Example sentences of "stand second " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He is justly recognised by the American Philosophical Society , in whose annals his name stands second only to that of Benjamin Franklin . |
| 3 | On the net basis shown in the third column of this table , the UK has frequently stood second only to the USA , lying ahead of France and Germany . |
| 4 | As to the three first designs it must be recollected that while the first prize for the Foreign Office was awarded to Messrs. Coe and Hofland , yet they did not compete for the War Office again , while in the opinion of Mr. Burn and that of the assessors , Messrs. Banks and Barry stood first in merit for the Foreign Office ; yet , according to the same opinion , they were unsuccessful for the War Office , while Mr. Scott stood second both for one and the other . |
| 5 | The Rhondda valleys were now a booming industrial concern , Davies was a millionaire , and the Ocean stood second only to Powell Duffryn as a mass producer of quality Welsh steam coal . |