Example sentences of "took second " in BNC.
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| 1 | All around the conference centre , the message was the same from all but the largely isolated activists of the hard-left : differences on the detail of Neil Kinnock 's policy review took second place to its status as Labour 's only route-map to political power . |
| 2 | Helping punters outwit the bookies is something that gives Brittain real pleasure and he recalls with pride how an acquaintance made an exceptionally nice profit when the trainer 's Terimon took second place to Nashwan in this year 's Derby . |
| 3 | Partisanship took second place when it had an influence at all , and often it did not . |
| 4 | Always in English history bishops were chosen for national reasons and the diocese took second place . |
| 5 | Nissan of Bailey and Blundell put up a strong challenge and took second ( above left ) . |
| 6 | ‘ Graham took second place at Watkins Glen before we went to South Africa for the last race . |
| 7 | With Eddie Warden Owen 11th in Canon Express , Britain took second place . |
| 8 | Although the doctor 's status in the sick-room was rising , he still took second place to the clergyman . |
| 9 | As they poured into Westminster from remote corners of the Scottish highlands and seats in the English shires ( fifty-nine of the government supporters had attended less than one tenth of the sittings of the house in that session ) , it was clear that those who had championed the House of Lords as a place where party discipline took second place to wisdom had an altogether too rosy view of things . |
| 10 | Nicolson took second place by virtue of that second-round 69 . |
| 11 | Major , The Speech took second place to Major , The Showbiz Hero at a glamour rally to launch the final week of campaigning . |
| 12 | Carroll took second ; Pottz was out . |
| 13 | In the grammar schools , the practical always took second place . |
| 14 | Last year , for the first time , it produced more computers than Hitachi , and took second place in the field to Fujitsu . |
| 15 | However , these organisations drew the bulk of their support from the Marcher territories , where anti-Semitism took second place to the fight against Polish influence . |
| 16 | The course record-holder Jerry Kiernan , from Clonliffe Harriers , who clocked 47:04 in 1983 , took second place in one of the closest finishes in years . |
| 17 | When , however , the Americans won the competition with the ‘ giant step for mankind ’ in 1969 , the peaceful application of space exploration took second place to the development of spy satellites and military innovations . |
| 18 | In the senior recurve section S Culverhouse of Deben took second place and J Lamb also of Deben took fourth place . |
| 19 | Part-time soldiering essentially took second place to a full-time job , and it was impossible to make the TA work as anything apart from a weekend occupation . |
| 20 | We reckoned that the British Army was the most professional in the world and that it had been influential in training the South African and Israeli armies who we thought took second and third place . |
| 21 | However , toilet training took second place to skill with weapons or natural aggression . |
| 22 | Since she was utterly devoted to my father , her children inevitably took second place . |
| 23 | Aberration , if it occurred , was not recorded , and the female line took second place . |
| 24 | Field Marshal had two quartets entered in the competition , and their ‘ B ’ set took second place on 64 . |
| 25 | Behind Fletcher and Erwin in class two , Robert Jameson and Ivor Copeland took second place as well as sixth overall in their Sierra . |
| 26 | In the Channel 1 class the leading boats from last weekend 's Beaufort Dyke Off-shore Race should feature strongly including the J Class Jacana owned by Maurice Flowers of Ballyholme Yacht Club , the race-winner and Roy Hamilton 's Commanche Raider from Carrick Sailing Club who took second place last weekend . |
| 27 | At the finish it was Mike Edwards from Wigan who presented the major threat and took second place . |
| 28 | After a hectic five laps Milling took second spot as Welshman Ian Lougher came from behind to take third , ahead of Alan Irwin . |
| 29 | The Lifford Company , whose Passing Day took second prize also won the supporting actor and actress trophies — for Aussie Bryson ( Looney ) and Anne Shiels ( Mrs Fibbs ) . |
| 30 | UNITA also took second place in the legislative elections . |