Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] second " in BNC.

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1 Another recent open winner , Harry Williams ' Derby hope Pond Pavarotti , whose victory at Brough Park last week helped Sunderland win second place in the inter-track competition , setting a new sectional record of 3.71 seconds , takes on the well known Yorkshire-based open racer Mandys Supreme , which is trained by the unattached Derek Tidswell .
2 Florin Raducioiu scored all four goals as Romania retained second place in group four with a 4–0 victory over the Faroe Islands .
3 Alison Rose second in Italy
4 Finally , he claims that TransTools holds second or third position in the Spanish market behind Oracle and Informix , with the impact of Sybase Corp and Ingres Corp being relatively muted .
5 ‘ Since when has the interest of the United States come second , Pat ? ’
6 As to the three first designs it must be recollected that while the first prize for the Foreign Office was awarded to Messrs. Coe and Hofland , yet they did not compete for the War Office again , while in the opinion of Mr. Burn and that of the assessors , Messrs. Banks and Barry stood first in merit for the Foreign Office ; yet , according to the same opinion , they were unsuccessful for the War Office , while Mr. Scott stood second both for one and the other .
7 THE Senior team from Churcher 's College in Petersfield came second in the district final of the Rotary Club 's Youth Speaks competition on Friday at Southampton University .
8 In 1914 only the United Kingdom sent more of its manufactures to non-European nations than to European ; yet she was also Germany 's best customer , and Germany came second only to India as a buyer of British goods .
9 It is gratifying to report that Chester ranked second only to Manchester as a suitable place to hold a medium-sized conference .
10 Clint Eastwood came second .
11 Oates and team-mate Richard Longman finished second in class of an aggregated result at the end of the two legs .
12 Blackburn went second instead , beating Coventry 3–1 at Ewok Park .
13 Margaret Scally from Ballycastle won second prize in the ‘ Young Film Critic of the Year ’ Competition .
14 Should England come second they would then go to Genoa to play the runners-up from Group B , who are more likely to be Argentina or the Soviet Union than Romania or Cameroun , although this does look the toughest , tightest group of all .
15 The return of Tony Hanson to the team that lost in the last five seconds at Broxbourne could be the inspiration , but with Doncaster playing second placed Oldham and Plymouth at fourth placed Brixton , the two teams above them could well lose ground .
16 Patrese in the other Williams came second and Martin Brundle in the Benetton from Witney , was third .
17 Peter Little won the race and Andy Pitts came second , but I had beaten three others who had originally been selected ahead of me , including Cameron Sharp , who the following year was to have a great outdoor season .
18 Sonia finished second in the overall European Grand Prix series to American hurdler Sandra Farmer Patrick and for that she was handed a cheque for 50,000 dollars .
19 Earlier in the day Joey finished second to brother Robert in the Shell 125cc race after leading for the first three laps .
20 Stranraer have a one point lead in the Second Division with Meadowbank , Alloa and Stenhousemuir sharing second place .
21 Stranraer have a one point lead in the Second Division with Meadowbank , Alloa and Stenhousemuir sharing second place .
22 The overall circuit winner remained Jeremy Bates who had achieved 38 ATP points out of a possible 40 , with Chris Wilkinson placed second with 37 .
23 Graham took second place at Watkins Glen before we went to South Africa for the last race .
24 TV star Bill Cosby comes second with almost £200 million but even singer Michael Jackson only makes it to No 7 , according to black newspaper The Weekly Journal .
25 Joey held second spot for two laps before Robert assumed the mantle .
26 American footballers from Ashington came second .
27 Ian Charnock swam a record time and Ali Wright and Keith Dickinson came second and third behind him .
28 Getty buys second great religious Rubens
29 Alberto Ascari ( Ita ) and Gonzalez finished second and third in the 1951 World Championship but a year later Ascari won the title as Ferrari team-mates Farina ( Ita ) , Taruffi ( Ita ) and Fischer ( Swi ) occupied second , third and fourth places .
30 Carroll took second ; Pottz was out .
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