Example sentences of "second [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a cause of lung cancer it comes second only to smoking , and research shows that people who live in houses affected by the gas run a one in thirty chance of dying of lung cancer . |
| 2 | Some officers seem to be unaware that in terms of the number of people who do it , cycling 's second only to walking . |
| 3 | Cancer is the second biggest killer in Northern Ireland , second only to heart disease — itself caused largely by smoking . |
| 4 | Colorectal carcinoma ranks second only to lung cancer in men and to breast cancer in women in the United States . |
| 5 | Surely you have learnt by now that care of equipment comes second only to care of the patients ! ’ |
| 6 | Cooking energy is clearly one of the biggest human needs , second only to food . |
| 7 | Coal imports will double in Japan over the next twenty years or so with coal becoming second only to oil as an energy supplier , at about one-quarter of demand . |
| 8 | Health , education , and social services were issues that came second only to unemployment in terms of public priorities . |
| 9 | During our Pre-Campaign Wave in March defence was the main issue on television , the main issue stressed by the Conservative Party , and second only to unemployment as Labour 's main issue . |
| 10 | It is , after all , one of the world 's most expensive spices , second only in cost to saffron itself . |
| 11 | In past times , Rome Opera was second only in stature to La Scala , Milan . |
| 12 | A second opinion was sought and , short-sightedly , my parents agreed to put me in those gorgeous National Health jobs which are now sported by your average Yuppie but which made you look second only in berkishness to the kid in the owl specs with Elastoplast all over one lens . |
| 13 | A second opinion was sought and , short-sightedly , my parents agreed to put me in those gorgeous National Health jobs which are now sported by your average Yuppie but which then made you look second only in berkishness to the kid in the owl specs with elastoplast all over one lens . |
| 14 | Largest was the Yellow Advertiser Group , second only in circulation ( two million ) to Thomson . |
| 15 | ( Second only in fact to the Ferrari Testarossa ) . |
| 16 | There are indeed times when a lemon as a seasoning seems second only in importance to salt . |
| 17 | The £4,000 All England Champion Hurdle , second only in importance to the Grand National , got underway at Brough Park last night , when some of the best jumpers in the country were on view . |
| 18 | And then made the second just before half-time . |