Example sentences of "the second [noun sg] in [num] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second election in two years was fixed for July . |
| 2 | Wang also announced an increase of nearly 12 per cent in military spending for 1991 , the second increase in two years , saying that the extra money was needed for the modernization of weapons and equipment . |
| 3 | The clash marked only the second occasion in 70 years on which police had opened fire on a white crowd . |
| 4 | For the second time in two years , the Dutch government has drawn up plans to price cars off the roads to ease the Netherlands ' growing problems of congestion and air pollution . |
| 5 | Oxfordshire side Bicester are already on their way to Twickenham for the second time in two years . |
| 6 | It 's the second time in two years a ban has been considered — last time the council threw it out . |
| 7 | This is the second time in two years that Strathclyde has threatened to halt work on the Ayr Road Route . |
| 8 | Kevin Tamati 's Red Devils hosted and won the Salford Sevens for the second time in four years at The Willows yesterday . |
| 9 | The very need to do this — for the second time in four years — testifies to a certain degree of insecurity within the minds of the Soviet leaders that their recent gains in terms of strategic power could easily be snatched from them . |
| 10 | The Edinburgh team , missing Tony Hand with an injured wrist , could now fail to reach Wembley for only the second time in nine years . |
| 11 | Murrayfield Racers , with just a point from three games , appear destined to miss Wembley for only the second time in nine years , but were unlucky to lose 5-4 at Durham . |
| 12 | The assault on Panama marks the second time in six years that the US has employed its military forces against a country in the hemisphere . |
| 13 | PETER Shreeves was sacked by Spurs for the second time in six years yesterday . |
| 14 | He had just won the competitive Cambridgeshire Handicap for the second time in three years . |
| 15 | Mr Stringer , a most gracious loser despite experiencing the disappointment of missing out at the penultimate stage for the second time in three years , asked : ‘ What more do you have to do to prove yourself . ’ |
| 16 | JULIE BOND enjoyed an extraordinary run of serving success to guide Woolwich Brixton to the Royal Bank National League title for the second time in three years . |
| 17 | There was sympathy too for Floyd , who at 49 had the chance of becoming the oldest champion and now runner-up for the second time in three years . |
| 18 | The senior men's/junior ladies section was won , for the second time in three years , by Ashley Canning/Alison Parker of Grayshott ( - 12 ) . |
| 19 | News of her absence from Wimbledon , for the second time in three years , was greeted sympathetically from All England Club officials . |
| 20 | I would wish warmly to join in congratulating the hon. Gentleman 's constituent on his 80th birthday , particularly as , next month , the income support premium for the over-80s will be raised in real terms for the second time in three years . |
| 21 | CATRIONA Lambert dominated today 's final of the Scottish Women 's Championship to take the title for the second time in three years . |
| 22 | In 1941 , after a brief and inauspicious period of Vichy French rule , Lebanon was again occupied by Allied armies ; it was the second time in 24 years that British troops had crossed the southern frontier from Palestine . |
| 23 | Swan put Hull ahead with a close-range shot , but Plymouth , who dropped their captain , Tommy Tynan , for only the second time in seven years , equalised throughCampbell before Terry hit Hull 's winner . |
| 24 | The switch has surprised Wembley , who expected a home game against Spain , and has disappointed the Spanish FA , who hoped they were being invited to London for only the second time in 20 years . |
| 25 | If the women really are changing the parturition rules for the second time in ten years , it is probably more to keep the men on the hop than anything else — just as black people keep changing the name you are allowed to call them in order to keep whitey on his toes . |