Example sentences of "taking second place " 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | It 's tragic that the Health Service is taking second place to a holiday camp . ’ |
| 5 | It 's not unusual for man to be put in this position of taking second place . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |