Example sentences of "final [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was effectively a semi final as the two group leaders go straight to the final , and it was between England and Spain all the way . |
| 2 | Sport spread from the stands and into the home with the Cup Final as the sporting highlight of the year reaching a female audience for the first time . |
| 3 | Kimiko Date defeated top seed Amy Frazier 6–3 , 6–4 and will face Sabine Appelmans , who reached the final for the second successive year by beating Naoko Sawamatsu 7–6 , 6–4 . |
| 4 | After all , I , along with almost every other British journalist in Mexico , had confidently predicted that England would reach the World Cup final for the second consecutive time and stubbornly resist Brazil 's attempt to take the trophy from them . |
| 5 | Beginners luck stayed with Ellen Mitchell and Andrew Pelling as one year on from when they started both of them reached the final for the second time . |
| 6 | The pair were meeting in the final for the fifth time in six years with honours even up to yesterday . |
| 7 | Competing in the Grand Final for the 1992 Award were teams from Scarborough , Cumbernauld , Thanet and Birmingham . |
| 8 | Randy and Merlin Sherwood 's beautiful mother adjusted her mascara in the driving mirror and eyed Rupert Campbell-Black who 'd just rolled up alone in a dark green Ferrari to watch his daughter , Tabitha , play in the first final for the under-fourteens . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Witton , like their opponents , are also attempting to reach the final for the first time and today 's clash at Marine 's Rossett Park ground is all-ticket with a crowd limit of 2,500 being set by the police . |
| 12 | Ajax , three-times winners of the European Cup , reached the UEFA Cup Final for the first time when last night 's 1–1 draw with Genoa gave the Dutch club a 4–3 aggregate win . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 ? |
| 17 | Both men have plumped for the cricket final in Dublin in which they will be key men in the Brigade team which is attempting to win the Schweppes all-Ireland final for the first time . |
| 18 | Jets are also bidding to reach the cup final for the first time and their semi-final with West Coast is likely to be the closest of the day . |
| 19 | Sunley is Darlington 's third choice for a heat with a £500 prize and entry into the final for the two fastest runners . |
| 20 | Terrassa will be back again , aiming to reach the final for the fourth successive year , and seem likely to head the other group at the expense of Dinamo Alma Ata , from Russia , Ireland 's Lisnagarvey and Bloemendaal , of Holland . |
| 21 | The Northern semi-final , fished by 21 league winners , offered a passage to the final for the top four and unlucky Yarm finished fifth . |
| 22 | The result severely dents Widnes 's chance of qualifying for the Premiership , in which they have reached the final for the last three years , but could prove a turning point in Salford 's survival battle , provided they are a little more circumspect . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The venue for the second qualifier is yet to be decided , but the winners of the two qualifiers will meet in the final during the European Cup for Club ( League ) Champions at Frankfurt in June . |
| 25 | TESSA Sanderson edged into tonight 's women 's javelin final after the toughest fight of her life . |
| 26 | This evening 's opening performance begins with the final of the first Olympic Star Spotters Championship , which aims to give riders of young horses the chance to test their potential stars . |
| 27 | WC apps : 8 The Belgians tend to be ignored until they suddenly turn up in the latter stages of major tournaments — the final of the 1980 European Championship and the semi-finals of the last World Cup . |
| 28 | He played for Shropshire and Herefordshire boys and was in the same team as Sandy Lyle ; many years later they met in the final of the 1987 Suntory World Matchplay Championship and Woosnam became the first British winner . |
| 29 | THE final of the current talent competition at Blackhall Royal British Legion Club will be held on Friday March 27 . |
| 30 | So on to greyhounds a little earlier than usual , it 's the quarter final of the prestigious Pall Mall at Oxford Stadium tonight , the meeting starts at seven thirty . |