Example sentences of "[noun sg] for [num ord] place " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think there will be a healthy scrap for 2nd place in this constituency . |
| 2 | Scotland can reverse the earlier defeat in Berne and bring Roy Hodgson 's team into the scrap for second place . ’ |
| 3 | Warrington professional Derrick Cooper completed his 13th season on the tour with £72,000 in official prize money for 70th place in the order , an improvement of 13 places from last year but well behind his best season , 1989 , when he finished 19th . |
| 4 | Solent look booked for the Division Three title but the battle for second place may run on until the final game . |
| 5 | In the opening 250 race Robert Dunlop stayed well clear of a hectic battle for second place behind him . |
| 6 | There was a keen battle for second place between Kershaw and Brunskill , but the Newton Aycliffe runner faded in the later stages , being overtaken by Crook veteran John Dennis . |
| 7 | Sec. 's team made a strong run at the post and just pipped Russell Mulford 's team for second place . |
| 8 | Michele Alboreto , of Italy , claimed a welcome and rare point for sixth place in the Footwork Mugen Honda . |
| 9 | Percy established themselves as leaders of Durham Northumberland Division Two with their 9–6 win Hartlepool to fight it out on points differential for second place . |
| 10 | CARL FOGARTY predicts a race for second place against the Grand Prix Harris Yamaha of Preston rider Kevin Mitchell in next week 's North West 200 Superbike battle . |
| 11 | The race for second place and a crack at Europe next year is still very wide open . |
| 12 | Throughout , Makoto Namba kept the mainsail setting beautifully but the odds were insurmountable and Nippon must now win her last three races while there is a three way tie for second place . |
| 13 | He ended up with another sub-par round and the leader board showed him in a tie for second place behind Carlssen , who had played another superb round to be nine under par . |
| 14 | A course of antibiotics enabled him to continue and he ended up in a tie for second place alongside Jose Maria Olazabal . |
| 15 | Hammond Wilde had been adamant that if a tie for first place forced a ‘ sudden death ’ play-off he would not allow the leaders to disappear out on the course . |
| 16 | In the Drum Major Senior event , there was a tie for first place between John Noble ( Scotland ) and Alan McBride ( N. Ireland ) with the verdict going to the Scotsman . |
| 17 | Twice he needed to have attention from a doctor on the course but battled on to record a four under par 66 which was good enough to leave him in a tie for 9th place , nine shots behind the winner , Eduardo Romero from the Argentine . |
| 18 | The former English Amateur Champion , who was one of the heroes in the winning Walker Cup team at Peachtree , missed the cut in his professional debut in the German Masters and won just 1395 in the Swiss Open at Crans-sur-Sierre , but , at Walton Heath , he finished in a tie for sixth place alongside Scotland 's Ross Drummond to win £11,375 . |
| 19 | American Curtis Strange finished in a tie for 16th place , 11 shots behind the winner . |
| 20 | There will be secondhand equipment sales in a boat jumble , demonstrations of equipment by Pyranha , Mobile Adventure , Ainsworth , Outdoor Leisure Supplies , Palm and Wild-Water , a film and slide show about a first descent in Nepal , a pig roast and a Bat and open canoe slalom with prizes from the manufacturers ( possibly a kayak for first place ) . |
| 21 | the Racing Post did not mention him at all in its main preview of the race ; and the official Cheltenham racecard form guide nominated him ‘ more of a candidate for last place than first ’ . |
| 22 | Desert Orchid was beaten , but ahead of him two brave steeplechasers were fighting out a stirring finish , and fifty yards from the line the no-hoper , the candidate for last place rather than first , stuck his plain-looking chestnut head in front and kept it there . |
| 23 | More of a candidate for last place than first . |
| 24 | The prize fund for first place is split into two parts — £2000 to the driver finishing on top of the leaderboard and another £1000 to the first car home using unleaded fuel . |
| 25 | Suddenly , after battling all season with Manchester City for third place in the First Division , the Wednesday player-manager finds that finishing second is now more than just a pipe dream . |
| 26 | In the play-off for third place — $36,666 ( £22,773 ) per man - England beat Ireland 2-1 . |
| 27 | In a sprint for second place at the finish it was the German pair who had the most power left . |
| 28 | Charlesworth 's Britannia team-mate Matthew Illingworth took the bunch sprint for fifth place from Denmark 's Christian Andersen , with Lillywhite next . |
| 29 | The winner was the National Trust for Scotland visitor centre at Brodick Castle with the Red Cross Centre at Irvine taking the Commendation for second place . |