Sentences with phrase «pecking order among»

The motives of the system's architects were bankrupt, with an aspiration to create a pecking order among students that resembled the pecking order in society.

Oil's plunge has reordered the pecking order among China's biggest explorers.

Not exact matches

Chickens also have a pecking order, and if a fight breaks out among floor birds, the loser of a chicken fight can undergo an involuntary change of career from laying eggs to becoming someone's dinner.

Not far ago, Pune FC was among the mix of title contenders, but a series of disappointing results has dropped the Pune side down the pecking order.

Wherever a college stands in the academic pecking order, STEM courses are always among its most demanding.

However Captain America: Civil War (or Avengers 2.5 as some like to call it) rated so highly among other lists, while The Winter Solider sometimes fell down the pecking order.

In fact, one is more likely to witness occasional squabbles over food and toys and ranking in the pecking order between bitches than between dogs, particularly among bitches in season.

Based on the outcomes of social challenges among group members, a dominance hierarchy or «pecking order» is established (see our handout: «Dealing With Dominance In Dogs»).

And at the bottom of the pecking order, associate ranks were inevitably among the heaviest hit.