Example sentences of "taken second " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Wood 's Wonderful beer mats have taken second place in the British Beermat Collectors ' Society annual popularity poll . |
| 2 | However , religious identity had taken second place to secular nationalism for a whole generation . |
| 3 | With a heavy workload and few specialized staff , for some councils conservation has taken second place . |
| 4 | Third was the Dublin City Harrier Mary Brayley , who is based in Cambridge and is a familiar face at Ballycotton , having previously taken second place in 1987 and 1988 . |
| 5 | A senior manager agreed that because of staff shortages in the flat , planning and development for the women had taken second place to ‘ keeping people afloat ’ . |
| 6 | David Copperfield had taken second place to Great Expectations . |
| 7 | I understand the various accou er professional bodies in the accountancy industry are in fact doing that but I think the government should also do that because it is not just the probity of financial institutions we are concerned about , it is also er the auditing of other commercial concerns and it seems to be that in this case the public interest has taken second place to the government 's wish to do as little as possible , yet again the minister said in the debate that if we were to do anything further in response to a question put by my honourable friend the member for Grimsby , it would need legislation , primary legislation . |
| 8 | ‘ I did n't intend running so quickly early in the race , ’ admitted Hudspith , whose training had taken second place to his studies . |