Keep Dayne as a good No. 3 back or a lower-ranked No. 2.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trolling for Week 17 fantasy value can be tricky] Reference

The ITF is also investigating other, lower-ranked officials.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Notes: Loss only serves as motivation for Hewitt] Reference

Two young men from among the lower-ranked clans paired up first.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Clan of the Cave Bear]

But at the lower-ranked law schools, the statistics are a disaster.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » More on Whether Affirmative Action in Law Schools Backfires on Prospective Black Lawyers:] Reference

Seriously disturbs me, that list, especially for the lower-ranked stuff.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beliebte Vornamen 2007 (Popular First Names 2007)] Reference

He should have given me his chair, since he was the lower-ranked vampire.    From Wordnik.com.  [All Together Dead]

The lower-ranked a coach's charge, the more responsibilities a coach must handle.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Worst Job in Sports?] Reference

Instead I find what they're saying via the lower-ranked bloggers that I read more often.    From Wordnik.com.  [The future of blogs - BatesLine] Reference

Any lower-ranked veterans who also objected were callously dismissed as "phony soldiers.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Things We Saved in the Fire] Reference

Patients already on the Medicaid rolls may regret the loss of those lower-ranked treatments.    From Wordnik.com.  [Woe The Reformers] Reference

Perhaps, says the staffer, the confusion arose when the officiator was a lower-ranked monsignor.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Follieri Charade] Reference

And the simple truth is that people at top schools are smarter than people at lower-ranked schools.    From Wordnik.com.  [Intellectual Gladiators, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

Whatever starts there will be quickly followed by lower-ranked schools just so they can get published.    From Wordnik.com.  [David Colander on Graduate Study in Economics, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

She considers her application to Brown University, lower-ranked internationally, a comparative long shot.    From Wordnik.com.  [U.S. students discovering U.K. universities] Reference

The dominant cat acts as if he were on a pedestal, with all of the lower-ranked cats at a subordinate level.    From Wordnik.com.  [How to Speak Dog] Reference

Ranked No. 2 by Institutional Investor magazine, Mr. Mayo was replaced by a lower-ranked D.L.J. banking team.    From Wordnik.com.  [Super Geek Mike Mayo Says Sell Those Bank Stocks-And Do Your Homework] Reference

So sometimes it makes sense to go to a lower-ranked school if it's located in the market where you want to work.    From Wordnik.com.  [How to Cut Debt,] Reference

They were American and had learned Mandarin as part of their education, but went to lower-ranked US law schools.    From Wordnik.com.  [Discourse.net: Encouraging Students to Take Foreign Language Courses] Reference

They might regret failing to score more against a lower-ranked team if the group's top spot comes down to a tiebreaker.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Portugal hangs on after early goal to beat Angola] Reference

The survey found little differentiation between raises for executives and managers and those for lower-ranked employees.    From Wordnik.com.  [Modest Pay Increases Expected in Year Ahead] Reference

Food was rationed even at sumo stables, and lower-ranked wrestlers had to survive on the scraps that top-ranked sumos left.    From Wordnik.com.  [December 6]

On the other hand, at even highly-respected but lower-ranked schools, getting a tenure-track job seems to be the exception.    From Wordnik.com.  [Caveat emptor: Is academia a pyramid scheme?] Reference

The teaching quality at the top schools, however, is usually no better, and often much worse, than at lower-ranked schools.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Merit-Based Pay Cuts for Academics?] Reference

In the heyday of mortgage-backeds a couple of years ago, folks wanted the higher potential returns from the lower-ranked tranches.    From Wordnik.com.  [Making A Mint] Reference

Another perk for big fish: Elite schools are increasingly plucking the best students from lower-ranked schools, administrators say.    From Wordnik.com.  [How to Cut Debt,] Reference

Mr Ntuli said the closing of wide salary gaps between lower-ranked security members and commissioned officers should be speeded up.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

But he says he suspects such offers are made more often to lower-ranked players who are "having a tough time making it financially.".    From Wordnik.com.  [A Tennis Gambler Looks for a Fix] Reference

This rarely is an excuse for not interviewing at Wisconsin, but it may be an excuse for declining an interview at a lower-ranked school.    From Wordnik.com.  [Business, Law, Economics & Society] Reference

"As you might guess, this allowed all of us (especially our lower-ranked teams) to act and gamble upon rumors," owner John Heffernan said.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Teams look to bulk up for playoff run] Reference

The results were provisional as some lower-ranked skiers had yet to finish.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aspen Times - Top Stories] Reference

Peter Svidler did a lot of hard work in the match against lower-ranked Nyback.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hindu - Front Page] Reference

But in both meetings last year, the lower-ranked teams won on their home courts.    From Wordnik.com.  [NCAA News -- www.ncaa.com] Reference

If the course doesn't hold up well, the lower-ranked skiers could have an advantage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tsn.ca Top Stories RSS] Reference

World No. 5 Feng struggled against her lower-ranked opponent, Fan Ying, bowing out 8-11, 4-11.    From Wordnik.com.  [Channel NewsAsia Front Page News] Reference

Thobaben pointed out several other administrators who had lower-ranked family members employed in the department.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fond du Lac Reporter Latest Headlines] Reference

But it was only when students competed against lower-ranked teams that they actually were motivated to work harder.    From Wordnik.com.  [Newswise: Latest News] Reference