Example sentences of "[vb -s] second " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | US Copyright Office holds second hearing to gather opinions over droit de suite |
| 3 | Later he has second thoughts . |
| 4 | For reasons Griffin & Sabine ( Macmillan , £12.99 ) can not fathom , she has second sight . |
| 5 | UNIX INTERNATIONAL HAS SECOND EARLY ACCESS VERSION OF SVR4 ES/MP |
| 6 | About 1300 journalists registered at this years ' show , and you have only to read the number of column entries and to hear the radio and to see the television to know that the content of this year 's Royal Show stands second to none in the technical content of agricultural exhibitions across the world . |
| 7 | He is justly recognised by the American Philosophical Society , in whose annals his name stands second only to that of Benjamin Franklin . |
| 8 | Indeed one characteristic of British democracy is that the country is normally ruled by the party that lies second or third in the opinion polls ( if we take averages over all months since polls began , giving each month equal weight ) . |
| 9 | For d'Indy , though , the two-part texture was evidently too thin : he adds second violins and violas , mainly on the off-beats , creating a jolly but anachronistic oom-pah effect . |
| 10 | It was used for the German Grand Prix in 1985 but its return as a championship circuit was shortlived and it now plays second string to the Hockenheim . |
| 11 | ( will remember from last year 's Summer Fayre ! ) plays wing forward and ( known to us as ‘ little ’ — all 6ft 2in of him ! ) plays second row . |
| 12 | The Englishmen , seeded 5/8 , now meets second favourite , Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen for a place in the final . |
| 13 | Phillip Neill also fills second place in the 750 championship , with 109 points to Morrison 's 120 . |
| 14 | Site scoops second award |
| 15 | Getty buys second great religious Rubens |
| 16 | Steep upper arm , straight stifles , lacks second thigh . |
| 17 | Tennis : Jones fears second lightning bolt |
| 18 | Does this mean that his family now takes second place again ? |
| 19 | Soccer : Whelan hits late goal to frustrate Portsmouth Liverpool force FA Cup semi-final replay as John Byrne scores the winner that takes Second Division Sunderland to Wembley |
| 20 | What is seen takes second place to the act of seeing . |
| 21 | But this is probably better than some of the attempts that have been made deliberately to exploit the natural human interest in such a tragic event with supposedly factual accounts of the eruption , in which accurate reportage takes second place to lurid , entirely hypothetical detail . |
| 22 | A country in which respect for law and order takes second place to the problems of some illiterate chocco . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ assess the extent to which the school 's aims have been furthered ’ takes second place to ‘ examine the success of the implementation of the plan ’ . |
| 24 | Tongues loosen and caution takes second place to bravado . |
| 25 | If we prove something to our own satisfaction , we can release our energies for finding out about the subject : proving it to others takes second place . |
| 26 | The opening chorus of No. 140 , for example , is a very dramatic affair yet this aspect of Bach 's art takes second place to refinement of articulation and gracefulness of phrase . |
| 27 | There is , in the minds of consumers , the automatic belief that quality takes second place whether this is true or not . |
| 28 | I discuss this issue often with tourists I take trekking in rural Nepal , and my line is that the photograph takes second place to the opportunity for personal contact and an understanding of the culture . |
| 29 | What is important to a large majority of people takes second place to the market . |
| 30 | I love my music , but I can tell you it takes second place in my life . |