Sentence examples for once second from inspiring English sources

Ambac, once second globally to MBIA in bond insurance, filed for bankruptcy in November.

For a sport once second only to baseball in popularity, it's just another cause of death.

The Clintons, whose brand was once second to none, no longer fit that bill.

But what was once second nature to her is now a daily struggle.

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Those features, once second in all the world Are turned into jugs and basins, frying-pans, chamber pots.

A poll on August 9th gave Labor a four-point lead over the coalition, once second-preference votes were counted.

An opinion poll on August 5th, the day after Mr Rudd announced the election, showed Labor trailing the opposition by just four points, once second-preference votes were counted; the last poll under Ms Gillard had Labor 14 points behind.

Human-resource managers, once second-tier figures, now often rank among the highest-paid people at American firms; they will have to justify that status.But governments too need to act.

Opinion polls suggest that Labor may lose power, after just one term, to the opposition Liberal-National coalition.The worst of them, on July 31st, pointed to a four-point lead for the conservative coalition over Labor, once second-preference votes were dished out.

Despite only playing once, second-rowers Sheldon Powe-Hobbs (Northern Pride) and Tyler Cassel (Wests Tigers) are interested in full-time Championship gigs, while the gritty performance of Ipswich Jets prop Billy McConnachie against the Kiwis showed why Brisbane Broncos have the cement mixer from Mount Isa on dual contract terms.