Example sentences of "[prep] [num] [noun] in the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Philip Simmons , their only World Cup century-maker , added two more the only times he batted , smashing five sixes and 12 fours in 122 off 113 balls in the first match and two sixes and 10 fours in 104 off 139 balls in the third . |
| 2 | Data were available for 215 patients in the first period , and 200 in the second . |
| 3 | Teale damaged knee ligaments against Spurs on Saturday which will bring an end to an unbroken run of 70 matches in the first team . |
| 4 | There had been a total of eight candidates in the first round of voting on March 4 , after an agreement in December 1989 between the various political groupings to end the previous one-party system . |
| 5 | Miroslav Sladek , the leader of the Republicans and the only candidate , won a total of 58 out of 300 votes in the first poll and 60 in the second poll . |
| 6 | Miroslav Sladek , the leader of the Republicans and the only candidate , won a total of 58 out of 300 votes in the first poll and 60 in the second poll . |
| 7 | Laboratory results showed an increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate of 44 mm in the first hour , a raised C reactive protein value of 49 mg/l . |
| 8 | York 's fly half Andy Brown provided a cracking start , succeeding with two out of three penalties in the first eight minutes , Novos ' Richard Calman reducing the arrears with a hotly disputed penalty which passed nearly a yard wide of the target . |
| 9 | Latest UK government figures for bovine spongiform encephalopathy ( BSE or " mad cow disease " ) report an incidence of 10,729 cases in the first four months of 1992 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Iraq had accused the UAE , along with Kuwait , of undermining international oil prices by exceeding its agreed OPEC quota of 1,100,000 barrels per day ( bpd ) , producing an average of 1,800,000 bpd in the first eight months of the year [ see p. 37631 ] . |
| 12 | They correctly point out ‘ that the half-life of sumatriptan is 2 hours ’ and ‘ the intervals between drug administration and cerebral infarction of 1 week in the first case and 12 hours in the second , exonerate sumatriptan ’ , but they then go on to state ‘ no other risk factor for vascular disease was identified in our patients ’ . |
| 13 | And on the next day the Zuwaya did indeed muster a majority of 117 votes in the first count . |
| 14 | Five clubs would go down from a reformed league of 14 clubs in the First Division , with the Second Division champions being promoted . |
| 15 | Hunting in pairs : Nottingham flanker Matt Greenwood supports Northampton fullback Ian Hunter , scorer of two tries in the first ‘ test ’ … |
| 16 | Appointment will be on the Lecturer Grade B scale ; £16,014–£20,469 p.a. ( under review ) for three years in the first instance . |
| 17 | The Fellowship will be for three years in the first instance . |
| 18 | If this help is given it will be for three months in the first instance and the position will be reviewed from time to time after that . |
| 19 | A posthumous collection , Marlborough and Other Poems , was published in 1916 and went into six editions in the first year . |
| 20 | In his last Test at Sydney in 1984–5 , having wrapped up the series with three victories in the first three games and not having lost for 27 Tests since 1981–2 , his team suddenly collapsed to an innings defeat , the architects of which were Bob Holland and Murray Bennett — spinners both . |
| 21 | Crook , with five runners in the first six finishers , easily won the team event . |
| 22 | There was considerable interest in the initiative , with 60 proposals in the first call and 36 in the second . |
| 23 | The Sappers achieved their triumph with two goals in the first half , by Lockwood ( 11 minutes ) and Alex Nangle ( 31 minutes ) . |
| 24 | The Frenchman 's exceptional talents might have been rewarded with two goals in the first half here in the Neckarstadion . |
| 25 | Darlington won 20–15 at North Durham , where they got off to a flying start with two tries in the first 20 minutes by winger Martin Bewick and flanker Paul Barkes . |
| 26 | Chief Constable David Graham expressed concern about robberies which are up by 23pc with 130 offences in the first four months of the year . |
| 27 | Mind you , England should have been home and clear before that , but poor Barnes , the man who had won the Cup final at Twickenham with a last-minute magical goal kick , could not get a goal from eight attempts in the first half . |
| 28 | Plymouth looked to be cruising to victory when striker Dwight Marshall made up for an early miss with two goals in three minutes in the first half of this tie . |
| 29 | Anderton struck twice in three minutes in the first half to stun 20,000 fans allowed in for nothing for a game marking Sunderland 's new status as a city . |
| 30 | Omagh Town ran in three goals in the first half hour , and out-of-favour striker Cook could n't believe what he was watching . |