Examples of back seat

• Things did not develop quite as planned, however, in that culture quite rapidly took a back seat to language.

• Traditional impressionistic phonetic descriptions take a back seat to instrumental descriptions.

• It must be pointed out that for the last several decades, documentation has taken a back seat to linguistic theory.

• Over the years, both women have often taken a back seat to men in the characterisation, while always maintaining positive roles.

• In this domain, however, although foraging algorithms continue to play a role, they often take a back seat to the influence of other predispositions.

• In this context women almost inevitably took a back seat.

• The psychosis of manic depression took a back seat with the discovery of antipsychotic medications and their effectiveness for schizophrenia.

• There is less interest in representing human behaviour accurately, where words take more of a back seat.