Example sentences of "[vb pp] a second " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , virtue alone is not enough ; possibly Carter would have been more successful and might have won a second term if he had been less intense , more flexible , less immersed in the detail of government and a little more willing to dissemble occasionally . |
| 2 | But since then he 's won a Second Division promotion medal and is near the top of the Premier League . |
| 3 | ‘ On the way home , we were approached a second time , by an Me 109 . |
| 4 | T IS programmed a second data pack , in a language the Psion understands , to handle the information . |
| 5 | Top manufacturer Forbo-Nairn has added a second design , Mosaic , to its Cushionflor Bathroom World range . |
| 6 | If Lyrical Ballads was as unpopular as legend would have it , why would Wordsworth have added a second volume in 1800 , and why would both volumes be reprinted in 1802 and again in 1805 ? |
| 7 | This month , just to show we 're brolly nice people , we 've added a second prize of a new-loom AEA umbrella ! |
| 8 | It had also added a second referendum proposal ( which was rejected by a 53 per cent majority , according to Estonian radio on June 29 ) allowing participation in the forthcoming election by all those who had applied for citizenship by June 5 [ for citizenship issue see also p. 38880 ] . |
| 9 | The tiara was in essence a white cap , having two bands at the back like a mitre , but it had incorporated in it a coronet round the lower rim to which was added a second coronet under Pope Boniface VIII at the end of the thirteenth century , symbolizing sacerdotal and regal powers . |
| 10 | The parents of the 33 children who had not recovered were interviewed a second time to answer the question whether the constipation/soiling problems had persisted or recurred , because we were not able to determine this from the initial questionnaire . |
| 11 | If that freelance photojournalist is wounded , but soon returns to the operational area to continue covering the story , only to be wounded a second time , then we are looking at a fairly remarkable man with a tale worth telling . |
| 12 | Data General Corp has reported a second quarter net loss of $7.6m , down from a loss last time of $55.3m . |
| 13 | System Industries Inc has reported a second quarter net loss of $890,000 , down from a loss last time of $1.7m , on turnover that crashed 26.3% at $13.0m ; the mid-term net loss was $2.0m , down from a loss last time of $4.7m on turnover down 19.2% at $26.9m . |
| 14 | Tandy Corp has reported a second quarter net loss of $28.3m against a profit last time of $78.8m on turnover up 6.2% at $1,322.6m . |
| 15 | Data General Corp has reported a second quarter net loss of $7.6m , down from a loss last time of $55.3m that was after a $48m restructuring charge , on turnover down 2.3% at $267.4m ; the mid-term net loss was $6.8m , down from a loss last time of $51.3m , on turnover that fell 3.8% at $547.1m . |
| 16 | Phoenix Technologies Ltd has reported a second quarter net profit of $1.2m , up from just $38,000 last time , on turnover that rose 5.0% at $17.0m ; mid-term net rose 266% at $2.3m on turnover that rose 4.7% at $35.8m . |
| 17 | Others , who unlike the Combined Operations staff , had expected a second front in Europe that summer , saw what forces would be needed to invade Europe . |
| 18 | Wimbledon might have conceded a second goal on the stroke of half-time when Harford curled his shot narrowly over after a poor clearance by Segers . |
| 19 | Similarly , a serious case brought before the magistrate had to be presented a second time before the justice of the peace . |
| 20 | Bearing in mind the provocation , and the fact that the offender had to face the prospect of being sentenced a second time , the sentence was far too lenient , and a proper sentence would have been two years ' immediate imprisonment : that sentence would be substituted . |
| 21 | The sentence imposed by the Court of Appeal presumably incorporates a discount to reflect the fact that the offender had to face the prospect of being sentenced a second time , but there is no indication of the extent of the discount : the case is therefore of limited value as an indication of what the proper sentence would have been at first instance . |
| 22 | she stands there going who , who , exactly , got it in one , we 've nearly done a second tape tonight now , did you know that ? |
| 23 | The effects of Esther 's stroke were not obvious at first , which made the doctors wonder if she had suffered a second stroke when they found later that she had a very severe left hemiplegia . |
| 24 | Unix System Laboratories Inc has suffered a second setback in its court case against Berkeley Software Design Inc for copyright infringement and misappropriation of trade secrets . |
| 25 | ‘ In the meantime , I had written a second comedy script . |
| 26 | The first female is then shot a second time , and as the confused baby attempts to suckle from its dying mother , it too is despatched with a single bullet . ’ |
| 27 | He was granted a second term by Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke in a move that effectively guarantees the existence of the Board for the foreseeable future . |
| 28 | In Oxford Tariq Ali and Stephen Lukes had organized a second teach-in on the war . |
| 29 | Have they moved in search of the preferred food or have they accepted a second choice ? |
| 30 | A former world champion who had narrowly missed a second championship , he had a position of huge popularity in an important market for Marlboro ( Brazil ) , exactly the kinds of characteristics needed to develop a new car , and fitted in temperamentally very well with the racing ‘ philosophy ’ of the McLaren boss Edward Everett Mayer — known on the circuit as ‘ the Wiener ’ due to his squeaky voice , short stature and constant presence . |