Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] second " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their differences are henceforth to take second place to the fight against Mr Hussein 's regime . |
| 2 | When in the last quarter of the century , the natural history collections were moved to the new building in South Kensington , and had no longer to play second fiddle to the historical parts and the library , then the number of jobs increased and the scope for research improved . |
| 3 | A new version of Internist , called Caduceus should be available for clinical use , probably to give second opinions , by the end of the decade . |
| 4 | Cross stile just before bottom of rise and immediately turn left to cross second stile . |
| 5 | Away from the cut and thrust of soccer management , Bates knew how to keep second wife Pam in her place . |
| 6 | Sheikh Mohammed 's Bridal Toast , who finished powerfully to take second place could have more scope to progress as a Derby contender . |
| 7 | There is no general evidence as yet to link second home ownership with house price increases ( de Vane 1975 ) , but in local instances this has undoubtedly happened on a property-for-property basis , and it is easy to be convinced that dire housing consequences can come about for the ‘ traditional ’ rural population . |