second-tier

second-tier

adj
not in the first rank
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'Replace inactive organisers after evaluating their performance and preference should be given to those who spend time in constituencies instead of those who curry favour second-tier leadership to get their party ticket confirmed' he suggested.
FEBRUARY 1996: Fourth Round Replay - Grimsby 3 West Ham 0 Gary Childs, Jamie Forrester and Neil Woods hand second-tier Mariners win.
NEWCASTLE United will record the highest average second-tier attendance for 67 years in a season where the crowds have flocked back to St James' Park.
This title discusses the practice of oburden sharingo among second-tier NATO member countries since the end of the Cold War.
The Garden City club may be favourites to secure their seventh President's Cup title after having recently lifted a record-extending 12th Arabian Gulf League (AGL), but Dalic knows recent second-tier champions Dibba will be out to cause an upset.
3 90 Hearts have set new second-tier points record.
TEHRAN (FNA)- The full list of club and national licenses features in PES 2015 was confirmed by Konami, revealing the inclusion of all Brazilian top-flight teams, plus a host of second-tier teams.
Kazakhstan will allocate $1.3 billion through the Non-Performing Loans Fund for the financial support of the second-tier banks, Chairman of the National Bank of Kazakhstan Kairat Kelimbetov said during the CCS media briefing on Tuesday.
The final place would be taken by the winner of a play-off involving clubs from several competitions, including the second-tier tournament that is to replace the Amlin Challenge Cup.
Under the current law, the second-tier subsidiary of a holding company can only establish its own subsidiary if it owns 100 percent of the shares, but according to the revised laws, the second-tier subsidiary will be allowed to create a subsidiary with as little as 50 percent ownership, if it is in the form of a joint venture with a foreign firm.
The key, he says, is to develop a deep understanding of a region's peculiar strengths and weaknesses, and he demonstrates with studies of three second-tier high technology regions within the US.