Sentence examples for second-rate to from inspiring English sources

"Is that the fate for a great American brand, to become a local pipsqueak?" Mr. Dusenberry called on global brands to strive for what he called "the majesty of scale, never stinting on production values, never looking homegrown or second-rate, to have the stature that local brands cannot afford".

Though Omaha, Neb., seems second-rate to some, Warren Buffett may have been on to something when he chose it for the headquarters of his massive holding company, Berkshire Hathaway.

"We also can't forget that there is a huge number of gay and lesbian couples who regard the civil partnership as second rate to marriage, and simply not good enough".

Peter Dickinson, in his recent Barber biography, suggests his neglect in the UK arose when Barber's works were too often compared with Britten – whose work shares some similarity in its traditional, tonal language – and deemed second rate to the British composer.

The acting ranges from first-rate to dismayingly flat.

Further successes along those lines would elevate Belda from third-rate to second-rate and get his name out of the cellar (184th out of 189th) in the rankings.

These relationships didn't look second rate to mine.

We're just a second-rate sport to 'em.

Zeffirelli accused the opera house of inviting second-rate conductors to perform.

It's the same for my characters; they feel second-rate, secondary to the west".

Germans already have plenty of second-rate banks to choose from.