Example sentences of "come [art] [adj] second to " in BNC.
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1 | Despite having come a close second to every junior side in the county at least once over the years , as the senior side in the tournament it is hardly surprising that Athletico should have done remarkably well . |
2 | The passenger has always come a poor second to the operational integrity of the system . |
3 | The Democratic Left Alliance , a party of former Communists , came a close second to the post-Solidarity party of former Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki , the Democratic Union . |
4 | ‘ Then I found out that I came a poor second to the real love of her life — money . |
5 | In NME , it came a bad second to Cliff Richard 's sore throat and his summer season at the Palace Theatre , London . |
6 | In the real world political initiatives come a poor second to security considerations . |
7 | Acid House comes a close second to football fans in the tabloids ' top ten of moral panics . |