Example sentences of "a [num] [noun] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Board results of the strongest club match played this year : GM Hubner 1–0 GM Christiansen ; GM Yusupov 1–0 GM Lutz ; GM Ribli DRAW GM Hort ; GM Hertneck DRAW GM Vaganian ; GM Bonsch 0–1 GM Hickl ; GM Bischoff 1–0 GM Knaak ; IM Stangl 0–1 GM Vogt ; IM Schlosser DRAW IM Jackelen ; 4.5–3.5 England 's strongest league , the London League , was effectively decided on Tuesday when King 's Head , based at the pub of the same name in Moscow Road , Bayswater , achieved a 5–2 lead in the first session of play against Wood Green . |
| 2 | The Third Division side , holding a 2-1 advantage from the first leg of their Littlewoods Cup tie , were well placed at 1-1 before Trevor Morley struck twice in as many minutes and David Oldfield added another to wrap up City 's 5-3 aggregate win . |
| 3 | Liverpool , who hold a 6-1 lead from the first leg , expect the support of around 4,500 fans for a match that has put the Cypriot police on alert because Juventus , the other Heysel disaster club , are also in action on the island . |
| 4 | The little Third Division side caused a sensation at Anfield a fortnight ago by storming into a 3-0 lead in the first leg of their Coca-Cola Cup tie . |
| 5 | COLCHESTER confirmed their position as favourites to win the Vauxhall FA Trophy when they took a 3–0 lead in the first leg of their semi-final with Conference rivals Macclesfield , at Layer Road on Saturday , writes Peter Ernest . |
| 6 | Although Stich lost a 3–0 lead in the first set , he broke Becker again when he forced him to net a forehand volley . |
| 7 | Swindon have travelled to Tranmere Rovers with a three-one advantage from the first leg of the semi finals . |
| 8 | Castlereagh captain Lisa Bell led her team to a 3–2 lead after the first quarter but Fermanagh , coached by former Irish Olympic canoeist Ann Cairns , pulled level to 5-all at half time . |
| 9 | He must have looked at both of them a dozen times in the first two minutes . |
| 10 | Has a very calm nature and er explosive turn of pace and all round looks very promising this nineteen year old who 's made only about half a dozen appearances in the first team . |
| 11 | England , with Andrew Hine and James Lucas playing well in midfield , never looked back after taking a 3-1 lead in the first chukka . |
| 12 | Having held the Algerians to a 0-0 draw in the first leg of the tie , the Egyptians start favourites . |
| 13 | City could only manage a 0-0 draw in the first leg of their Coca-Cola Cup-tie . |
| 14 | The People 's Palace opened its doors and its Winter Gardens to a stupendous half a million visitors within the first five months . |
| 15 | We could do with a call anybody there anyone 's near a phone just pick it up and ring me all right just ring now I 'll give erm we 'll give a million pounds to the first caller fingers crossed . |
| 16 | He did n't understand that you have to throw away a million pounds in the first year in order to establish a readership and the faith of advertisers . ’ |
| 17 | He 's cost us , cost us a million pounds in the first year he was a councillor . |
| 18 | However , analysts observe that Microsoft 's goal of delivering a million copies in the first year is trifling compared to the 25 million copies of Windows it has shipped since May 1990 . |
| 19 | England took a 2–0 lead in the first chukka through James Lucas but Argentina took control of the game in the second chukka . |
| 20 | Real , defending a 2–1 lead from the first leg , faced a Torino side urged on by 120,000 fans and suffered an early setback when Rocha deflected a shot from Gianluigi Lentini into his own net . |
| 21 | England raced away to a 6–0 lead in the first 15 minutes , and only good saves by goalkeeper Karen Owen throughout the match averted disaster for Wales . |
| 22 | Scotland 's unemployment reached a 1980s peak in the first quarter of 1987 , the national peak was nine months later . |