The agriculture programs and the rest of it were "ancillary" to the main problem, which was the government of Afghanistan: "Nothing else matters if you don't get this right".
It's a story about Fitz and Olivia, so I think that it was ancillary in their minds, initially.
Bennie and Sasha are the novel's protagonists, a record producer and his assistant, but it's the ancillary characters in their lives — the aforementioned ex-wife, Sasha's suicidal friend, an unstable, washed-up guitarist, the tender son of Bennie's mentor — who, when given their own respective chapters, prove to be the most compelling.
I'll also show off the Galaxy Tab and the NookColor while I do it, but those are ancillary to our goals.
It's the ancillary riddles and vaguely explained curiosities, like the interludes in Lego land.
While obviously momentous in its own right, Obama's eventual victory is ancillary to his impact on our political culture.
Once again, faulty agricultural reform, and Pol Pot's ruthless torture of Cambodians are ancillary compared to our imminent fornication.
"A lot of what's been on the Internet has been ancillary things, like fan clubs or selling T-shirts".
In that case, which involved a net neutrality enforcement proceeding, the circuit court said that the F.C.C. did not have authority over Comcast's Internet service, because it was not ancillary to the authority laid out by Congress in the Communications Act.
Sure, GM's stock is at a 65-year low, but there are ancillary costs.
