Example sentences of "[verb] take second " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a heavy workload and few specialized staff , for some councils conservation has taken second place . |
| 2 | I understand the various accou er professional bodies in the accountancy industry are in fact doing that but I think the government should also do that because it is not just the probity of financial institutions we are concerned about , it is also er the auditing of other commercial concerns and it seems to be that in this case the public interest has taken second place to the government 's wish to do as little as possible , yet again the minister said in the debate that if we were to do anything further in response to a question put by my honourable friend the member for Grimsby , it would need legislation , primary legislation . |
| 3 | What is seen takes second place to the act of seeing . |
| 4 | Given such co-operation , the main constituents of a full , rewarding life are available within the community , and cash farming can begin to take second place to the production of local needs . |
| 5 | Unfortunately , Central News has had to take second place to Project Video ( which we are shooting at the moment ) but we are aiming for October 1989 publication for Central News 1 ( video and book ) and January 1990 for Central News 2 ( video and book ) . |
| 6 | Somehow all these less exciting duties had had to take second place to the social events Aubrey and Madeleine were constantly arranging for his entertainment . |
| 7 | In general , however , the needs of tropical territories meshed into the modern economic order , have meant that the first wave of human invaders in the rain forest have had to take second place to the exploitation of the second wave . |
| 8 | That is his strength — but also his weakness , since music tends to take second place and leave him locked in a radical cabaret slot from which he is unlikely to emerge . |
| 9 | This time Orme finished third but the surprise packet of the race was Mick Lofthouse who was in the lead for a large part of the four laps before having to take second place to Dunlop . |
| 10 | Fun would have to take second place to the serious business of home-making and saving money . |
| 11 | ‘ May I remind you that you will frequently have to take second place to the demands of my work ? ’ |
| 12 | We reckoned that the British Army was the most professional in the world and that it had been influential in training the South African and Israeli armies who we thought took second and third place . |
| 13 | THE WORLD 'S Olympic athletes were last night forced to take second place here … snubbed so that TV might make another extravaganza of the closing ceremony . |
| 14 | Early in marriage a re-ordering of priorities is necessary , and some couples can run into trouble if their commitment to , or dependence upon , healthy robust parents can not be allowed to take second place to their commitment to their new partner . |
| 15 | I 'd spent so much time on my own , sitting watching birds , or reading about them or drawing them , that I did n't make many friends , and those I had took second place to the birds . |
| 16 | However , religious identity had taken second place to secular nationalism for a whole generation . |
| 17 | A senior manager agreed that because of staff shortages in the flat , planning and development for the women had taken second place to ‘ keeping people afloat ’ . |
| 18 | David Copperfield had taken second place to Great Expectations . |
| 19 | ‘ I did n't intend running so quickly early in the race , ’ admitted Hudspith , whose training had taken second place to his studies . |
| 20 | Indeed global trade liberalization soon had to take second place to the search for regional solutions — notably in Europe . |
| 21 | I realised , perhaps more than most , that it would have been so easy to become absorbed and involved with the boat to the extent of the customs work taking second place . |
| 22 | And Wood 's Wonderful beer mats have taken second place in the British Beermat Collectors ' Society annual popularity poll . |
| 23 | On the other hand , I am a girl who likes a bit of old-fashioned interest taken in her , and I do get cheesed when I have to take second place , especially when it 's to a dead widow of seventy-odd … ’ |
| 24 | Although I suppose we could say that you 're supporting me , since you employ me , but , unlike the gentleman cads of those sepia-tinted days , you might find you occasionally have to take second place to the demands of your mistress 's work ! ’ |
| 25 | Still I suppose I have to take second place to your work . ’ |
| 26 | In these forms of academic reflection on politics , empirical observations and explanations of the origins and survival of actual elites tended to take second place . |