Example sentences of "the second [det] " in BNC.

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1 Five hundred years on , the Seldon plan is working too well to be true : the First Foundation deduces ( again ) the existence of the second , the second that of … a third ?
2 The first question concerns the issue of representation ; the second that of processing .
3 During the second that pain lasted , everything was gone .
4 You can not treat the second that way ; it simply affirms for some people a principle it denies to others .
5 Right , so other words one A M on the second that 's right .
6 I tell you I do n't , did n't realise that er Paul and Charlene have said er they can move in by June the second all you 've got ta do is dump everything in there then bugger off to Malaya for the summer and sort out when he gets back !
7 This was the second such call in two years and both took place after dark .
8 The presentation to Treloar is the second such initiative this month to benefit young people in Hampshire .
9 PENSIONERS joined children at Great Bentley Primary School yesterday for lunch — the second such monthly invitation .
10 The Sale of Goods Act 1979 , only the second such Act to have been passed in this country , replaced the original Sale of Goods Act 1893 .
11 This was only the second such meeting since the revival of Balkan co-operation in 1988 .
12 The entire Council of Ministers then formally resigned , making this the second such formal resignation in two months [ see p. 37958 ] .
13 This was the second such " traffic-light coalition " ( Ampelcoalition ) to be set up at Land level in Germany , after that in Brandenburg [ see p. 37762 ] .
14 This was the second such visit by a US defence delegation in 1992 [ see p. 38727 ] .
15 It was the second such operation by the Rangers , believed to have the anti-terrorist Delta force amongst their ranks , and who were apparently sent into the war-torn town to capture Aideed .
16 This is only the second such case out of 28,000-plus units sold in this country during the past 18 weeks .
17 The group , calling itself Free Colombia , is the second such undercover organisation to have announce its formation this month .
18 This is the second such incident in the last two years , ’ the statement said .
19 CERN , Europe 's centre for research into the fundamental nature of matter , may have pulled off another important discovery — the second this year .
20 This acquisition , part of an aggression expansion plan in Europe , gives Sybase its sixth European subsidiary , the second this year .
21 The second this year from the author of warm-hearted Cockney tales .
22 Here 's a nice letter at last about the second this year I think which is n't bad going !
23 The second this about it , it 's certainly not addictive in any way , it 's not like the barbiturates Valium and so on .
24 Dave Cooke , OCC founder , said he was sickened by the break-in at the depot , the second this year .
25 Erm in t the second most important criterion I would have thought is that it needs to be on a public transport corridor .
26 The Whitchurch one is probably the second most advanced one now after the Victoria , Oswestry ward , but the Oswestry , sorry the Victoria ward instead of Oswestry , and there is a , a , a need , I think Chairman , that I think will be very close now to , to forming a , a , a joint consortium to look at , which goes between the County , er , the District , the Town Council , the Tech , the Rural Development Commission , local businesses in Whitchurch , the local Chamber of Commerce in Whitchurch , to try to pull everybody together , to pool their efforts and resources for the town .
27 region in terms of the general business conditions , or the second most optimistic so it 's not entirely surprising that they now say that they expect to invest on the back of the strength of that optimism .
28 Well I was thinking of things like witchcraft , which would seem a rather a luxury fringe subject , but some of the most fascinating research that 's been done recently in my period of early modern history has been showing how witchcraft erm was the second most important erm crime to come before the courts apart from theft in , in my period , and in exploring why witchcraft had this appeal you 're learning much more about the age .
29 Together they negotiate a solution to the problem , the first speaker A asking the second B to repair the term by making it more specific , and the second several times repairing his own explanation to make it clearer ( capitals indicate stress ) :
30 Holmes scored twice , the second another solo effort , while Shane Tibbetts and Gander both showed a turn of speed as they increase the try tally .
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