Example sentences of "final for the [num ord] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Victory against the RCS is a necessity for Wales , and if they can follow that up with wins against Cyprus next month and Romania at home , they will have qualified for the World Cup finals for the first time since 1958 . |
2 | AMATEUR drama lovers have vowed the show will go on despite being bombed out of the venue for their drama finals for the second time in two days . |
3 | The pair were meeting in the final for the fifth time in six years with honours even up to yesterday . |
4 | I wondered if the athletics department might explain why we had n't a 1500 metres runner in the final for the first time since 1960 ? |
5 | Tile Kiln are in the final for the first time in 35 years of trying and include Brian Gladden , twice previous winner of the Shield with Defiant Mobile and Duke of Wellington , and former Defiant captain Billy Jones . |
6 | Sutton , who missed with another header shortly afterwards , went on to squander two more excellent opportunities which could have kept alive Norwich 's hopes of going to the final for the first time in their history . |
7 | Peterborough0 Stoke1 ( Stoke win 4–3 on aggregate ) A SINGLE goal by Stoke City secured their place in a Wembley final for the first time in 20 years on a night when defender Lee Sandford required six stitches in a cheek wound following a clash with Peterborough captain Mick Halsall . |
8 | With the team still taking new shape , Arsenal reached the Cup final for the first time in 1927 , their opponents being Cardiff City , one of the more successful sides of the decade . |
9 | Until he won the Paris Open earlier this month — where he also beat world No 1 Courier — he was n't even certain to qualify for this ‘ best eight ’ in the world ’ tournament , having fallen to 10th in the rankings for the first time in eight years , and failing to make a Grand Slam final for the first time in five . |
10 | Evert 's victory left Navratilova knowing that victory over Helena Sukova , the Czech No. 1 , would secure the United States a place in the final for the 18th time in 27 years . |