Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [num ord] place " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gerald Grosvenor has to take fourth place behind Paul Raymond 's property and sex magazine publishing empire . |
| 2 | Given such co-operation , the main constituents of a full , rewarding life are available within the community , and cash farming can begin to take second place to the production of local needs . |
| 3 | Unfortunately , Central News has had to take second place to Project Video ( which we are shooting at the moment ) but we are aiming for October 1989 publication for Central News 1 ( video and book ) and January 1990 for Central News 2 ( video and book ) . |
| 4 | Somehow all these less exciting duties had had to take second place to the social events Aubrey and Madeleine were constantly arranging for his entertainment . |
| 5 | In general , however , the needs of tropical territories meshed into the modern economic order , have meant that the first wave of human invaders in the rain forest have had to take second place to the exploitation of the second wave . |
| 6 | That is his strength — but also his weakness , since music tends to take second place and leave him locked in a radical cabaret slot from which he is unlikely to emerge . |
| 7 | England have never been beaten in this annual event , but the Scots will be aiming to retain second place ahead of Ireland and Wales . |
| 8 | I am referring to the machine tool industry , which is a key industry now suffering and struggling to keep seventh place in the world . |
| 9 | This time Orme finished third but the surprise packet of the race was Mick Lofthouse who was in the lead for a large part of the four laps before having to take second place to Dunlop . |
| 10 | Fun would have to take second place to the serious business of home-making and saving money . |
| 11 | ‘ May I remind you that you will frequently have to take second place to the demands of my work ? ’ |
| 12 | Joey managed to fill third place behind Scots rider Jim Moodie , who joined Carl Fogarty in scoring his first ever North-West win . |
| 13 | THE WORLD 'S Olympic athletes were last night forced to take second place here … snubbed so that TV might make another extravaganza of the closing ceremony . |
| 14 | Early in marriage a re-ordering of priorities is necessary , and some couples can run into trouble if their commitment to , or dependence upon , healthy robust parents can not be allowed to take second place to their commitment to their new partner . |
| 15 | Playing in the biggest entry of the day in Grade Three , Ballynahinch Pipe Band with Pipe Major Ian Jess , had 2 3/4 points to spare to take first place . |
| 16 | Indeed global trade liberalization soon had to take second place to the search for regional solutions — notably in Europe . |
| 17 | Important work had to take first place . |
| 18 | On the other hand , I am a girl who likes a bit of old-fashioned interest taken in her , and I do get cheesed when I have to take second place , especially when it 's to a dead widow of seventy-odd … ’ |
| 19 | Although I suppose we could say that you 're supporting me , since you employ me , but , unlike the gentleman cads of those sepia-tinted days , you might find you occasionally have to take second place to the demands of your mistress 's work ! ’ |
| 20 | Still I suppose I have to take second place to your work . ’ |
| 21 | In these forms of academic reflection on politics , empirical observations and explanations of the origins and survival of actual elites tended to take second place . |