Example sentences of "[noun] took second " in BNC.
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| 1 | All around the conference centre , the message was the same from all but the largely isolated activists of the hard-left : differences on the detail of Neil Kinnock 's policy review took second place to its status as Labour 's only route-map to political power . |
| 2 | Always in English history bishops were chosen for national reasons and the diocese took second place . |
| 3 | The fleet of balloons studding the Swindon skyline took second place to the collision but the organisers were trying to get a message across . |
| 4 | ‘ Graham took second place at Watkins Glen before we went to South Africa for the last race . |
| 5 | The Lifford Company , whose Passing Day took second prize also won the supporting actor and actress trophies — for Aussie Bryson ( Looney ) and Anne Shiels ( Mrs Fibbs ) . |
| 6 | After a hectic five laps Milling took second spot as Welshman Ian Lougher came from behind to take third , ahead of Alan Irwin . |
| 7 | Carroll took second ; Pottz was out . |
| 8 | Partisanship took second place when it had an influence at all , and often it did not . |
| 9 | Helping punters outwit the bookies is something that gives Brittain real pleasure and he recalls with pride how an acquaintance made an exceptionally nice profit when the trainer 's Terimon took second place to Nashwan in this year 's Derby . |
| 10 | With Eddie Warden Owen 11th in Canon Express , Britain took second place . |
| 11 | However , toilet training took second place to skill with weapons or natural aggression . |
| 12 | Aberration , if it occurred , was not recorded , and the female line took second place . |
| 13 | However , these organisations drew the bulk of their support from the Marcher territories , where anti-Semitism took second place to the fight against Polish influence . |
| 14 | Picture Editor Stephen Shakeshaft took second place in this category . |
| 15 | Behind Fletcher and Erwin in class two , Robert Jameson and Ivor Copeland took second place as well as sixth overall in their Sierra . |
| 16 | When , however , the Americans won the competition with the ‘ giant step for mankind ’ in 1969 , the peaceful application of space exploration took second place to the development of spy satellites and military innovations . |
| 17 | In the senior recurve section S Culverhouse of Deben took second place and J Lamb also of Deben took fourth place . |
| 18 | As they poured into Westminster from remote corners of the Scottish highlands and seats in the English shires ( fifty-nine of the government supporters had attended less than one tenth of the sittings of the house in that session ) , it was clear that those who had championed the House of Lords as a place where party discipline took second place to wisdom had an altogether too rosy view of things . |
| 19 | Nicolson took second place by virtue of that second-round 69 . |
| 20 | Major , The Speech took second place to Major , The Showbiz Hero at a glamour rally to launch the final week of campaigning . |
| 21 | Field Marshal had two quartets entered in the competition , and their ‘ B ’ set took second place on 64 . |