second - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • knock: She did herself and Clevedon proud on Monday 1st August by knocking almost 4 seconds off her PB in the 200m Freestyle event.
  • take: Note it will probably take a few seconds to render!
  • come: Mocap applied overall at 100 kg/ha came a close second with a yield saving of 6.8 t/ha.

Adjective modifier

  • few: In the following few seconds I think Richard invented a new sport; climbing wall running!
  • close: Mocap applied overall at 100 kg/ha came a close second with a yield saving of 6.8 t/ha.
  • several: I was caught on the lip for several seconds, the water whipping away my breath and drumming hard on my helmet.

Modifies a noun

  • half: Quiet second half, broken up by a lot of Bolton changes.
  • edition: A useful addition to the second edition was a symbol to indicate which pubs welcome dogs.
  • phase: The final second phase LAA pilot sign off is expected in March 2006.
  • floor: You'll find us on the Second floor of the Students ' Union Main Building.
  • round: Proposed motion for a second round of speeches: Motion fails almost unanimously.
  • quarter: The company said that net new home orders for the first two months of the second quarter fell 41 % from a year ago.

Used with adjective complement

  • finish: THE PLATE Tough competition followed the round robin rounds with the overall plate winner going to Stan Smith with Derek Shaw finishing second.
  • rank: Resources: In the nineteenth century, Glasgow was ranked second after London as a commercial and cultural center of the British Empire.
  • come: Clark was to prove a quick learner coming second to Colin Chapman, the man soon to become his employer.

Noun used with modifier

  • forty: We stood inside the room for fully forty seconds, and the odd old gentleman did not look at us.

Preposition: in

  • command: Villeneuve, who commanded the Franco-Spanish fleet, had been second in command at the Battle of the Nile.
  • series: Typically, I read the second in the series - Paladin of Souls - first.

Preposition: from

  • left: Select the " subtract " option - second from the left as indicated below.

Preposition: since

  • epoch: The epoch seconds information is used to delete old orders and represents the number of seconds since the epoch ( Jan.

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