Example sentences of "[noun sg] come second " in BNC.
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1 | In the Czech Lands Civic Forum won about half the total votes , and in Slovakia PAV emerged as the clear winner , although the latter had been expected until shortly before the election to come second to the CDM . |
2 | A strong challenge anticipated from the fiercely nationalist and right-wing Serbian Renaissance Movement ( SP0 ) failed to materialize : SPO leader Vuk Draskovic took only 20 per cent of the vote to come second in the presidential election , while his party took only 19 seats in the Assembly ( after winning 13 seats in the first round it fought the second round in coalition with other opposition parties ) . |
3 | In fact , Labour came second in seven out of ten council seats , and in the Euro elections , the SLD came fourth behind the Greens . |
4 | ‘ Another is that at international level , scrummaging comes first and activity which may become possible in the loose comes second . |
5 | The hitherto ruling Croatian League of Communists — Party of Democratic Change came second in a field of more than 30 political parties [ the full results will be published in the next News Digest ] . |
6 | Following too close to another vehicle came second in a report by the Automobile Association . |
7 | Surely you have learnt by now that care of equipment comes second only to care of the patients ! ’ |
8 | An England representative team came second in the strongest open tournament of the year in Berne , Switzerland , to break the familiar stranglehold on the top prizes by players from the former Soviet Union . |
9 | But the pub 's other team came second . |
10 | It shows what we 've been saying for a long time , how fragile the markets in this recycling are , and I still stick to what I 've thought all along , that marketing comes first and making the product comes second . |
11 | Adam Smith of Annadale set produced a 13.59 triple jump to come second to Micky McDonald of Ballymena and Antrim who recorded 13.76 metres . |
12 | For example , in one strip the picture of the sun shining came first ( i.e. , on the left ) , and the picture of the snowman melting came second , whereas in the other strip the pictures were arranged in the opposite order . |
13 | Art came second , with more space devoted to it than either maths or language ; it accounted for just over a quarter of all curriculum-specific work areas for younger pupils , and a fifth of those for older pupils . |
14 | There was a woman in hot-pants who won , I ca n't think why , and a man came second who was dressed as a skeleton who climbed out of a coffin and sang . |
15 | The MDF candidate came second with 17.3 per cent . |
16 | The East German won , the Frenchman came second and Allan qualified in third place . |
17 | All this kidolgy comes second nature to two men immersed in football all their lives . |
18 | Among the nine member countries in 1985 the British pension came second to last in what it enabled older people to buy in their own countries . |
19 | NCR Corp 's StarGroup comes second to Vines for Santa Cruz Unix and is regarded as the ‘ premier implementation of LAN Manager ’ by Butler Bloor . |
20 | NCR Corp 's StarGroup comes second to Vines for SCO Unix and is regarded as the ‘ premier implementation of of LAN Manager , ’ by Butler Bloor . |
21 | Decision : the need to deter other people from carrying out similar acts outweighed the effect of the sentence on the appellant 's future prospects : the appellant 's personal position came second to the public interest in deterring others minded to act as he did . |
22 | Gazza 's team-mate Signori came second in the competition , for his goal against Inter Milan , while AC Milan 's Marco Van Basten was third . |
23 | All except the 25 pence of the £4.25 entrance fee goes to the rider coming second . |