Example sentences of "second [adv] to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he says , ‘ Okay , ’ takes a 1-iron and leaves it short of the bunker , and then knocks his second on to the green . |
| 2 | It actually failed to put the price of cigarettes up in the budget last year and most people agree that a high price would be a major disincentive , second only to a heart attack . |
| 3 | Of the instruments of good works listed in the Rule of Saint Benedict , second only to the love of God came the love of humankind , and Cadfael reverenced the Rule above the detailed and meticulous rules . |
| 4 | The earl became the largest landowner in Ireland , and second only to the Duke of Lancaster in England , while his descendants had royal blood in their veins . |
| 5 | Forests and woodlands come second only to the beach as a perfect place for an away-day , with four out of 10 people preferring to picnic in style , at a designated picnic site . |
| 6 | Education was probably a larger issue in the 1964 general election than ever before ( or , it need hardly be added , since ) : the national opinion polls placed it second only to the cost of living . |
| 7 | For twenty years Marcus Judge had been the most powerful figure on Jubilee Wharf , second only to the Wharfmaster himself . |
| 8 | Yet , because of his knowledge , he had powers second only to the president . |
| 9 | He is also the Reiksmarshall of the Empire , commander of all the Empire 's forces , second only to the Emperor himself . |
| 10 | Among those with carcinoma of the floor of the mouth , which was second only to the tongue as the most common site , 55 ( 76% ) had a history of smoking . |
| 11 | If I were taking on a new act , their ability to perform on stage would be second only to the quality of their songwriting . |
| 12 | If work groups meet every day ( as many do ) , they will represent the second most cohesive group in most people 's lives — second only to the family . |
| 13 | Second only to the family , his chief love was for the North of Scotland and in the mid-fifties he realised a life-time ambition by becoming the owner of a 26,000-acre estate in Sutherland and , typical of the man , here he turned this unit into a sound agricultural business as well as a sporting estate . |
| 14 | According to the Men 's Movement , second only to the father is the older male who will help teach a young man what it means to be a man and help remove him from his father 's influence . |
| 15 | A recent survey in the Wall Street Journal , America 's only readable paper , has shown that the microwave is the nation 's favourite household appliance , second only to the smoke alarm in terms of its importance to the American lifestyle . |