Example sentences of "[adv] take 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 | With this government any issues soon take second place to being seen to win . |
| 3 | Although the doctor 's status in the sick-room was rising , he still took second place to the clergyman . |
| 4 | In the grammar schools , the practical always took second place . |
| 5 | They write of the purpose behind the Nottinghamshire teams as involving the explicit premise that casework and service coordination at the level of individual clients should logically take second place to the creation of more adequate service infrastructure — at least in the first instance ( Wistow and Wray , p 16 ) Developmental teams of the Notts kind , then , might be expected to place priority on establishing a range of new services , " accommodation services , adult placement schemes , family support services , play schemes , parent groups and Further Education courses " ( Wray and Wistow , op cit ) . |
| 6 | UNITA also took second place in the legislative elections . |
| 7 | Does this mean that his family now takes second place again ? |
| 8 | Since she was utterly devoted to my father , her children inevitably took second place . |
| 9 | Since the introduction of those fiddly little 5p 's the position has changed and 1p 's now take second place . |
| 10 | Furthermore , it raises yet again the economic and political implications which too frequently take second place to other matters but which are of the greatest importance for West Belfast . |
| 11 | Sheikh Mohammed 's Bridal Toast , who finished powerfully to take second place could have more scope to progress as a Derby contender . |
| 12 | Third was the Dublin City Harrier Mary Brayley , who is based in Cambridge and is a familiar face at Ballycotton , having previously taken second place in 1987 and 1988 . |
| 13 | His sacred music of the period bears witness to the new restrictions imposed by the archbishop , who felt that music in the context of a church service should definitely take second place to devotion . |
| 14 | Part-time soldiering essentially took second place to a full-time job , and it was impossible to make the TA work as anything apart from a weekend occupation . |