1.   The rights of the preference shareholders rank behind those of the provider of debt and the creditors, but before those of the ordinary shareholders.

2.   Subordinated loan stock will rank behind all unsecured creditors but ahead of preference shareholders and ordinary shareholders.

3.   And among foreign-owned firms, the company is more profitable than Morgan Stanley and Coca-Cola in Japan, ranking second behind IBM.

4.   And socialites now rank behind movie stars, supermodels and magazine editors.

5.   ARCA is a minor-league circuit, ranked just behind the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.

6.   As recently as a year ago, he was considered the second-richest man in the world, ranking only behind Bill Gates.

7.   Asia and the Pacific regions ranked behind sub-Saharan Africa.

8.   At Chez Sauvageau, a popular coffee shop downtown, Quebec politics usually rank just behind ice hockey as a topic for debate.

9.   At the time of his death, he was ranked just behind Mandela in popularity polls.