'V in n' - Construction 4

Name: The lie in second place construction
Description: An entity occupies a specific place in a ranking.
Verbs: lie/rank in second place
Example: They were lying in joint third place behind France and Spain. (BNC)
Membership: place; figurative
Semantic fields and roles: Field: Equivalence. Roles: NP1: Carrier; NP2: Attribute
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