Example sentences of "for the second time in [adj] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 For the second time in two days she had been bought and sold .
3 Jasbir Singh was stopped for the second time in two days driving his blue Ford Escort van .
4 The Beazer Homes League visitors have displayed a knack this season of stealing last-gasp cup match goals , and it was another 89th minute affair which helped check Cornard for the second time in two months .
5 OUSTED councillor Ralph Knight has been snubbed for the second time in two months by members of his own party , it was revealed last night .
6 FOUR-year-old Lucy Gill saved her epileptic dad Liam for the second time in two weeks by dialling 999 when he fell at their West Bromwich home .
7 Neil 's PR is now at the door , signalling frantically for the second time in two minutes .
8 Q For the second time in two months , my four-month-old daughter 's head and neck have become ‘ stuck ’ on one side , making her look awkward and uncomfortable .
9 AMATEUR drama lovers have vowed the show will go on despite being bombed out of the venue for their drama finals for the second time in two days .
10 Personnel of the Operation Life-Line Sudan programme had on March 31 been forced by fighting to leave Bor for the second time in two weeks , although some 6,000 malnourished children were being fed from that distribution point .
11 The woodland shimmered , was still — a moment 's stifling summer silence , then the howl of the new season , a freezing wind bringing death and shedding so that for the second time in two minutes the land was drenched with fallen leaves and snow .
12 For the second time in two days I 'm hearing the usually benevolent lioness growl , ’ she said .
13 This man who , for the second time in two days , had come to her aid !
14 A used car dealer is offering a ten thousand pound reward to track down arsonists who 've attacked his premises for the second time in two weeks .
15 Oxfordshire side Bicester are already on their way to Twickenham for the second time in two years .
16 For the second time in one day , she was with Mandy and the male attention was focused on her .
17 Worried managers made the decision after the computer crashed for the second time in 10 days .
18 JANSHER KHAN narrowly avoided a ban but was fined for the second time in six weeks by the International Squash Players Association yesterday — and lost ranking points which may cost him his world No.1 spot .
19 In one area houses were flooded for the second time in six weeks , and residents are demanding the council take action to provide adequate drainage .
20 PETER Shreeves was sacked by Spurs for the second time in six years yesterday .
21 The defeat of the Labour Party for the second time in 1983 had been blamed largely on the media campaign which had glorified the Falklands , hammered Foot , and unleashed a campaign of unprecedented vitriol against Livingstone 's GLC and the ‘ Loony Left ’ .
22 Loughlin , who broke his arm for the second time in 16 months on Great Britain 's summer tour Down Under , is in the centres after 10 minutes as sub in last Friday 's League defeat at Wheldon Road .
23 ‘ Arsenal always win something ’ went the saying after they won the Cup for the second time in 1936 .
24 Not a snap or a twang , but the hamstring had gone for the second time in successive matches .
25 CAMBRIDGE survived a frantic succession of alarms and excursions to win the 108th University Match and lift the Bowring Bowl for the second time in five seasons at Twickenham yesterday .
26 I did the business with my camera , now there was plenty of light with the barn doors open , and was in the process of replacing the tarpaulin when the alarm bells went off and scared the hell out of me for the second time in five minutes .
27 ARSONISTS have struck for the second time in five days at a Middlesbrough park .
28 With the federal government under increasing strain , Yugoslavia devalued the dinar for the second time in four months , this time by 31% .
29 Others are less clear without some explanation : an attacker was known as ‘ the Bizarre Beast ’ because of the strange clothing he wore , which included a gas mask and a dress ( Star ) ; however , no explanation was needed why a sex fiend who struck near a university for the second time in four days was known as ‘ The Balaclava Rapist ’ ( Sun ) .
30 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 .
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