The phrase
"runner ups" refers to the people or teams who finish in second place in a competition or contest. They are not the winners but are the next best performers.
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Both teams finished as
runners up in their respective leagues last season and were keen on preparing to improve on the upcoming season.
I am sorry but anyone thinking that a team that can not even
finish runners up in the premier league, should go on and win this tournament is kidding themselves.
The blush is a
close runner up though, and the shade is perfect for spring!
There are also two
runner up prizes of # 500 for 2nd place and # 300 for 3rd place at the national final.
They won highest 33 titles of Italian top league along with 21st
times runner up.
If they don't respond within 2 weeks, the prize will go to the
next runner up under the same conditions.
I get your point, but «backup to a 7 - 1 fifth - year senior on a national
runner up team that went 37 - 2» is equally true.
There is some great discussion in the awards announcement, plus lots of
runners up listed, so well worth reading in full.
He'll probably still end up the
main runner up, but we never know if that's the case.
The Irish got to celebrate after finishing as the
national runner up four times in the previous seven years.
He's better to drive in runs than set the table, although his ability to go the opposite way is very useful in terms of
moving runners up.
Then I would lift the
table runner up off the towels periodically so that it wasn't getting stuck.
If they don't respond within two weeks, the prize will go to the next
runner up under the same conditions.
Good arguments on both sides of the issue to be sure, but as a former spelling
bee runner up, you can guess what I'd say.
You can get a full list of the winners and
runners up at the official website located here.
The judges then awarded «best in class» honors to products in 16 categories, along with two
runners up in each division.
And winner of this year's event will take home $ 50,000 while the first and
second runner up will bag $ 40,000 and $ 30,000 respectively.
We will also be offering five
runner up prizes consisting of all the pins listed above.
11
runners up teams will each receive # 1500, tickets to the Make the Future festival (detail below) and tablets for each team member.
I obviously have her as the
main runner up, but it's hard not to see her as a likely nominee at this point.
The away team might not be that confident in maintaining their title race, but they are still keen on securing that
runners up spot from Napoli's chase.
Arsenal had been handed a favourable tie in the last - 16 and are favourites to go through despite coming in the knockout stages as
runners up from their group.
Maharajas Express was awarded first
runners up award by the Conde Nast Travellers Readers» Travel Award 2011 in the ceremony held in London last Wednesday.
It's more important than ever to get the first spot in the group now, as Arsenal have showed with their last 16 exits after finishing as
group runners up in recent years.
However, even if his side failed to catch their rival, Mancini still want a strong finish from his side until the end of this current season in
runners up position.
The two
Runners Up winning $ 1,000 each are John Lars Lindstrom from Glendora, CA, and Lantz Barbour from Silver Spring, MD..
The Primeira Liga
runners up of last year are top of their domestic table this season — and are yet to lose in domestic competition — owing largely to an obscenely stingy defence, and the attacking efforts of Vincent Aboubakar and Moussa Marega, who have combined for over 40 goals in all competitions.