognised line-out jumper was a controversial one , even if the French scored all their points in a first half when they were dominated in the line-out and nearly lost the game in the second half when the lanky Roumat redressed the balance . |
| 29 | But Teddy Sheringham levelled in the second half when he converted a Gary Mabbutt flick-on . |
| 30 | They went 2–0 up three minutes into the second half when Phil Gray hit a fierce 20-yard drive that was deflected past keeper Jon Sheffield . |