Example sentences of "in [art] first division " in BNC.
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| 1 | Villa began the afternoon where they finished in May , one rung above the relegation places , although this time last year they stood fifth in the First Division . |
| 2 | MILLWALL Football Club , which is playing only its second season in the First Division in its 104-year history , is to obtain a Stock Exchange listing . |
| 3 | One of the former Scotland manager 's old teams , Airdrie , visit Somerset Park today — on a day when the Premier Division clubs have no matches as Scotland play on Wednesday — lying third in the First Division and keen to maintain form which has helped them overcome an uncertain beginning . |
| 4 | It was the champions ' first defeat since losing to Hull in the First Division at the start of April — a run of 13 successive victories . |
| 5 | At 59 , he will be the oldest coach in the First Division , but Willey can draw on a wealth of experience . |
| 6 | Average attendances in the First Division doubled between the Edwardian period and the 1930s . |
| 7 | Trevor Ford , the aggressive Welsh centre-forward , who had been signed for Sunderland as part of Ditchburn 's lavish spending programme ( earning Sunderland the name of ‘ The Bank of England club ’ ) , confirmed that abuse of the system was widespread in the First Division . |
| 8 | He had not even had a full season in the First Division . |
| 9 | Britain 's opponents in the First Division are the USSR , France , Italy , Sweden and the Netherlands . |
| 10 | The most important thing is that next season Manchester City are in the First Division . ’ |
| 11 | The most important thing is that next season Manchester City are in the First Division . ’ |
| 12 | Wolves provide Bull , who has yet to play in the First Division , with passes over the midfield and crosses from overlapping full-backs . |
| 13 | He is joint fifth top scorer in the First Division with 16 tries . |
| 14 | Jenny Pitman 's Do Be Brief stepped onto a racecourse for the first time in the first division of the Christmas Pudding Novice Hurdle and made quite an impression in beating Sailor 's Luck , but not half as big as his stable-companion Egypt Mill , who looked something special in landing the second division by 10 lengths . |
| 15 | Now confidence has burgeoned , and they are looking the most complete side in the First Division , secure in defence and incisive in attack ; and , with a squad gradually returning to strength , they could dominate the second half of the season . |
| 16 | We were in the First Division far too fleetingly and this is an opportunity for everyone to show what a big club Portsmouth really are . ’ |
| 17 | Suddenly , after battling all season with Manchester City for third place in the First Division , the Wednesday player-manager finds that finishing second is now more than just a pipe dream . |
| 18 | A home win is a treat yet to be enjoyed by manager Don Howe and is endangering the club 's proud record of 25 years in the First Division , a tenure bettered only by Arsenal , Everton and Liverpool . |
| 19 | Rijeka , who led 1–0 , may now lose their place in the First Division . |
| 20 | He had felt no pain , nor had any indication that , even though he appeared fit enough to play in the First Division , he was about to become a victim of coronary problems . |
| 21 | Others have survived similar heart complaints and are still working , both in the First Division and at the highest level on the Continent . |
| 22 | Should United beat Forest and then go on to win the championship , the UEFA Cup place will go to the team finishing third in the First Division , sparking off a League scramble between Manchester City , Sheffield Wednesday , Liverpool and Arsenal . |
| 23 | If there were one team in the First Division that Forest would not have wanted to face without Pearce it would be Manchester United , who have , in Lee Sharpe , Ryan Giggs and Andrei Kanchelskis , three of the best wingers in the country . |
| 24 | Liverpool 's defeat , which threatens to prevent them finishing in the top five for the first time since their initial season back in the First Division 30 years ago , was again due to the unpredictable goalkeeping of Grobbelaar . |
| 25 | THE TOP three finishers in the First Division took a firm step towards the Carlsberg play-offs at Wembley Arena in May with comfortable away wins in the first round of the best-of-three quarter-final series . |
| 26 | Hull , with three successive defeats behind them and 12th in the First Division , face Hull KR on Friday and Castleford on Monday in their final two games which will determine whether they continue their 13-year run in the division . |
| 27 | ‘ I was in the First Division , when I did my time on the beat . |
| 28 | To be in the First Division is prestigious , and also lucrative for a club since it ensures large crowds . |
| 29 | At the end of each season , the bottom three clubs in the First Division are relegated to the Second Division for the next season . |
| 30 | Sunderland were playing against a fourth team ( whose tenure in the First Division was not in doubt ) . |