Example sentences of "taking second " in BNC.
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| 1 | From now on , she told Yeats , romantic passion would be taking second place to political commitment . |
| 2 | In the best cereal-growing areas , arable farming may dominate the scene , with animals and grass taking second place . |
| 3 | The Smiths won best group , top songwriters , fourth and twelfth best LPs , three of the top twenty singles and Marr was top instrumentalist with Morrissey taking second best dressed person , fourth most wonderful human being and an appropriate placing in the ‘ creep of the year ’ award . |
| 4 | Decisions on priorities between these groups can generate some heat , particularly if students come to believe that their needs are taking second place to those of numerically smaller groups of faculty and researchers . |
| 5 | The singer , best known for the classic Great Balls Of Fire , was expected two days ago but was said to be furious at taking second billing in the Giants of Rock 'n' Roll concerts . |
| 6 | It 's tragic that the Health Service is taking second place to a holiday camp . ’ |
| 7 | Taking second ( c ) at 10 o'clock |
| 8 | It 's not unusual for man to be put in this position of taking second place . |
| 9 | I realised , perhaps more than most , that it would have been so easy to become absorbed and involved with the boat to the extent of the customs work taking second place . |
| 10 | Reinforcing this pattern may be the fact that girls in class fall into a role they assume to be the natural order , taking second place to boys . |
| 11 | Thus in patients taking NSAIDs synthesis of LTB 4 was 2.2 ( 0.8–4.5 ) pg/mg ( n=24 ) in those taking second line treatment compared with 0.8 ( 0.0–2.3 ) pg/mg ( n=41 ) in patients not on these drugs ( p<0.006 ) . |
| 12 | In patients taking NSAIDs but not taking second line treatment synthesis of LTB 4 was still significantly higher than in controls ( p<0.005 ) . |
| 13 | Patients taking second line antiarthritic treatment were included in the study . |
| 14 | This is the first time she has won the championship , taking second and third places in previous competitions . |
| 15 | I mean what is the purpose of all this , bringing the cost of living down — I do n't know , a thousand things that politicians pride themselves on doing — it seems to me that they all should be taking second place to the lives that up and coming generations are going to live . |