Example sentences of "second [noun] was [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The point at issue in the second case was the fundamental one of whether the Directive compels an employee to transfer when the employing enterprise is sold or whether the Directive merely creates an option for the employee to transfer . |
| 2 | The Second Crusade was a less spectacular affair , failing because of many factors : the North German princes decided to direct their crusade against the pagan , Slavonic-speaking Wends ; the French forces nearly attacked Constantinople as a result of severe relations between East and West ; the native crusader barons were more determined to sustain their alliances with Moslem rulers in the Middle East than to help the next wave of crusaders ( who might themselves claim lands ) . |
| 3 | The second present was a book toke ) a ‘ thank you ’ for having had the pleasure of being President of the Medau Society . |
| 4 | The second change was the rise in inflation which reduced the statutory limits on contributions by more than half . |
| 5 | The second try was the mortal thrust . |
| 6 | ‘ The second blow was a cruel one . ’ |
| 7 | The second sister was the mother of Sir Francis Bacon , and the youngest , Elizabeth came to Bisham as Lady Hoby . |
| 8 | The second cell was the same . |
| 9 | The Second Labour was the destruction of the Lernaean Hydra . |
| 10 | So dim was it under the trees that she had to get close up before she could make certain that the second figure was a nine . |
| 11 | From this to a second fault was a further 30 fathoms , with good copper being worked above and below . |
| 12 | The second boy was a cheerful replica of his mother , his high , red cheeks almost burying his slanted dark eyes . |
| 13 | The second half was a different matter and Sandrock took a grip on the game . |
| 14 | The start of the second half was a disaster for 'Mill , with Englefield equalising straight away . |
| 15 | The second half was a more even affair . |
| 16 | The first half was evenish , but the second half was a whole load of Leeds pressure , with counter-attacks from Norwich . |
| 17 | The second half was the same … all Swindon … the Blues packed the goalmouth and Town could n't find a way through … |
| 18 | the second half was the same … thank heavens for hammond … coming up the save of the game … and he followed that up with another … |
| 19 | The All Blacks won a sterner Third Test against the World side , almost went base-over-apex in the First Test against Ireland , then came back so powerfully the Second Test was a 59–6 mis-match . |
| 20 | The most contentious issue in the early days of the second session was the collegiality of bishops . |
| 21 | The second plan was a modification of this . |
| 22 | At the beginning of this book , the boys had clearly split into two different groups , the first group was uncontrolled , carefree and disorganised and the second group was the opposite , controlled , one unit and almost like an army . |
| 23 | The Second Period was the time during which was laid down the evidence the nature of which has been revealed by men such as Charles Darwin and others , who gave to the world an understanding of the way in which evolution has operated through thousands of millions of years . |
| 24 | A second body was the Protestant Dissenting Deputies which had been founded in 1732 and was , by the end of the nineteenth century , healthier than its older friend although The Christian World noted in 1901 that it ‘ seems to have fallen on evil days ’ . |
| 25 | The second job was a repeat performance . |
| 26 | The second obstacle was the nature of China itself ; the geographical size of the country , the way in which it traditionally operated , and , above all , its disunity . |
| 27 | The second initiative was a decision to completely overhaul the emergency plan which would be used should an accident at Hinkley Point spread radiation outside the site boundary . |
| 28 | The second interrogator was the hearty man of the day before . |
| 29 | The second theme was the adoption of a ‘ just deserts ’ approach based on the principle of proportional punishment as the primary aim of sentencing , though this was qualified in respect of certain types of offence by the third theme which was based on the retention of the now-familiar bifurcatory or twin-track approach to sentencing . |
| 30 | The second rally was an attempt to help Inkatha counter the impact of the mass meetings being held by the ANC following its unbanning and the release of Nelson Mandela in February 1990 [ see pp. 37232-34 ] . |