Example sentences of "ahead [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ahead for the first time , Widnes scored two tries in Daley 's absence , Offiah claiming a second , after an astute pass by Grima , then finding huge spaces in a disoriented defence to give Richard Eyres sight of the line . |
| 2 | After Mironov and Chapman had twice exchanged penalties in the first half , Chapman 's smart 30-yard dropped goal five minutes after the break put Cornwall ahead for the first time while Mishakov was off the field with a shoulder injury . |
| 3 | Hall , in fact , might well have won in straight games , as he led 9-6 in the opening game and then missed four successive smashes to allow Baddeley to go ahead for the first time at 10-9 . |
| 4 | Hall , in fact , might well have won in straight games , as he led 9-6 in the opening game and then missed four successive smashes to allow Baddeley to go ahead for the first time at 10-9 . |
| 5 | This attractive young Woodbrook player , three down on the 13th , seemed to have a superb match against Eavan Higgins all wrapped up after jumping ahead for the first time on the 17th , but lost her ‘ thinking cap ’ completely down the last . |
| 6 | But on 69 minutes Apoel went ahead for the first time in the entire tie and it was to prove decisive , Christodoulous Pounas curling his corner into the far corner of the net . |
| 7 | Ahead for the first time , McManus wrapped up a revenge win for last week 's 5-4 Nescafe Asian Open defeat with further runs of 94 and 75 . |
| 8 | Rory Underwood 's try put England ahead for the first time in the match with just seven minutes to go after a spell of relentless pressure on the home side . |
| 9 | Dealers left for a quiet early evening drink in the sunshine , ready to return ahead of the first ‘ exit polls ’ last night . |
| 10 | Although officials remain resolutely silent , there is a widespread belief that the British Government will authorise the colony 's administration to go ahead with the first batch of mandatory repatriations this week . |
| 11 | Alan Johnson put the home side ahead in the first half with Kevin Langley and Gary Worthington adding further goals after the interval . |
| 12 | Newcastle , nine points ahead in the First Division , let Gascoigne go to Spurs for £2 million and Terry Venables has first option on him should he wish to return to England . |
| 13 | Newcastle , nine points ahead in the First Division , let Gascoigne go to Spurs for £2m . |
| 14 | Paper and packaging group Bunzl added a penny to 145p after the group pushed profits strongly ahead in the first six months of the year . |
| 15 | Paper and packaging group Bunzl added a penny to 144p after the group pushed profits strongly ahead in the first six months of the year . |
| 16 | THE continental Europe recession failed to prevent property and shipping group P&O steaming full ahead in the first six months of the year , pushing interim profits up to £291.6m from £151.2m last time . |
| 17 | On the one hand opinion polls showed Chirac to be the right-winger most likely to be ahead on the first ballot of a presidential election , making the RPR anxious to win agreement on primaries . |