Example sentences of "[det] second [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then after two lessons some second year girls came over . |
| 2 | He is sharing a house with some second year students , and even has room for his piano ( a gift from Ruth 's mother some years ago ) . |
| 3 | One of the most extraordinary things about the man 's mind was that any check , any set-back , to some sweet hypothesis , far from dismaying him , seemed immediately to prompt some second hypothesis that soon appeared even sweeter than the first . |
| 4 | No point in behaving like some second German . |
| 5 | Alexei held to the opinion that they could not be naturally evolved , and thought that the single horn which projected from the forehead of each had been the whim probably of some Second Empire geneticist . |
| 6 | No I ai n't gon na , I got ta go and have a look round a few second hand shops and that . |
| 7 | The second goal is to make the school resemble more closely the sod of place within which the teacher would like to teach … this second goal can become of considerable importance , and in some situations of conflict it can become more important than the first . |
| 8 | Introducing the variable , it is seen that when this second contribution is but when it is To summarise , the foregoing analysis has established that the complete Fourier spectrum of a unit step function comprises a delta function centred on zero frequency that provides the mean direct level of one-half and a continuous spectrum of sinewaves with amplitude that provides the unit step about the mean . |
| 9 | This second purpose is dealt with not only in the brief account of evolution outlined above but by a philosophical discussion of the production of ideas in history which it is equally essential to understand for apprehending the Marxist attitude to history and anthropology . |
| 10 | Absolon 's portrait thus ends with particular bathos when it transpires that he still can not escape the vulgar facts of the body 's nature , try as he might : This second instance of a marked word in the Miller 's Tale encourages a recall of the context of the first , Nicholas 's grabbing of Alison , and thus even before it has been dramatically explicated completes the second fabliau triangle , Nicholas — Alison — Absolon , which forms a symmetrical reflection of the first , Nicholas — Alison — John . |
| 11 | The first solo , tabbed last month , was in the key of E. This second solo takes off in the key of F , although the two-note pickup is played over the last beat of the final bar of E. |
| 12 | This second wave will come into operation on 1 April 1992 . |
| 13 | This second wave struck more rapidly and spread more broadly than its predecessor . |
| 14 | This second wave was most successful in the ‘ Neo-Europes ’ of temperate America , Australia and New Zealand but was perhaps much less so in the tropics because of micro-organisms , which the societies based on shifting cultivation there , had evolved to avoid . |
| 15 | This second test — for robustness — is needed because commercial and industrial managers are generally reluctant to acquire firmlets expressly for early divestment . |
| 16 | When lesions are studied in combination it is surprising how often this second test is failed . |
| 17 | This second relationship arose from an ingenious cover-up to a less than wholly honest piece of political self-enrichment . |
| 18 | She wanted to show how grateful she was for this second chance . |
| 19 | With this second novel , Amy Tan has again proved herself to be a first class writer , one who can write books which not only have enormous popular appeal , but also teach us something new about the human condition . |
| 20 | This second assault was committed by two girls , said to be under the age of twelve . |
| 21 | This second benefit is the harder to achieve . |
| 22 | Having just enjoyed a week of Walt Disney World entertainment and corporate culture in Orlando , Florida , this second story no longer seems entirely incredible . |
| 23 | Would it not be more appropriate if the remains of this second King of the English , great-great-grandson of Alfred the Great , were transferred to Glastonbury , burial place of his forebears and King Arthur , or to Westminster Abbey ? |
| 24 | It is this second concept which has caused all the trouble , certainly ( for example ) in view of what we now know about the very different world of early Precambrian times . |
| 25 | In the decade 1420–30 , a sizeable proportion of Charles VII 's army was composed of Scots who fought at both Cravant and Verneuil , a strong contingent of Genoese also taking part in this second battle against the English . |
| 26 | They debouched from this second strait into a broad body of water which stretched as far as the eye could see toward the setting sun … |
| 27 | Sadly , in this second objective , I have to confess total failure . |
| 28 | In practice this second exception is unimportant because bearer securities have never been popular with English investors or English companies and are rarely issued and hardly ever in respect of shares , as opposed to bearer bonds , ( i.e. debentures ) which are sometimes issued to attract Continental investors who have a traditional liking for securities in bearer form . |
| 29 | The sense of this second exception is to apply ( especially ) to women who solicit business for friends from mail order catalogues . |
| 30 | Not everyone recognized this second requirement . |