Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] second place " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only the owner was excluded from the common knowledge at Kempton that day : that her horse had been wrestled into second place by an apprentice who could n't anticipate the obvious . |
| 2 | IN WHAT is becoming a very fast ride across the wastes of the Southern Ocean , Lawrie Smith 's Rothmans has moved into second place in the Whitbread Round the World Race . |
| 3 | Lawrie Smith 's Rothmans has moved into second place in the Whitbread Round the World Race . |
| 4 | Bohunt have moved into second place in the division , but are 65 points behind Grange ‘ A ’ with two matches each to play . |
| 5 | Alex Ferguson 's title favourites moved into second place , just three points behind Norwich and look a generous bet at their new odds of 7-4 . |
| 6 | In North Division moved into second place with a 24–12 win Hartlepool whose outstanding player , full back Marty Saunders , scored a consolation try , Alan Calvert adding the conversion and two penalties . |
| 7 | Thornton Rangers moved into second place in division three when they defeated Sunblest 20 , John Thomas and Brian Hoare scoring , while John Hillier hit a hattrick for Jawbone in a 4-2 win over Racecourse . |
| 8 | Unfortunately , as viewers discovered , John and Pam were pipped into second place , but they would n't have missed the experience for anything . |
| 9 | The MIR-ADN alliance failed to win La Paz , being pushed into second place by the Conscience of the Fatherland party ( Conciencia de Patria — CONDEPA ) ; the National Revolutionary Movement ( Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario ( Histórico ) — MNR ) came third . |
| 10 | Chairman , instead of primarily addressing the issues of overspending on the education budget and the future of the elderly persons ' homes and also the securing of a secure unit these are pushed into second place when the Labour group can see the opportunity of headline grabbing and satisfying their overriding need to tell everyone how to live . |
| 11 | Jose-Maria Olazabal , one of five players who finished equal 72nd in a field of 78 at New Orleans , has jumped into second place . |
| 12 | Three bureau tied for second place by delivering on the 19th ; P's & Q's , The Setting Studio and The Last Word . |
| 13 | It is a tall order for someone so new to the professional ranks , but one which could never be construed as being beyond a competitor who , as an amateur , tied for second place behind Greg Norman in the Australian Masters at Huntingdale at the start of this season and who also finished in the top 10 in the English Open at The Belfry . |
| 14 | She was still able to play in the event and eventually finished tied for second place behind Beth daniel . |
| 15 | Kelly finished fourth overall , ousted from second place by Mottet and Wegmuller , and came close to losing the King of the Mountains honour . |
| 16 | Education officials readily admitted that a decade of Sandinista rule had not yet resolved ‘ the cultural problem we have inherited of women being relegated to second place ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ You are saying that you were again relegated to second place , my lord ? ’ |
| 18 | Although women are a primary focus of many psychological investigations of the family , for instance , they tend to be relegated to second place in biological explanations of the results . |
| 19 | The issue dominated the meeting and discussion on the ongoing peace process in Cambodia was relegated to second place . |
| 20 | Elswick , led by second place M45 Harry Matthews , won the team event at the North Eastern Vets Cross-Country Championships . |
| 21 | Why was this allowed to happen ; or to put it another way , why were issues of distribution within society put into second place ? |
| 22 | ‘ C ’ who are also promoted in second place . |
| 23 | Julian Anderson , last year 's British winner and the fastest man on the water , finished in second place after tangling with a submerged rope with former world champion Mark Wood third . |
| 24 | The leader was overtaken in the reckless dash straight down the fell , and eventually finished in second place . |
| 25 | The Ulster veterans also retained their title beating Leinster 5–2 in the final match but the U-21 squad lost 6–0 to Leinster and finished in second place . |
| 26 | Beaten into second place by his team-mate Rene Arnoux in the 1982 French Grand Prix , he pulled into a service station on his way home only for the attendant to mistake him for his rival . |
| 27 | He organised a presidential election in the first round of which , on March 10th , he was beaten into second place by his prime minister , Nicéphore Soglo . |
| 28 | Pistolet Blue , the 1991 Arc de Triomphe third , was surprisingly beaten into second place by Fortune 's Wheel in the Prix d'Harcourt at Longchamp yesterday . |
| 29 | Manufacturing systems manager Phil Knapper said : ‘ Congratulations to both factories for setting such high standards and also to Mason 's Ironstone who were beaten into second place by just one point . |
| 30 | Bowden was beaten into second place by Dublin 's Eamonn Byrne after he suffered a line penalty on the seventh test . |