Example sentences of "come [art] [adj] second " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bazin , 60 , a former World Bank economist , had been the candidate of the right-wing Movement for the Establishment of Democracy in Haiti ( MIDH ) in the presidential elections of December 1990 [ see pp. 37911-12 ] , when he had come a distant second behind Aristide . |
| 2 | Despite having come a close second to every junior side in the county at least once over the years , as the senior side in the tournament it is hardly surprising that Athletico should have done remarkably well . |
| 3 | The passenger has always come a poor second to the operational integrity of the system . |
| 4 | The Liberal Democrat 's leaflet contains the customary barefaced lie : ‘ In the last four elections , local and national , we have come a good second . ’ |
| 5 | As a Mitsubishi dealer , I 'd remind you that this car won the 1989 Lombard RAC Rally and came a close second last year . |
| 6 | British Telecom partly-paid came a close second , volumes hitting 53m as the shares firmed 19 to 1191/2 ( after touching 126p ) . |
| 7 | Uncle Nick came a close second , Robin and Jenny joint thirds ; thinking of them all , Ruth ached with homesickness . |
| 8 | From left were Peter Marshall of Pitman Publishing ( third , 1.71 days ) ; Wendy Edge of International Thomson ( who came a close second with 1.68 days , and appeared to be very much the people 's choice ) ; Colin Marshall of Leicester University Bookshop ( who was responsible for collating the results and who collected the award on behalf of the absent Butterworth Law ) ; and Derek Hall of Addison-Wesley ( fourth , 1.72 days ) . |
| 9 | The Democratic Left Alliance , a party of former Communists , came a close second to the post-Solidarity party of former Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki , the Democratic Union . |
| 10 | She says the Liberal Democrats came a close second last time and believes the mood on the ground is one of dissatisfaction with the Conservatives which will give her the swing needed to gain the seat . |
| 11 | Unfortunately that was n't to be , I er we came a good second but there you go . |
| 12 | The Irish may have scored socially but they came a poor second on the field because , says DON CAMERON , they were not prepared for the speed and the impact of the N.Z. game . |
| 13 | ‘ Then I found out that I came a poor second to the real love of her life — money . |
| 14 | On the river the Emma Louise was making good speed … but at five mph , she came a worthy second … |
| 15 | In NME , it came a bad second to Cliff Richard 's sore throat and his summer season at the Palace Theatre , London . |
| 16 | One fundamental characteristic of professional people ( including those who are the most successful ) is to put technical excellence in their own field first , everything else coming a poor second . |
| 17 | The Socialists would come a poor second with 26.5% ; the Communists could expect no more than 7% . |
| 18 | In the real world political initiatives come a poor second to security considerations . |
| 19 | The feeling persists that sport is still of peripheral concern when the parties make their manifesto pledges ; that in the struggle with the arts for the hearts , minds ( and pockets ) of politicians , it comes a poor second , but that government is more than happy to accept the millions of pounds in various forms of tax generated by this ‘ art of the masses ’ . |
| 20 | It is true though , that where waters are absolutely saturated with maggots , even bread comes a poor second . |
| 21 | Profit comes a distant second . |
| 22 | Sea bream , with shallot and red wine sauce , comes a close second in the restaurant . |
| 23 | Acid House comes a close second to football fans in the tabloids ' top ten of moral panics . |
| 24 | The rose family ( Rosaceae ) comes a close second and the Scrophulariaceae , of which mullein and eyebright are members , is another . |
| 25 | That comes a close second after ‘ shamus ’ as my least favourite euphemism . |
| 26 | Berkshire comes a close second . |
| 27 | Berkshire comes a close second . |