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1- Conventional breeders in search of a commercial seedless apple may have been pipped at the post by geneticists.
2- He was narrowly pipped at the post on time in the prestigious Derby event and also took runner-up in another speed event.
3- Since I was pipped at the post for the Periodical Publishers’ Association Columnist of the Year award by Maureen Lipman, star of stage and commercial, I thought I’d better look up her column in She magazine to see how I might bring my stuff up to state-of-the-art standard.
4- George Beers was a very enterprising person and he determined to bring his new game to England, but he was pipped at the post by a Captain Johnson who brought a team of eighteen Iroquis Indians to England in August 1867 having first toured in the United States.
5- I am sure you will all agree that being pipped at the post by such a tight margin just makes us even hungrier to take out first place at Nowra and Chinese New Year at Darling Harbour in the next couple of months.
6- the race had become a ‘traditional’ staggered start and over four laps of the Snaefell Course and was pipped at the post by Tommy Wood on the rival Guzzi make by 8.4 seconds.
7- the question is will they be able to replicate the success of last year’s Cumbrian finalists Broughton Village Bakery, who won both the Lake District and the Northern Regional finals. before being pipped at the post in the National Final.
8- Tony Drago , not known to be slow around the table was pipped at the post by the Dutch team, who despatched the Rest of World Team, comprising Drago, Rory McLeod and Gerard Greene , much to the delight of the Orange Army.
9- Boplaas was pipped at the post by the KWV, but none the less, was the most successful privately owned cellar of the competition.
10- Just pipped at the post was Team Lone Rider, made up of Charlie Bradley, Perry Fitzmaurice and Alex Grace, with a highly commendable 6.40 metres.
11- Tipp and Cork provided exciting football throughout the game, but was pipped at the post by a late goal by Cork’s Noel Galvin.
12- Jessica and her 18-hand Grand Prix winning Diamond Exchange were pipped at the post by Irish colleague Cpt John Ledingham from Dublin with Kilbaha.
13- In 1981, Butcher was part of the Ipswich side that won the UEFA Cup under Bobby Robson (later Sir) and came close to their first League title since 1962, though they were pipped at the post by Aston Villa.
14- Pitman’s son Mark also led over the last fence, only to be pipped at the post when riding Garrison Savannah in 1991.
15- But he may have been pipped at the post by Steve Dodson who translated the poem on his blog LanguageHat, as ‘New Sappho!
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