Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [prep] the first division " in BNC.

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1 It was held by the Lord Ordinary ( Lord Wheatley ) and a majority of the First Division that the corporation was not liable to purchase tax on stationery manufactured by it and supplied to its public service departments but was liable to the tax on stationery supplied to its trading departments .
2 its a big week for both Swindon and Oxford why … well a look at the first division table shows all
3 Though a successful player with Spurs and England , many doubted his ability to repeat the achievement of Ossie Ardiles by earning a place in the First Division .
4 Gloucester have lost more than a dozen players this season … they nearly lost more than that … a place in the first division .
5 Cooper , who is also a director of the first division club , only learned from a journalist that the receiver had been called in .
6 ‘ If I knew the answer to that , I 'd be a manager in the First Division instead of a player in the Third . ’
7 Only Daz Sumner , back with the Bears after spending a year in the first division with Belle Vue , was at ease on a track where he is aware of all the wrinkles .
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