1.  Aberration, if it occurred, was not recorded, and the female line took second place.

2.  From now on, she told Yeats, romantic passion would be taking second place to political commitment.

3.  Fun would have to take second place to the serious business of home-making and saving money.

4.  He took second place in the long jump.

5.  He was beaten into second place in the Monaco Grand Prix.

6.  However, religious identity had taken second place to secular nationalism for a whole generation.

7.  However, toilet training took second place to skill with weapons or natural aggression.

8.  In second place came the McLaren-Mercedes of David Coulthard, who began from pole position.

9.  In the best cereal-growing areas, arable farming May dominate the scene, with animals and grass taking second place.